Abstract: A wireless communications system and method is disclosed. A cell has a plurality of allocated sectors and a base station that communicates with mobile units contained within the cell. The base station has a transmitter that transmits communication signals along at least two carriers per sector within a cell. Each carrier within a sector is assigned a zone spaced from the base station, such as from an inner zone to an outer zone. The power per carrier is reduced successively from the outer to the inner zone.

Abstract: A radio transmission system and method routes incoming user signals to at least one radio equipment that is eligible to handle the user signal. The average user population and rate of change of user population for each radio equipment are calculated by control circuitry monitoring a plurality of radio equipment. A ceiling threshold and user population threshold are initially established for each of the radio equipment. As users are admitted to the system, incoming user signals are routed to a radio equipment selected from eligible radio equipment. The radio equipment deemed eligible are those which have current user population below their population thresholds and population thresholds adequately below their ceiling thresholds. Incoming user signals are routed to at least one selected radio equipment based on the average user population and rate of change of user population of the radio equipment of the system.

Abstract: A beam on demand antenna system and method for automatically allocating amplifiers and antennas to various sectors of a wireless communication system to meet the capacity demands of the sectors. The transmission power levels of equipment assigned to the sectors are monitored by a controller which switches equipment amongst the various sectors such that the sectors operate at or below a power threshold established by the system provider of the communication system or by the manufacturer of the antenna system.

Abstract: A wireless communications system and method is disclosed. A cell has a plurality of allocated sectors and a base station that communicates with mobile units contained within the cell. The base station has a transmitter that transmits communication signals along at least two carriers per sector within a cell. Each carrier within a sector is assigned a zone spaced from the base station, such as from an inner zone to an outer zone. The power per carrier is reduced successively from the outer to the inner zone.