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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2011
Nam Yoon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Young Jun Hong, Seoul, KR;
Kyung Hun Jang, Suwon-si, KR;
Bruno Clerckx, Seoul, KR;
Joon Young Cho, Suwon-si, KP;
Nam Yoon Lee, Seoul, KR;
Young Jun Hong, Seoul, KR;
Kyung Hun Jang, Suwon-si, KR;
Bruno Clerckx, Seoul, KR;
Joon Young Cho, Suwon-si, KP;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A method and apparatus of controlling resources of a femto base station for protecting a macro terminal and controlling interference among femto base stations are provided. The femto base station or a gateway of the femto base station may allocate resource blocks of a femto cell based on a silencing resource block for protecting the macro terminal. Also, the femto base station or the gateway of the femto base station may allocate the resource block of the femto cell based on a relative location between the macro base station and the femto base station and a victim macro terminal. The femto base station or the gateway of the femto base station may allocate the resource block of the femto cell based on a resource block used by a neighboring femto base station.