Patent ID: 7146162

Claim:
A wireless communication system comprising; at least one wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU); at least one base station; and at least one radio network controller (RNC), said RNC configured to evaluate resources in said WTRU's serving cell to determine whether the number of timeslots assigned to said WTRU may be reduced and further configured to reduce the number of timeslots where said determination is positive; said RNC further configured to reassign resources in neighboring cells to reduce the amount of interference imparted on said serving cell by said neighboring cells and to reevaluate reduction of timeslots in said serving cell where resources in said neighboring cells have been reassigned and the number of timeslots were not previously reduced; and said RNC further configured to reassign resources in said serving cells to reduce the amount of interference in said serving cell and to reevaluate reduction of timeslots in said serving cell where resources in said serving cell have been reassigned and the number of timeslots were not previously reduced.