Patent ID: 6842619

Claim:
A telecommunications system within a Code Division Multiple Access 2000 (CDMA2000) network, said CDMA2000 network having a base station serving a sector, said base station further having a queue therein for storing data packets associated with data sessions involving one or more mobile terminals whose respective data rate controls (DRC) are pointed towards said sector, said queue having a size, said telecommunications system comprising: an overhead message handler adapted to receive said queue size and compare said queue size with a predefined threshold wherein said queue size is the amount of data packets stored within said queue to be transmitted to said one or more mobile terminals associated with said sector; means for selecting one or more of said mobile terminals when said queue size exceeds said predefined threshold; and means for transmitting a respective message to said selected one or more mobile terminals, said message instructing said selected one or more mobile terminals to not point their said respective DRCs towards said sector.