Reduced interference through offset frequency partitioning
First Claim
1. A method of assigning communication resources within a cell of a cellular communication system, such method including the steps of:
- A) grouping communication units based upon a signal metric indicative of distance from a base site of the cell;
B) assigning the grouped communication units to group subspectra that includes an at least one distal subspectrum reserved for distal communication units, which distal subspectrum is non-coincident with distal spectra of adjacent cells; and
, C) spectrally offsetting the group subspectra based, in part, upon an offset number.
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Abstract
A method of reducing interference within a cellular system (10) by partitioning a designated frequency spectrum within a service coverage area (.0.1, .0.2, or .0.3) into a first and at least second spectrum inclusive of the designated frequency spectrum, each with an associated power level, and offsetting the spectrums for each TDM frame under the control of an offset number unique to each TDM frame. Assignment of communication units to a spectrum and power level are based upon distance from the base site (as determined through signal strength measurements). The spectral content of spectrums in adjacent service coverage areas is adjusted to include non-coincidental frequencies.
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82 Claims
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1. A method of assigning communication resources within a cell of a cellular communication system, such method including the steps of:
- A) grouping communication units based upon a signal metric indicative of distance from a base site of the cell;
B) assigning the grouped communication units to group subspectra that includes an at least one distal subspectrum reserved for distal communication units, which distal subspectrum is non-coincident with distal spectra of adjacent cells; and
, C) spectrally offsetting the group subspectra based, in part, upon an offset number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- A) grouping communication units based upon a signal metric indicative of distance from a base site of the cell;
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14. An apparatus for assigning communication resources within a cell of a cellular communication system, such apparatus comprising:
- A) means for grouping communication units based upon a signal metric indicative of distance from a base site of the cell;
B) means for assigning the grouped communication units to group subspectra that includes an at least one distal subspectrum reserved for distal communication units, which distal subspectrum is non-coincident with distal spectra of adjacent cells; and
, C) means for spectrally offsetting the group subspectra based, in part, upon an offset number. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
- A) means for grouping communication units based upon a signal metric indicative of distance from a base site of the cell;
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26. A method of reducing interference within a cellular system, such method including the steps of:
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A) in one region; 1) allocating channels to radiotelephones having characteristic properties, 2) allocating other channels to radiotelephones not having the characteristic properties, 3) offsetting the allocated channels based, in part, upon an offset number, B) in another potentially interfering region; 1) allocating the other channels to radiotelephones having characteristic properties, 2) allocating the channels to radiotelephones not having the characteristic properties, 3) offsetting the allocated channels based, in part, upon an offset number. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. An apparatus for reducing interference within a cellular system, such apparatus comprising;
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A) in one region; 1) means for allocating channels to radiotelephones having characteristic properties, 2) means for allocating other channels to radiotelephones not having the characteristic properties, 3) means for offsetting allocated channels based, in part, upon an offset number, B) in another potentially interfering region; 1) means for allocating the other channels to radiotelephones having the characteristic properties 2) means for allocating the channels to radiotelephones not having the characteristic properties, 3) means for-offsetting the channel allocation based, in part, upon an offset number. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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32. A method of reducing interference within a cellular communication system having a plurality of base station sites, each upon occasion, providing communication services within a designated frequency spectrum to user communication units within a service coverage area of the base station site, such method including the step of:
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A) partitioning the designated frequency spectrum into a first and an at least second spectrum inclusive of the designated frequency spectrum at a base station site; B) receiving at the base station site a service request from a communication unit and measuring a signal characteristic of the service request; C) allocating, by the base station site, a communication resource within the first spectrum to the communication unit when the measured signal characteristic exceeds a threshold and within the at least second spectrum to a communication unit when the measured signal characteristic does not exceed the threshold, and; D) spectrally offsetting allocated resources based, in part, upon an offset number. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A device for reducing interference within a cellular communication system having a plurality of base station sites, each upon occasion, providing communication services within a designated frequency spectrum to user communication units within a service coverage area of the base station site, such device comprising:
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A) means for partitioning the designated frequency spectrum into a first and an at least second spectrum inclusive of the designated frequency spectrum at the base station site; B) means for receiving at the base station site a service request from a communication unit and measuring a signal characteristic of the service request; C) means for allocating, by the base station site, a communication resource within the first spectrum to the communication unit when the measured signal characteristic exceeds a threshold and within the at least second spectrum to a communication unit when the measured signal characteristic does not exceed the threshold, and; D) means for spectrally offsetting communication resources based, in part, upon an offset number. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A method of reducing interference within a cellular communication system having a plurality of base station sites, each upon occasion, providing communication services within a designated frequency spectrum to user communication units within a service coverage area of the base station site, such method including the steps of:
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A) partitioning the designated frequency spectrum into a first and an at least second spectrum inclusive of the designated frequency spectrum at a base station site; B) receiving at the base station site a service request from a communication unit and measuring a signal characteristic of the service request, and; C) comparing the measured signal characteristic with an at least first threshold; D) allocating, by the base station site, to the communication unit, a communication resource within a spectrum of the first and at least second spectrum based upon the relative magnitude of the measured signal characteristic, and; E) spectrally offsetting the group spectrums based, in part, upon an offset number. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. A device reducing interference within a cellular communication system having a plurality of base station sites, each upon occasion, providing communication services within a designated frequency spectrum to user communication units within a service coverage area of the base station site, such device comprising:
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A) means for partitioning the designated frequency spectrum into a first and an at least second spectrum inclusive of the designated frequency spectrum at a base station site; B) means for receiving at the base station site a service request from a communication unit and measuring a metric of the service request, and; C) means for comparing the measured metric with an at least first threshold; D) means for allocating, by the base station site, to the communication unit, a communication resource within a spectrum of the first and at least second spectrum based upon a relative magnitude of the measured metric, and; E) means for offsetting communication resources based upon an offset number. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82)
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