Patent ID: 7054286

Claim:
A synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) communication system wherein a base site (BS) communicates with subscriber stations (SSs) through a radio channel, comprising: a BS channel allocation control unit for allocating radio channel bandwidth to include a set of shared forward link CDMA channels for use as burst packet-switched channels, wherein data is time division multiplexed over the burst packet-switched channels to a plurality of said SSs; further comprising multiple CDMA burst packet-switched channel receivers at individual ones of said plurality of SSs for receiving said data from said burst packet-switched channels, said BS channel allocation control unit further allocating, as required, other CDMA channels for circuit-switched connections to particular ones of said SSs; and further comprising a side CDMA channel for making channel requests and for sending all or a part of a total amount of data, depending on the total amount of the data.