| CPC H04L 25/0202 (2013.01) [H04W 24/02 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |

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1. A method for estimating a self-interference channel by a base station operating a plurality of sectors, the method comprising:
transmitting, in a self-interference channel estimation interval, a downlink signal in a sector among the plurality of sectors;
estimating an intra-sector self-interference channel caused by the downlink signal in the sector;
transmitting, in the self-interference channel estimation interval, a downlink signal in a neighboring sector adjacent to the sector among the plurality of sectors; and
estimating an inter-sector self-interference channel caused by the downlink signal in the neighboring sector in the base station.
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