Scheduling method for supplemental channel resource

A method schedules the utilization of the supplemental channel of a base station transceiver (-). This scheduling includes time slot assignment as well as data transfer rate per time slot. One method simply selects the next time slot with a maximum rate for the primary base station transceiver. The method then selects the same time slot for each of the secondary links with the secondary base stations. The data is then simply sent to each of the BTSs (-) for transmission to the mobile station. In another alternative, a request is made for a supplemental channel usage for the primary link. Then secondary links are selected for transmission to the mobile station only if they provide additional diversity gain and resources are available at the secondary link BTSs.