Patent ID: 7433310

Claim:
A method for determining whether a connection event between a base station and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) should be accepted or rejected, the method comprising: measuring the interference level I 0 in a candidate timeslot; measuring the path loss L between the base station and the WTRU; measuring the total transmit power P 0 of the base station; determining a thermal noise level θ; determining a fading average signal-to-interference ratio (SIR); obtaining a value G c , which relates to the link gain between the base station and a WTRU operating in an adjacent cell; and calculating a ratio R, wherein if the ratio R is above a certain threshold the connection event will be accepted and if the ratio R is below the threshold the connection event will be rejected; wherein the ratio R is calculated using the following equation: R = 1 1 - ( I 0 θ - 1 ) ⁢ L ⁢ ⁢ SIR ( P 0 I 0 ) + 1 G c .