Abstract: A STBICM MIMO receiver includes a plurality of demappers for demapping a plurality of complex symbols transmitted by a STBICM MIMO transmitter. Each demapper is configured to have one or more complex symbols associated therewith and is responsible for demapping its associated complex symbols.

Abstract: Our invention is a method and system for solving the problem of blocked calls by load balancing in which overloaded sectors reduce their coverage region, thereby, shedding users, and the surrounding under-loaded sectors increasing their coverage to pick up the shed users. The users are shed from one sector to another by growing or shrinking the relevant sectors through adjustment of the overhead channel power. The overhead channel power allocation parameter is adjustable by the network operator. The setting for the overhead channel power allocation is increased for overloaded sector and decreased for under loaded sector.