Abstract: This invention provides a highly flexible multiplexing scheme for Direct Sequence CDMA systems enabling the CDMA system to flexibly allocate CDMA channel resources between packet-switched broadcast channels and fast-circuit-switched dedicated channels in order to optimize system throughput. A method and system are provided for operating a communication system. The method has steps of: flexibly allocating CDMA channel resources between packet-switched broadcast channels and fast-circuit-switched dedicated channels in order to optimize system throughput, and employing a side channel as required to send all or a part of a total amount of data, depending on the total amount of the data. A bandwidth allocation scheme allocates a set of CDMA channels for burst packet-switched channels, and data is time division multiplexed over the set of burst CDMA channels providing a wide bandwidth data pipe for packet-switched data.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 9, 2001
Date of Patent:
May 30, 2006
Assignee:
L-3 Communications Corporation
Inventors:
Richard B. Ertel, Eric K. Hall, Thomas R. Giallorenzi, Philip L. Stephenson, Johnny M. Harris, Edward P. Newren