Patent ID: 8300606

Claim:
A method for selecting a number of code channels and an associated spreading factor for a code division multiple access transmission between a sending device and a receiving device, comprising: determining a set of permissible parameter pairs with the parameters being a number of code channels and an associated spreading factor according to at least one first selection criterion; selecting a parameter pair from the set of permissible parameter pairs for the code division multiple access transmission according to at least one second selection criterion; and using at least the spreading factor in the at least one second selection criterion, with a higher value spreading factor being preferred over a lower value spreading factor when both the higher and lower value spreading factors in the set of permissible parameter pairs are not higher than a threshold spreading factor value, and the lower value spreading factor being preferred over the higher value spreading factor when both the higher and lower value spreading factors in the set of permissible parameter pairs are not less than the threshold spreading factor value.