Appeal No. 2006-2195 Page 2
Application No. 09/773,255
Representative claim 3 is reproduced as follows:
3. In a wireless communication system in which remote subscriber units
are located in cells, and at least two cells are located adjacent one another,
each cell having a base station unit that coordinates communication with
remote units located within its respective cell, a method comprising the
steps of:
• in an operating base station, determining the existence of
communications occurring in adjacent cells;
• receiving, by the operating base station, a report of an expected time
of low interference communications from an adjacent base station;
and
• scheduling transmission of high interference communications
associated with a subscriber unit in the cell associated with the
operating base station at the expected time of low interference
communications in the adjacent cell.
The examiner relies on the following reference:
Dent 5,894,473 Apr. 13, 1999
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