Abstract: There is provided a method and apparatus for reducing packet assistant channel power usage in a wireless telephone system. More specifically, there is provided a method comprising measuring a power usage for a packet assistant channel, determining whether the power usage is above a threshold, and discontinuing transmission over the packet assistant channel for a period of time if the power usage is above the threshold.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the method, a base station is configured to divide a coverage area of the base station into sub-coverage areas. Each sub-coverage area has a smaller range of round trip propagation delays than a range of round trip propagation delays for the coverage area of the base station. Each sub-coverage area may have a different range of round trip propagation delays.

Abstract: In one embodiment of the method, a base station is configured to divide a coverage area of the base station into sub-coverage areas. Each sub-coverage area has a smaller range of round trip propagation delays than a range of round trip propagation delays for the coverage area of the base station. Each sub-coverage area may have a different range of round trip propagation delays.

Abstract: A power sharing process for base station to allocate un-utilized power from a 1× system to an EVDV system is shown. In this process, a power sharing module receives input signals that relate to predicted power allocation for the 1× system and current power allocations for the 1× system and the EVDV system. From these input signals, the power sharing module may determine whether non-utilized power from the 1× system may be allocated to the EVDV system. The power sharing module may provide an indication corresponding to the determination to a scheduler that may allocate the non-utilized power for different forward channels. This technique allows the non-utilized power to be used by the EVDV system to operate the cellular communication system.