Layered reuse for a wireless communication system

摘要

A method of allocating system resources in a communication system comprises ranking a plurality of terminals in communication with a current base station having at least one neighboring base station. Available system resources are allocated to the plurality of terminals based on ranking of the terminals. The current base station is assigned a set of system resources that is orthogonal to at least one set of system resources assigned to the at least one neighboring base station. The available system resources include the set of system resources assigned to the current base station and additional system resources not in the set assigned to the current base station. Related apparatus and methods are disclosed.