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Charge for communication of a message in a wireless communications system is assigned commensurate with the spectral and non-spectral resource demand associated with the service used to communicate the message. A service may be identified from a plurality of services in response to a user request to

Charge for communication of a message in a wireless communications system is assigned commensurate with the spectral and non-spectral resource demand associated with the service used to communicate the message. A service may be identified from a plurality of services in response to a user request to communicate a message, for example, and charge for the communication of the message assigned to the user based on the service identified. According to another aspect, the system may first determine whether sufficient system resources are available to communicate the message using the selected service. According to another aspect, the system may first determine whether the user is authorized to communicate the message using the selected service.

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[ That which is claimed is:] [1.]1. In a wireless communications system, a method of operating comprising the steps of:identifying a service of a plurality of services offered by the wireless communications system, a respective one of the plurality of services employing a respective communications c

[ That which is claimed is:] [1.]1. In a wireless communications system, a method of operating comprising the steps of:identifying a service of a plurality of services offered by the wireless communications system, a respective one of the plurality of services employing a respective communications channel having a respective error correction coding redundancy level;communicating a message according to the identified service; andassigning a charge for communication of the message according to the identified service commensurate with the error correction coding redundancy level of the associated communications channel.