A method and a system for the fractional reuse of frequencies in a wireless network. The method includes the following steps: obtaining at least one PHY based index defining a preferred allocation of a mobile station among at least two frequency reuse zones in a cell of said communication network; and scheduling bursts of packets to transmit to the mobile station, by at least one frequency reuse zone among the at least two frequency reuse zones, in view of transmission requests and the at least one PHY based index.