Patent ID: 7333797

Claim:
A method for setting up a wireless call comprising: receiving a call intended for a first mobile station; paging the first mobile station; receiving a first response to the page from the first mobile station and a second response to the page from a second mobile station; maintaining mobile identity information in association with each of the first mobile station and the second mobile station; determining that a same mobile identifier is associated with each of the first mobile station and the second mobile station; in response to receiving the first and second responses and determining that a same mobile identifier is associated with each of the first mobile station and the second mobile station, allocating a same plurality of physical layer parameters to each mobile station of the first mobile station and the second mobile station; conveying a first channel assignment in association with the plurality of physical layer parameters allocated to the first mobile station; and conveying a second channel assignment in association with the plurality of physical layer parameters allocated to the second mobile station.