Abstract—A mass deployment of femtocells is anticipated to affect a number of areas more adversely, especially in the cell-edge of the macrocell network. In this paper, we propose a flexible frequency-partitioning scheme for OFDMA network based on cyclic difference sets. The cyclic property of these sets allows a quick construction of orthogonal patterns for the macrocell and femtocell networks with an emphasis on tri-sector sites. The impact and the co-deployment of femtocells is also investigated. Unlike, with existing works in the literature, the novel scheme can adaptively control the level of coverage in the cell-edges areas and additionally enables coexistence of femtocells in the network. Simulation results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed scheme in both macrocell and femtocell networks compared to the legacy soft frequency reuse and universal frequency reuse. Keywords-Cyclic difference set; Frequency Partitioning; Inter-cell Interference Coordination; Interference Mitigation schemes

Version (1,2,…): 2 This deliverable (DR9.2) describes the radio resource management, joint radio resource management and advanced spectrum management strategies developed in each of the tasks of WPR.9 during the second year of study. The proposed algorithms together with the results of evaluation in scenarios identified in the deliverable DR9.1 are presented. A special attention is given to JRRM in heterogeneous networks, OFDMA spectrum management and measurements, and game-theoretical

Identification of relevant scenarios, use cases and initial studies on JRRM