Resource management in a wireless communication network

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform a method for advance allocation of one or more resources to a frame for a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising:

• transmitting, from a transmitter to a receiver of the mobile network, a first packet in a frame N−X, wherein the first packet comprises a first MAC header, and wherein the first MAC header includes resource allocation data for a frame N, wherein the first MAC header is included in a first packet transmitted X frames prior to a packet transmitted in the frame N, and wherein X is greater than 0.

A method for allocation of resources in a set X to a first cell and allocation of resources in a set Y to a second cell, wherein both the first and the second cells are in a first zone but in different geographic neighborhoods, the method comprising:

• transmitting resource allocation data to at least one mobile communication terminal in the first zone, using a single frequency network message transmitted from cells in the first zone that identifies a union of sets X and Y as resources allocated to cells in the first zone;
• wherein a first mobile communication terminal in the first cell is notified that resources in the set X are designated for allocation to the first cell, in response to receiving a first non single frequency network notification message, and
• wherein a second mobile communication terminal in the second cell is notified that resources in the set Y are designated for allocation to the second cell, in response to receiving a second non single frequency network notification message.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform a method for allocation of resources in a set X to a first cell and allocation of resources in a set Y to a second cell, wherein both the first and the second cells are in a first zone but in different geographic neighborhoods, the method comprising:

• transmitting, by a transmitter, resource allocation data to at least one mobile communication terminal in the first zone, using a single frequency network message transmitted from all cells in the first zone that identifies a union of sets X and Y as resources allocated to all cells in the first zone;
• wherein a first mobile communication terminal in the first cell is notified that resources in the set X are designated for allocation to the first cell, in response to receiving a first non single frequency network notification message, and wherein a second mobile communication terminal in the second cell is notified that resources in the set Y are designated for allocation to the second cell, in response to receiving a second non single frequency network notification message.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions that, when executed, perform a method for allocation of one or more resources to one or more cells, the method comprising:

• determining, by a transmitter, number of resources for each cell in a zone, wherein N resources are allocated to a first cell in a first geographical neighborhood in a first zone and M resources are allocated to a second cell in a second geographical neighborhood in the first zone, wherein M is a subset of N;
• transmitting, by the transmitter, resource allocation data from the first and second cells to at least one mobile communication terminal in the first zone, using a single frequency network message transmitted from one or more cells in the first zone that identifies N resources allocated to one or more cells in the first zone;
• and notifying, by the transmitter, a first mobile communication terminal in the second cell of resources that are in M, through a non single frequency network message such that the first mobile communication terminal is notified to receive information delivered by resources in M.