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A hands-free unit of a system automatically transmits a first paging signal to page a mobile terminal of at least one user of a first category of users and upon receiving a response signal therefrom, connects the hands-free unit to that mobile terminal. If there's no response signal with a first pre

A hands-free unit of a system automatically transmits a first paging signal to page a mobile terminal of at least one user of a first category of users and upon receiving a response signal therefrom, connects the hands-free unit to that mobile terminal. If there's no response signal with a first predetermined time period, a second paging signal is transmitted to page at least one of a second category of users and upon receiving a response signal connects the hands-free unit to that mobile terminal. If there's no response signal with a second predetermined time period, the system awaits a signal from one user of third category of users and upon receiving a signal therefrom, connects the hands-free unit to that mobile terminal.

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A hands-free unit of a system automatically transmits a first paging signal to page a mobile terminal of at least one user of a first category of users and upon receiving a response signal therefrom, connects the hands-free unit to that mobile terminal. If there's no response signal with a first pre

A hands-free unit of a system automatically transmits a first paging signal to page a mobile terminal of at least one user of a first category of users and upon receiving a response signal therefrom, connects the hands-free unit to that mobile terminal. If there's no response signal with a first predetermined time period, a second paging signal is transmitted to page at least one of a second category of users and upon receiving a response signal connects the hands-free unit to that mobile terminal. If there's no response signal with a second predetermined time period, the system awaits a signal from one user of third category of users and upon receiving a signal therefrom, connects the hands-free unit to that mobile terminal. 1. A method for allocating power among reverse link power control channels on a communications link between a first station and a plurality of second stations, including the steps of: a) attempting to receive forward link quality information from each of the plurality of second stations; b) determining the relative quality of a plurality of reverse link power control channels, each such reverse link power control channel being associated with one of the plurality of second stations, the determination being based upon the forward link quality information received from the associated second stations; and c) allocating more power to a reverse link power control channel associated with a lower quality forward link than to a reverse link power control channel associated with a higher quality forward link. 2. A method for allocating power to a power control channel which is embedded within a data channel, including the steps of: a) determining the amount of power that is required to reliably transmit information over the power control channel to each of a plurality of remote stations; b) allocating the amount of power required to transmit the power control channel to each of the remote stations based upon the determined power requirements; c) allocating the amount of power required to transmit each data channel based on the total number of data channels and the total available power, independent of the amount of power allocated to each power control channel. 3. A base station within a communication system, including: a) a receiver configured to receive forward link quality information from each of a plurality of remote stations; b) a processor, coupled to the receiver, configured to: i) determine the relative quality of a plurality of reverse link power control channels, each such reverse link power control channel being associated with one of the plurality of remote stations, the determination being based upon the forward link quality information received from the associated remote stations; and c) allocate more power to a reverse link power control channel associated with a lower quality forward link then to a reverse link power control channel associated with a higher quality forward link. 4. A base station in which power is allocated to a power control channel which is embedded within a data channel, including: a) a processor configured to: i) determining the amount of power that is required to reliably transmit information over the power control channel to each of a plurality of remote stations; ii) allocate the amount of power required to transmit the power control channel to each of the remote stations based upon the determined power requirements; iii) allocate the amount of power required to transmit each data channel based on the total number of data channels and the total available power, independent of the amount of power allocated to each power control channel b) a transmitter, coupled to the processor, configured to transmit the power control channels to each of the plurality of remote stations at the allocated power levels. 5. A method for determining the amount of power that is required to transmit power control information from a first station to a second station of a communication system, including the steps of: a. receiving a first data rate control message from the second station during a first period of time; b. determining whether the first data rate control message is directed to the first station; c. storing the first data rate control message on a short list; d. receiving a second data rate control message from the second station during a second period of time; e. determining whether the second data rate control message is directed to the first station; f. if the second data rate control message is not directed to the first station, then: i) determining the amount of power which would be required to transmit power control information from the first station to the s econd station during the first period of time based upon the first data rate control message; and ii) determining the amount of power that is required to reliably transmit power control information from the first station to the second station during the second period of time based upon the amount of power determined to be required to reliably transmit power control information from the first station to the second station during the first period of time. 6. The method of claim 5, further including the steps of: a) storing the second data rate control message on the short list; b) storing data rate control messages on the short list if received within a first predetermined amount of time, and storing data rate control messages on a long list if received within a second predetermined amount of time, the second predetermined amount of time being longer than the first predetermined amount of time; c) determining whether any of the messages on the short list are directed to the first station; d) if any of the data rate control messages stored on the short list are directed to the first station, then determining the amount of power required to transmit the power control information from the first station to the second station based upon the most recent data rate control message directed to the first station; e) if none of the data rate control messages stored on the short list are directed to the first station and at least one of the data rate control messages stored on the long list are directed to the first station, then determining the amount of power required to reliably transmit power control information from the first station to the second station during the second period of time based upon each of the power control messages directed to the first station and stored on the long list. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the step of determining the amount of power required to reliably transmit power control information from the first station to the second station during the second period of time based upon each of the power control messages directed to the first station and stored on the long list further includes the steps of: a) calculating an average forward link quality based upon the values of each data rate control message stored on the long list and directed to the base station; and b) determining the amount of power required to reliably transmit power control information from the first station to the second station based upon the average forward link quality. 8. A method for allocating power among reverse link power control channels on a communications link between a first station and a plurality of second stations, including the steps of: a) attempting to receive forward link quality information from each of the plurality of second stations; b) determining the relative quality of a plurality of reverse link power control channels, each such reverse link power control channel being associated with one of the plurality of second stations, the determination being based upon the forward link quality information received from the associated second stations; c) allocating more power to a reverse link power control channel associated with a lower quality forward link than to a reverse link power control channel associated with a higher quality forward link; d) determining from information received from one of the plurality of second stations whether more power, less power, or the same amount of power is required on the forward link between the one of the plurality of second stations and the first station; and e) allocating no power to a reverse power control channel associated with one of the plurality of second stations communicating with the first station over a forward link for which the same amount of reverse link power is required. 9. A method for allocating transmit power to a plurality of power control channels, including the steps of: a) attempting to determine the quality of one or more forw