Patent ID: 7907574

Claim:
A method for transmitting data in a code division multiple access (CDMA) communication network, comprising: allocating a common Walsh code to a group of transceivers, the group of transceivers being grouped together based upon a mutual data rate; allocating a respective, different long code to each transceiver in the group, the long code being specific to the transceiver in the group and enabling only the specific transceiver in the group to decode the data that was intended for said specific transceiver; and time-multiplexing transmission of the data to the transceivers in the group by applying the common Walsh code and the respective long code of each transceiver to data packets directed to the transceivers so as to form multiplexed data packets, and transmitting the multiplexed data packets in sequence over the network to the group of transceivers, wherein the transceivers in the group have respective data throughput rates, and wherein transmitting the multiplexed data packets comprises identifying a specific transceiver in the group having a minimum data throughput rate among the data throughput rates of the transceivers in the group, and applying the respective long code to transmit at least one multiplexed data packet to the specific transceiver.