Patent ID: 7418270

Claim:
For use in a 1xEV-DV wireless network capable of communicating with mobile stations in a coverage area of said 1xEV-DV wireless network, a base station comprising: a radio frequency (RF) transceiver capable of transmitting to said mobile stations in a plurality of voice traffic channels and in at least one packet data channel; and a power allocation controller capable of adjusting the total transmit power allocated to said plurality of voice traffic channels and allocated to said at least one packet data channel in response to changing conditions in said 1xEV-DV wireless network, and comparing the total transmit power allocated to said plurality of voice traffic channels to a maximum threshold and, if the total transmit power allocated to said plurality of voice traffic channels exceeds said maximum threshold, said power allocation controller is capable of causing said base station to deny voice service to a new mobile station attempting to access said base station.