FREQUENCY RE-USE PLANNING WITH RESPECT TO INTERFERENCE AND QUALITY METRICS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A wireless communication system (100) comprises a wireless infrastructure supporting communication for a plurality of mobile communication units (112-115). The wireless infrastructure comprises a processor (175) configured to generate a frequency re-use plan. The processor (175) generates a frequency re-use plan based on a relationship between one or more interference metrics, such as carrier to interference, and one or more quality of services for a plurality of communication types. In this manner, the inventive concepts support frequency planning for a radio system with multiple traffic types. Furthermore, non-uniform allocation of penalties on different radio carriers in the same radio cell can be used. This allows different re-use distances to be achieved for different radio carriers. In so doing, it is now possible to plan for a different quality of service on individual radio carriers.