Method for managing channel state in extended traffic region base station

A method for managing states of a pair of channel elements including a normal channel element for a normal traffic region and an extended channel element for an extended traffic region in an extended traffic region base station wherein the extended traffic region base station includes a state management block (SMB), a call processing block (CPB), a resource allocation block (RAB), a statistics processing block (SPB) and a base station manager (BSM), the method comprising the steps of:

• a) by each of the normal channel element and the extended channel element, reporting current states of each of the normal channel element and the extended channel element to the SMB, wherein the current state is one of an abnormal state, a loading state, an idle state and a busy state;
• b) by the SMB, combining the current states to thereby generate a combined state;
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• c) by the SMB, reporting the combined state to a set of the CPB and the RAB and a set of the SPB and the BSM.