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A CDMA cellular communication system includes two base stations (403,405), which comprises resource allocation means (415,417) and communication means (411,413) for communicating over a radio interface to a user terminal (401). The user terminal (401) is in soft handover with the two base stations (

A CDMA cellular communication system includes two base stations (403,405), which comprises resource allocation means (415,417) and communication means (411,413) for communicating over a radio interface to a user terminal (401). The user terminal (401) is in soft handover with the two base stations (403,405) and communicates using packet transmission. One of the base stations (403,405) is determined as associated base station by means for determining an associated cell (421,423). Initial resource scheduling is performed in the two base stations (403,405) only considering the soft handover user terminal (401) in the associated cell. The resource allocation is then communicated to the non-associated base station, which updates its resource allocation taking into account the soft handover user terminal (401). The invention is applicable to the UMTS communication system.

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1. A communication network comprisingfirst resource allocating means for allocating resource in a first communication channel; second resource allocating means for allocating resource in a second communication channel; first communication means for providing a communication link for the first commun

1. A communication network comprisingfirst resource allocating means for allocating resource in a first communication channel; second resource allocating means for allocating resource in a second communication channel; first communication means for providing a communication link for the first communication channel to at least one user terminal; second communication means for providing a communication link for the second communication channel to at least one user terminal; a first user terminal using both communication links for communication; means for designating one of the first or second resource allocating means as an associated resource; and wherein said associated resource allocating means performs a first allocation of resource to said first user terminal without consideration of resource allocation in other resource allocating means and in which the resource allocating means not being associated resource allocation means subsequently performs a resource allocation to the first user terminal in response to the first resource allocation of the associated resource allocation means.