Patent ID: 8774153

Claim:
A method of operating a communication system, the method comprising: in a first base station transceiver, wirelessly receiving communications from a first user in a code division multiplexing format using a first spreading code assigned to the first base station transceiver, and determining a first wireless communication performance measurement for the first base station transceiver; in a second base station transceiver, wirelessly receiving communications from a second user in the code division multiplexing format using a second spreading code assigned to the second base station transceiver, and determining a second wireless communication performance measurement for the second base station transceiver; in a network control system, selecting the second base station transceiver to assist the first base station transceiver in handling communications that use the first spreading code based on the first wireless communication performance measurement and the second wireless communication performance measurement, and in response, transferring an assistance instruction; and in the second base station transceiver, receiving the assistance instruction, and in response, wirelessly receiving communications from a third user in the code division multiplexing format using the first spreading code assigned to the first base station transceiver by at least re-allocating spreading code processing circuitry in the second base station transceiver to decode the first spreading code assigned to the first base station transceiver.