Patent ID: 8306008

Claim:
A method of operating a communication system, the method comprising: in a first base station transceiver, receiving first wireless signals in a code division multiplex format using a first code assigned to the first base station transceiver and determining a first noise indicator corresponding to reception of the first wireless signals; in a second base station transceiver, receiving second wireless signals in the code division multiplex format using a second code assigned to the second base station transceiver and determining a second noise indicator corresponding to reception of the second wireless signals; transferring the first noise indicator from the first base station transceiver and receiving the first noise indicator in the second base station transceiver; in a second base station transceiver, processing the first noise indicator and the second noise indicator to determine if the second base station transceiver should receive third wireless signals using the first code assigned to the first base station transceiver; and if the second base station transceiver determines that it should receive the third wireless signals using the first code, then in the second base station transceiver, receiving the third wireless signals using the first code assigned to the first base station transceiver.