instances however the x times data rate will be equal to the y times data rate at step 412 a negotiation of the y times rate sch to interface with a mobile station occurs at this point 416 the data call with the fch and the y times rate sch is in service a check 418 is performed to determine if the sdu 20 should change the sch rate this check is performed because radio resources may be impacted if additional users are utilizing schs during such a scenario the data rate may again have to be adjusted to accommodate the increased bandwidth requirements various parameters are used to determine if the sch rate should change including an upschratethreshold and upschdelaycount which are used if the data rate is to be increased and downschratethreshold and downschdelaycount which are used if the data rate is to be decreased as such the sdu could determine the sch data rate should be changed or could determine the y times data rate is appropriate if the y times rate is appropriate the flow reverts back to step 416 if however it is determined that the y times data rate for the sch should change a function 420 of a sch rate decision for load balancing in a sector is added this function takes into account the available radio resource and thus may alter the data rate assumed by the sdu 20 for example the sdu 20 may believe that an 8 times data rate is warranted but.