Patent ID: 7307977

Claim:
A method of scheduling multiple interrupts during each time slot in a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) communications transceiver including data transfer means having a first configuration register set and a second configuration register set for transferring data between a hardware module implementing a plurality of fingers of a rake receiver and a memory buffer for subsequent processing by a software module, said method comprising the steps of: transferring Transmit Power Control (TPC) field data output from said plurality of fingers to said memory buffer via said data transfer means in accordance with said first configuration register set and generating a first interrupt therefrom; configuring said second configuration register set such that a second interrupt is triggered upon transfer completion of downlink pilot field data from a finger having the longest delay; transferring pilot field data output from said plurality of fingers to said memory buffer via said data transfer means in accordance with said second configuration register set and generating a second interrupt therefrom; and configuring said first configuration register set such that a first interrupt is triggered upon transfer completion of downlink TPC field data from a finger having the longest delay.