Method and system for sharing frequency spectrum between GSM system and LTE system

1. A method for sharing the whole available Long Time Evolution (LTE) spectrum bandwidth between a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) system and a LTE system, the method comprising:

for fixed channels of the LTE system, allocating carrier frequencies of the GSM system to a current cell and a neighbour cell interfering with the current cell, wherein the carrier frequencies of the GSM system and the fixed channels of the LTE system are not located on same frequency resources to avoid interfering with the fixed channels of the LTE system:

for frequency domain resources allocated to users and indicated by Physical Downlink Share Channels (PDSCHs) and Physical Uplink Share Channels (PUSCHs) of the LTE system, allocating frequency domain resources of the LTE system to users which are not on same frequency resources with frequency locations of the carrier frequencies of the GSM system allocated to the current cell and the neighbour cell interfering with the current cell, so as to avoid interfering with the users of the LTE system;

for Physical Control Format Indicator Channels (PCFICHs) and Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channels (PHICHs) of the LTE system, allocating carrier frequencies of the GSM system to the current cell and the neighbour cell interfering with the current cell, wherein the carrier frequencies of the GSM system are not located on same frequency resources with the PCFICFIs and PHICHs of the LTE system so as to avoid interfering with the PCFICHs and the PHICHs of the LTE system;

for Physical Downlink Control Channels (PDCCHs) of the LTE system, determining whether frequency resources occupied by the PDCCHs are overlapped with frequency resources occupied by the GSM system of the current cell and the neighbour cell interfering with the current cell, and, according to how many frequency resources are overlapped, increasing, by the LTE system, PDCCH resources to make up the PDCCH which has been interfered; and

keeping appropriate guard bands when avoiding interference,

wherein the carrier frequencies of the GSM system are allocated frequency resources within any location of the whole available LTE bandwidth.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein for the fixed channels of the LTE system, avoiding, by the GSM system, the fixed channels of the LTE system by taking one or more Resource Blocks (RBs) of the LTE system as unit.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein for the PDSCHs and the PUSCHs of the LTE system, avoiding the GSM system by taking one or more RBs of the LTE system as unit.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein for the PCFICHs and the PHICHs of the LTE system, avoiding, by the LTE system, the GSM system by taking one or more Resource Element Groups (REGs) of the LTE system as unit, or avoiding, by the GSM system, the LTE system by taking one or more REGs of the LTE system as unit.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the fixed channels of the LTE system comprises at least one of the following channels: Physical Broadcast Channels (PBCHs), Primary Synchronization Channels (PSCHs)/Secondary Synchronization Channels (SSCHs), Physical Downlink Share Channels (PDSCHs) at which Main Information Blocks (MIBs) are located, Physical Uplink Control Channels (PUCCHs), and Physical Random Access Channels (PRACHs).

6. A system for sharing the whole available Long Time Evolution (LTE) LTE spectrum bandwidth, same frequency spectrum, comprising a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) system, a LTE system, and a coordinating device, implemented by a processor on which instructions stored in a memory are being executed, configured to:

for fixed channels of the LTE system, allocate carrier frequencies of the GSM system to a current cell and a neighbour cell interfering with the current cell, wherein the carrier frequencies of the GSM system and the fixed channels of the LTE system are not located on same frequency resources to avoid interfering with fixed channels of the LTE system;

for frequency domain resources allocated to users and indicated by Physical Downlink Share Channels (PDSCHs) and Physical Uplink Share Channels (PUSCHs) of the LTE system, allocate frequency domain resources of the LTE system to users which are not on same frequency resources with frequency locations of the carrier frequencies of the GSM system allocated to the current cell and the neighbour cell interfering with the current cell so as to avoid interfering with the users of the LTE system;

for Physical Control Format Indicator Channels (PCFICHs) and Physical Hybrid ARQ Indicator Channels (PHICHs) of the LTE system, allocate carrier frequencies of the GSM system to the current cell and the neighbour cell interfering with the current cell, wherein the carrier frequencies of the GSM system are not located on same frequency resources with PCFICHs and PHICHs of the LTE system so as to avoid interfering with the PCFICHs and the PHICHs of the LTE system;

for Physical Downlink Control Channels (PDCCHs) of the LTE system, determine whether frequency resources occupied by the PDCCHs are overlapped with frequency resources occupied by the GSM system of the current cell and the neighbour cell interfering with the current cell, and, according to how many frequency resources are overlapped, increase PDCCH resources of the LTE system to make up the PDCCH which has been interfered; and

keep appropriate guard bands when avoiding interference,

wherein the carrier frequencies of the GSM system are allocated frequency resources within any location of the whole available LTE bandwidth.

7. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the fixed channels of the LTE system comprises at least one of the following channels: Physical Broadcast Channels (PBCHs), Primary Synchronization Channels (PSCHs)/Secondary Synchronization Channels (SSCHs), Physical Downlink Share Channels (PDSCHs) at which Main Information Blocks (MIBs) are located, Physical Uplink Control Channels (PUCCHs), and Physical Random Access Channels (PRACHs).

8. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the fixed channels of the LTE system comprises at least one of the following channels: Physical Broadcast Channels (PBCHs), Primary Synchronization Channels (PSCHs)/Secondary Synchronization Channels (SSCHs), Physical Downlink Share Channels (PDSCHs) at which Main Information Blocks (MIBs) are located, Physical Uplink Control Channels (PUCCHs), and Physical Random Access Channels (PRACHs).

9. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the fixed channels of the LTE system comprises at least one of the following channels: Physical Broadcast Channels (PBCHs), Primary Synchronization Channels (PSCHs)/Secondary Synchronization Channels (SSCHs), Physical Downlink Share Channels (PDSCHs) at which Main Information Blocks (MIBs) are located, Physical Uplink Control Channels (PUCCHs), and Physical Random Access Channels (PRACHs).

10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising: when the GSM system performs frequency hopping, notifying, by the GSM system, the LTE system of frequency hopping modes of the current cell and the neighbour cell interfering with the current cell to avoid interfering with the LTE system.

11. The system according to claim 6 , wherein when the GSM system performs frequency hopping, the GSM system notifies the LTE system of frequency hopping modes of the current cell and the neighbour cell interfering with the current cell to avoid interfering with the LTE system.