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FRACTIONAL FREQUENCY REUSE IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS

  • US 20120157108A1
  • Filed: 05/18/2011
  • Published: 06/21/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a heterogeneous radio access network, the heterogeneous radio access network comprising a macro layer including at least one macro cell served by a macro base station node and a micro layer comprising at least one micro cell served by a micro base station node, the method comprising:

  • dividing a frequency bandwidth usable by the heterogeneous radio access network into a frequency-partitioned portion which is less than the entire frequency bandwidth;

    assigning a frequency of the frequency-partitioned portion to a wireless terminal in an edge region of the micro cell;

    assigning a frequency of the frequency bandwidth to a wireless terminal which is in a center region of the micro cell or at least within a center region of the macro cell.

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