Patent ID: 7280510

Claim:
A computer-readable medium containing instructions that when executed cause wireless access equipment in a cell segment to: measure activity on reverse links between mobile stations in the cell segment and the wireless access equipment; determine a threshold capacity of the reverse links in response to detecting the activity reaching a predefined threshold level; and subsequently, during operation of the wireless access equipment, using the threshold capacity to set one or more indications of whether to increase or decrease activity on the reverse links, wherein using the threshold capacity to set the one or more indications comprises: calculating a sum of data rates of the reverse link, wherein the data rates were communicated in reverse control channels from respective mobile stations to the wireless access equipment; comparing the sum to the threshold capacity; setting the one or more indications to increase activity in response to the sum being less than the threshold capacity; and setting the one or more indications to decrease activity in response to the sum being greater than the threshold capacity.