Patent ID: 8184532

Claim:
A radio network controller (RNC) for use in a wireless communication system, the RNC comprising: circuitry configured to determine whether a connection with a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is capable of being added in a candidate time slot, wherein the connection is added on a condition that a ratio R is greater than or equal to zero and R is calculated according to R = 1 1 - ( I 0 θ - 1 ) ⁢ L ⁢ ⁢ S ⁢ ⁢ I ⁢ ⁢ R ( P 0 I 0 ) + 1 G c wherein P 0 is determined transmission power; wherein I 0 is determined interference in the candidate time slot; wherein θ is thermal noise level of a connection to be added or dropped; wherein SIR is fading-averaged signal-to-interference ratio; wherein Gc is gain link value; wherein L is determined path loss.