Communication system and method for quality-based call admission control and scheduling

A wireless communication system comprising:

• a base station;
• and
• a plurality of remote stations, each sending a request for allocation of radio frequency (RF) resources to said base station;
• said base station
• determining a respective RF quality for
• each remote station, and
• upon receiving a request for RF resources from a given remote station, determining whether admission of the given remote station would exceed an RF power budget threshold, and if the RF power budget threshold would not be exceeded then comparing the RF quality to a first quality threshold to determine whether to allocate the requested RF resource to the given remote station, and if the RF power budget threshold would be exceeded then comparing the RF quality to a second quality threshold more stringent than the first quality threshold to determine whether to allocate the RF resource to the given remote station.

A method of call admission and scheduling for a wireless communications system comprising a base station and a plurality of remote stations wirelessly communicating therewith, the method comprising:

• determining a respective RF quality for each of the plurality of remote stations;
• and
• responding to a request from a given remote station to the base station for RF resources by
• determining whether admission of the given remote station would exceed an RF power budget threshold of the base station,
• comparing the RF quality to a first quality threshold to determine whether to allocate the requested RF resource to the given remote station when the RF power budget threshold would not be exceeded, and
• comparing the RF quality to a second quality threshold more stringent than the first quality threshold to determine whether to allocate the RF resource to the given remote station when the RF power budget threshold would be exceeded.