METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SUBFRAME INTERLACING IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC H04W72/04 

FIELD: radio engineering, communication.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to communication systems. Methods and apparatus for providing wireless communication using subframe partitioning are disclosed. Two or more base stations may be allocated subframes in a radio frame. All or part of the subframe allocation may be provided to the corresponding user equipment (UE), which may use it to determine signal metrics during assigned subframes for a corresponding base station.

EFFECT: high efficiency of using bandwidth.

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