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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2007
Yunsong Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Anthony C. K. Soong, Plano, TX (US);
Jianmin LU, San Diego, CA (US);
Jung Woon Lee, Allen, TX (US);
Yunsong Yang, San Diego, CA (US);
Anthony C. K. Soong, Plano, TX (US);
Jianmin Lu, San Diego, CA (US);
Jung Woon Lee, Allen, TX (US);
FutureWei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for mitigating inter-cell interference in an OFDMA-based wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of, providing at least a frame in a base station to a plurality of mobile stations; dividing the frame into a plurality of subcarriers; assigning a demarcation line within the frame to divide the plurality of subcarriers into a first zone and a second zone; defining a time reuse parameter for the plurality of subcarriers within the first zone; defining a frequency reuse parameter for the plurality of subcarriers within the first zone; and loading the plurality of subcarriers within the first zone according the time reuse parameter and the frequency parameter.