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During a wireless call, eighth rate gating is dynamically switched off per sector for either all calls in the sector of the base station or per mobile station when a pre-determined forward link loading threshold is exceeded in that sector, and dynamically switched on eighth rate gating for either pe

During a wireless call, eighth rate gating is dynamically switched off per sector for either all calls in the sector of the base station or per mobile station when a pre-determined forward link loading threshold is exceeded in that sector, and dynamically switched on eighth rate gating for either per mobile station or for all calls in the sector of the base station when the forward link loading in that sector drops below a predetermined forward link threshold.

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What is claimed is: 1. A method of transmission gating a reverse fundamental channel in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: dynamically switching on and switching off reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating as a function of a forward link loading within

What is claimed is: 1. A method of transmission gating a reverse fundamental channel in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: dynamically switching on and switching off reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating as a function of a forward link loading within a sector of a base station in the wireless communication system, wherein the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating is switched off in response to the forward link loading having a first relationship with respect to a predefined threshold, and wherein the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating is switched on in response to the forward link loading having a second, different relationship with respect to the predefined threshold. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating is dynamically switched on and switched off for all mobile stations in the sector of the base station. 3. A method of transmission gating a reverse fundamental channel in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: dynamically controlling reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating as a function of a forward link loading within a sector of a base station in the wireless communication system, wherein dynamically controlling the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating comprises: dynamically switching off the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating in the sector of the base station when a forward link loading threshold is exceeded in that sector; and dynamically switching on the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating in the sector of the base station when the forward link loading threshold is not exceeded in that sector. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the steps of switching only occur once at the initialization of a call for a given mobile station in the wireless communication system to place the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating in an initial switched state, and thereafter maintaining the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating in the initial switched state for the mobile station regardless of subsequent dynamic changes in the forward link channel capacity. 5. The method of claim 3, wherein the forward link loading threshold is set between 75-85%. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating is applied to an eighth rate frame. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein dynamically switching on and switching off reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating is a function of the forward link loading within a subset of plural sectors having the least excess capacity during a handoff of the mobile station between the sectors. 8. A method of transmission gating the reverse fundamental channel in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: analyzing forward link loading within a sector of a base station in the wireless communication system; determining if a current loading of the forward link within the sector of the base station is greater than a pre-determined loading threshold; and if the determining step indicates that the current loading of the forward link of the base station is not greater than the pre-determined loading threshold, setting transmission gating for the reverse fundamental channel. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising assigning a fundamental channel to a mobile station at the initiation of a call with the mobile station within the sector of the base station. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of setting comprises setting the transmission gating for the mobile station initiating the call. 11. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of setting comprises setting the transmission gating for all mobile stations in the sector. 12. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of: if the determination step indicates that the current loading of the forward link of the base station is greater than a pre-determined loading threshold, resetting the transmission gating for the reverse fundamental channel. 13. The method of claim 8, wherein the steps are repeated until at least one call initiated with a mobile station within the sector of the base station has terminated. 14. The method of claim 8, wherein the pre-determined loading threshold comprises at least two pre-determined loading thresholds set to provide hysterisis of the pre-determined loading threshold. 15. The method of claim 8, wherein the pre-determined loading threshold is set between 75-85%. 16. The method of claim 12, wherein the resetting step is performed if it is determined that the forward link loading within a subset of the sector having the least excess capacity is greater than the pre-determined loading threshold during a handoff of the mobile station from one subset of sectors to another. 17. An article comprising computer readable storage media including a program embedded therein that when executed causes a computer to: analyze forward link channel capacity within a sector of a base station in a wireless communication system; determine if a current loading of the forward link channel capacity within the sector of the base station is greater than a pre-determined loading threshold; and if the determination step indicates that the current loading of the forward link channel capacity of the base station is not greater than the pre-determined loading threshold, set transmission gating for the reverse fundamental channel. 18. The article according to claim 17, wherein the program when executed causes the computer to further assign a fundamental channel to a mobile station at the initiation of a call with the mobile station within the sector of the base station. 19. The article according to claim 17, wherein the step of setting comprises setting the transmission gating for all mobile stations in the sector. 20. The article according to claim 17, wherein the program when executed causes the computer to further: if the determination step indicates that the current loading of the forward link channel capacity of the base station is greater than a pre-determined loading threshold, reset the transmission gating for the reverse fundamental channel. 21. The article according to claim 17, wherein the steps are repeated until at least one call initiated with a mobile station within the sector of the base station has terminated. 22. The article according to claim 17, wherein the pre-determined loading threshold is set between 75-85%. 23. The article according to claim 20, wherein the resetting step is performed if it is determined that the forward link loading within a subset of the sector having the least excess capacity is greater than the pre-determined loading threshold during a handoff of the mobile station from one subset of sectors to another. 24. A wireless communication system comprising: a memory device; a processor coupled to the memory device configured to dynamically control a reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating as a function of a forward link loading within a sector of a base station in the wireless communication system, wherein the processor is configured to dynamically switch off the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating in the sector of the base station when a forward link loading threshold is exceeded in that sector, and dynamically switch on the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating in the sector of the base station when the forward link loading threshold is not exceeded in that sector. 25. The wireless communication system of claim 24, wherein the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating is dynamically controlled for all mobile stations in the sector of the base station. 26. The wireless communication system of claim 25, wherein the processor performs a switch only once at the initialization of a call for a given mobile station in the wireless communication system to place the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating in an initial switched state, and thereafter maintains the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating in the initial switched state for the mobile station regardless of subsequent dynamic changes in the forward link channel capacity. 27. The wireless communication system of claim 25, wherein the forward link loading threshold is set between 75-85%. 28. The wireless communication system of claim 25, wherein the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating is applied to an eighth rate frame. 29. A wireless communication system comprising: a memory device; a processor coupled to the memory device configured to dynamically control a reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating as a function of a forward link loading within a sector of a base station in the wireless communication system, wherein the processor dynamically controls reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating as a function of the forward link loading within a subset of plural sectors having the least excess capacity during a handoff of the mobile station between the sectors, wherein the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating is switched off in response to the forward link loading having a first relationship with respect to a predefined threshold and wherein the reverse link fundamental channel transmission gating is switched on in response to the forward link loading having a second, different relationship with respect to the predefined threshold.