Patent ID: 6847622

Claim:
A method in a communication system for providing multiple wireless communication services having different bit rates, the method comprising: receiving one or more first data streams, each having a first information bit rate; receiving one or more second data streams, each having a second information bit rate that is higher than the first information bit rate; encoding the one or more first data streams using code division multiple access (CDMA), resulting in one or more spread data streams; multiplexing each of the one or more second data streams and the one or more spread data streams, resulting in one or more multiplexed data stream; frequency modulating the one or more multiplexed data streams, resulting in a modulated data stream; and transmitting the modulated data stream at a first power level, wherein the one or more first data streams and the one or more second data streams have a common transmission bit rate, resulting in differences in link margin for the one or more first data streams and the one or more second data streams.