Patent ID: 7272130

Claim:
A Code Division Multiple Access (“CDMA”) base station configured to exchange communications between a plurality of CDMA user devices and a communication network, the CDMA device comprising: base station control logic to determine the current power level of the base station based on a number of currently active calls in the base station; call priority logic to determine a call priority for new incoming calls based on a class of service for the new incoming call; bit rate allocation logic to automatically allocate bit rates to the new incoming calls based on the current power level and the call priority for the new incoming calls, wherein the bit rate allocation logic is configured to automatically lower the bit rate allocated to at least one currently active call based on the current power level of the base station and the call priority for the new incoming call, wherein the call priority comprises one of a high priority and a low priority and wherein the base station control logic is configured to compare the current power level of the base station to a plurality of pre-detemined threshold power levels, wherein each of the plurality of pre-determined threshold power levels corresponds to an individual one of a plurality of bit rate allocations.