Abstract: During a wireless call, eighth rate gating is dynamically switched off per sector for either all calls in the sector of the base station or per mobile station when a pre-determined forward link loading threshold is exceeded in that sector, and dynamically switched on eighth rate gating for either per mobile station or for all calls in the sector of the base station when the forward link loading in that sector drops below a predetermined forward link threshold.

Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus are disclosed for reducing set-up time for calls by pre-allocating channels in communication networks. The present invention is based on doing as much of the set-up work as possible before communication resources are actually needed, and then, after resources are needed, using a fast way of executing that work which could not be completed until after the resources were needed. An embodiment of the present invention deploys a first agent to proactively manage communication resources configuring and reserving channels for a principal required to report to a network the address of a suitable supplementary channel available through a second agent. Allocating channels in advance permits fast, consistent, and predictable service times in response to requests for data-burst service. All embodiments of the present invention address a pressing need of service providers who must set-up data-burst sessions very quickly to permit applications to run faster across networks.