Compatible broadcast downlink and unicast uplink interference reduction for a wireless communication system

A method for a mobile station to reduce interference between an uplink, unicast transmission from the mobile station and at least one downlink broadcast transmission, comprising:

• receiving at least one downlink broadcast service on the at least one downlink broadcast transmission in an at least one assigned time period from a base station;
• transmitting information to the base station identifying the at least one downlink broadcast service being decoded by the mobile station;
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• receiving an assignment of at least one scheduled uplink unicast transmission from the base station, based on the identified at least one downlink broadcast service being decoded by the mobile station, such that the at least one uplink, unicast transmission of the mobile station is never concurrent with the at least one downlink broadcast transmission.

A base station to reduce interference between an uplink, unicast transmission from at least one mobile station and at least one downlink broadcast transmission, comprising:

• logic for assigning at least one time period to the at least one downlink broadcast transmission;
• logic for transmitting at least one downlink broadcast service on the at least one time period;
• logic for receiving information from the at least one mobile station identifying the at least one downlink broadcast service being decoded by the mobile station;
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• logic for scheduling the at least one, uplink, unicast transmission for transmission by the mobile station, based on the identified at least one downlink broadcast service being decoded by the mobile station, so that the at least one uplink, unicast transmission of the mobile station is never concurrent with the at least one downlink broadcast transmission that the mobile station is decoding.

A mobile station to reduce interference between an uplink, unicast transmission from the mobile station and at least one downlink broadcast transmission, comprising:

• logic for receiving at least one downlink broadcast service on the at least one downlink broadcast transmission in an at least one assigned time period from a base station;
• logic for transmitting information to the base station identifying the at least one downlink, broadcast service being decoded by the mobile station;
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• logic for receiving an assignment of at least one scheduled uplink, unicast transmission and a scheduling of at least one downlink broadcast transmission from the base station, based on the identified at least one downlink broadcast service being decoded by the mobile station, such that the at least one uplink unicast transmission of the mobile station is never concurrent with the at least one downlink broadcast transmission.