Patent ID: 7068618

Claim:
A method for signaling code and timeslot assignments to support a communication of a user in a wireless hybrid time division multiple access (TDMA)/code division multiple access (CDMA) communication system comprising a first unit that communicates with at least a second unit, whereby the system supports wireless RF communications utilizing at least one timeslot from a plurality of timeslots and at least one code from a plurality of codes, the method comprising: at the first unit: calculating, for each available timeslot, the power required to transmit data; determining whether said calculated power for each timeslot exceeds a predetermined threshold and, if so, removing such exceeding timeslots from said available timeslots to determine remaining timeslots, signaling an identifier of said remaining timeslots to the receiver; and at the second unit: receiving the signaled identifier; and using said timeslots and the codes within the timeslots to support the communication.