Patent ID: 7869417

Claim:
A method of transmitting information over a time division multiple access air interface of a cellular communication system, the method comprising: grouping a first plurality of mobile stations in a sector served by a base transceiver station of the cellular communication system, the first plurality of mobile stations comprising a first mobile station and a second mobile station; transmitting from the base transceiver station on a first carrier frequency during a first time slot a first downlink data block to the first mobile station using a first transmitted power; and transmitting from the base transceiver station on the first carrier frequency during the first time slot a second downlink data block to the second mobile station using a second transmitted power; wherein the first transmitted power and the second transmitted power are such that the first mobile station can receive and decode the first data block, and the second mobile station can receive and decode the second data block estimating first radio conditions of the first mobile station during the first time slot; estimating second radio conditions of the second mobile station during the first time slot; and determining the first transmitted power and the second transmitted power as a function of the first and second radio conditions transmitting from the base transceiver station on a second carrier frequency during the first time slot a third downlink data block to a third mobile station in the sector served by the base transceiver station; wherein the third downlink data block is not multiplexed, and the step of transmitting on the second carrier frequency is performed in accordance with Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) Radio Access Network (GERAN) standard.