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Means of increasing capacity in cellular radio (mobile and fixed) systems

  • US 6,078,814 A
  • Filed: 10/24/1997
  • Issued: 06/20/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a cellular radio communications system having a plurality of base stations each for communicating over at least one corresponding tri-cellular region using a plurality of directional beams, the tri-cellular region having three corner excited cells, a method of configuring the plurality of directional beams comprising:

  • arranging each of the base stations at the center of the corresponding at least one tri-cellular region;

    arranging the plurality of beams across each of the cells such that a pair of beams which reuse a like carrier frequency as each other are disaligned with respect to each other;

    selecting at least one of the beams reusing the like carrier frequency; and

    restricting usage of the like carrier frequency on the at least one selected beam.

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