Patent ID: 7532609

Claim:
In a communication system, including a selection distribution unit (SDU) and a plurality of base station transceivers (BTSs) coupled to a plurality of mobile stations each BTS of the plurality of BTSs including a time slot manager coupled to the BS, a method for supplemental channel resource fairness comprising the steps of: requesting at least one time slot at a data rate R for a first mobile station of the plurality of mobile stations; modifying by the time slot manager the at least one time slot and data rate R for the at least one time slot for the first mobile station; determining whether the data rate R is greater than a basic rate (1X); finding a first available time slot for at least one time slot at the modified data rate R; determining by the time slot manager whether the first available time slot is less than a predetermined number of time slots from a present time slot; and if the first available time slot is less than the predetermined number of time slots from the present time slot, sending a grant modified request message by the time slot manager to the SDU.