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AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsMaik BIENAS, Hyung-Nam CHOI, Andreas SCHMIDT, Achim LUFT, Markus MUECK
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Methods and apparatus that enable and optimize the simultaneous operation of several wireless femtocells having overlapping coverage areas. In one embodiment of the invention, a resource allocation (e.g., time-frequency grid for an OFDM or TDMA based wireless network) governs the simultaneous operation of several femtocells with overlapping coverage areas by specifying uses for resources. A resource allocation unit (RAU) entity is disclosed for managing and modifying resource allocations for femtocells. The community of femtocells can flexibly share resources according to the time-frequency grid, thereby maximizing spectral efficiency without requiring substantial network overhead.
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A method, comprising:
A femtocell capable of operating within a wireless network, the femtocell comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that includes a executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, comprising:
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