Method and apparatus for frequency allocation in a cellular telecommunications network
First Claim
1. A cellular telecommunications method for use in a cellular telecommunications network having at least one cluster of adjoining cells, said cells being allocated different respective sets of different transmission frequencies, said method including:
- infracell frequency hopping by swapping the allocated frequencies within said cells; and
intercell frequency allocation swapping by swapping said sets of frequencies between the cells.
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Abstract
A cellular telecommunications method for use in a cellular telecommunications network (2) having at least one cluster (4) of adjoining cells (6), the cells being allocated different transmission frequencies, the method including swapping the different frequencies amongst the cells (6). A cellular telecommunications network including at least one cluster (4) having adjoining cells (6) with respective base stations (50), the base stations (50) being allocated different transmission frequencies and having control mechanism for controlling swapping of the different frequencies between the base stations (50).
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11 Claims
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1. A cellular telecommunications method for use in a cellular telecommunications network having at least one cluster of adjoining cells, said cells being allocated different respective sets of different transmission frequencies, said method including:
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infracell frequency hopping by swapping the allocated frequencies within said cells; and intercell frequency allocation swapping by swapping said sets of frequencies between the cells. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 11)
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- 5. A cellular telecommunications network including at least one cluster having adjoining cells provided by corresponding base stations, said cells being allocated different respective sets of different transmission frequencies and the base stations having control means for controlling intracell frequency hopping by swapping the allocated frequencies within said cells, and controlling intercell frequency allocation swapping by swapping said sets of frequencies between the cells.
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10. A cellular telecommunications method for use in a cellular telecommunications network having at least one cluster of adjoining cells, said cluster being allocated a cluster set of transmission frequencies and said cells having respective different cell sets of frequencies which are subsets of said cluster set, said method including intracell swapping of frequencies in said cell sets and intercell swapping of said cell sets between said cells.
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