Method and apparatus for using non-symmetric speech coders to produce non-symmetric links in a wireless communication system

A method for transmitting frames of data in a wireless communication system, comprising the step of balancing the capacity of a forward link of the wireless communication system with the capacity of a reverse link of the wireless communication system, wherein the step of balancing is accomplished by using a forward link speech coder that operates at a first mode on the forward link, wherein the first mode is not symmetric to a second mode by which a reverse link speech coder is operating.

A system for balancing the capacity of a forward link with the capacity of a reverse link in a wireless communication system, comprising;

• a forward link speech coder that selectively operates in a plurality of modes, wherein at least one of the plurality of modes is associated with a low average data rate;
• and
• a reverse link speech coder that selectively operates in a reduced plurality of modes, wherein each of the reduced plurality of modes is associated with a high average data rate.

A method for transmitting frames of data in a forward link and a reverse link of a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of:

• operating a forward link speech coder in a first plurality of modes;
• and
• operating a reverse link speech coder in a second plurality of modes, wherein at least one mode in the second plurality of modes is different from each mode in the first plurality of modes.

A method for transmitting frames of data in a forward link and a reverse link in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of:

• operating a forward link speech coder in a first plurality of modes;
• and
• operating a reverse link speech coder in a second plurality of modes, wherein at least one mode in the second plurality of modes is the same as a mode in the first plurality of modes.

A method for transmitting frames of data in a forward link and a reverse link in a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of:

• operating a forward link speech coder in a first plurality of modes;
• and
• operating a reverse link speech coder in a second plurality of modes, wherein at least one mode in the first plurality of modes is the same as a mode in the second plurality of modes.