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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2007
Applicants:
Yoshiaki Ofuji, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Higuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Mamoru Sawahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mobile communication system in which a finite number of reference signal sequences used for uplink channel estimation or the like are reused among multiple cells includes a determining unit configured to determine a frequency band used by user terminals to which a reference signal sequence with a predetermined sequence length is assigned in each of the cells within an interference area, wherein the frequency band is determined to be different from frequency bands used in the other cells.