1. A method of operating a first base station in a multiple access wireless communications system including a plurality of base stations, each of said plurality of base stations including at least one base station attachment point, the method comprising:
receiving second base station loading factor information indicative of loading of a second base station attachment point corresponding to a second base station; and
determining a downlink transmission power budget as a function of said received second base station loading factor information.', 'receiving second base station loading factor information indicative of loading of a second base station attachment point corresponding to a second base station; and', 'determining a downlink transmission power budget as a function of said received second base station loading factor information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a downlink transmission power budget is further performed as a function of additional loading factor information corresponding to another base station attachment point.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said another base station attachment point corresponds to said first base station, and
wherein said determining a downlink transmission power budget includes comparing said additional loading factor information to said second base station loading factor information.', 'wherein said determining a downlink transmission power budget includes comparing said additional loading factor information to said second base station loading factor information.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein said determined downlink transmission power budget is a power budget for a set of downlink communications channels including at least a pilot channel and a data traffic channel; and
wherein a portion of said determined downlink transmission power budget for the pilot channel is independent of said additional and second loading factor information and wherein a portion of the determined downlink transmission power budget corresponding to said data traffic channel depends on the second base loading factor information and said additional loading factor information.', 'wherein a portion of said determined downlink transmission power budget for the pilot channel is independent of said additional and second loading factor information and wherein a portion of the determined downlink transmission power budget corresponding to said data traffic channel depends on the second base loading factor information and said additional loading factor information.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein determining said power budget includes:
determining said power budget to correspond to a first value indicative of said budget when said comparing indicates said second base station loading is greater than said first base station loading; and
determining said power budge to correspond to a second value indicative of a power budget greater than the power budget indicated by said first value when said comparing indicates said second base station loading is less than said first base station loading.', 'determining said power budget to correspond to a first value indicative of said budget when said comparing indicates said second base station loading is greater than said first base station loading; and', 'determining said power budge to correspond to a second value indicative of a power budget greater than the power budget indicated by said first value when said comparing indicates said second base station loading is less than said first base station loading.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein determining said power budget includes:
decreasing a current power budget in response to detecting an increase in loading at said second base station.', 'decreasing a current power budget in response to detecting an increase in loading at said second base station.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein determining said power budget includes:
increasing a current power budget in response to detecting an decrease in loading at said second base station.', 'increasing a current power budget in response to detecting an decrease in loading at said second base station.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein determining said power budget includes:
increasing a current power budget in response to detecting an increase in loading at said first base station.', 'increasing a current power budget in response to detecting an increase in loading at said first base station.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein determining said power budget includes:
decreasing a current power budget in response to detecting an decrease in loading at said first base station.', 'decreasing a current power budget in response to detecting an decrease in loading at said first base station

10. A base station comprising:
means For receiving base station loading factor information indicative of loading of a base station attachment point corresponding to another base station; and
means for determining a downlink transmission power budget, wherein said means for determining a downlink transmission power budget determines the downlink transmission power budget as a function of said received base station loading factor information.', 'means For receiving base station loading factor information indicative of loading of a base station attachment point corresponding to another base station; and', 'means for determining a downlink transmission power budget, wherein said means for determining a downlink transmission power budget determines the downlink transmission power budget as a function of said received base station loading factor information

11. The base station of claim 10, wherein said means for determining a downlink transmission power budget determines said downlink transmission power budget as a function of additional loading factor information corresponding to an additional base station attachment point

12. The base station of claim 11, wherein said additional base station attachment point corresponds to said base station, and
wherein said means for determining a downlink transmission power budget includes means for comparing said additional loading factor information to said other base station loading factor information.', 'wherein said means for determining a downlink transmission power budget includes means for comparing said additional loading factor information to said other base station loading factor information

13. The base station of claim 11, wherein said determined downlink transmission power budget is a power budget for a set of downlink communications channels including at least a pilot channel and a data traffic channel; and
wherein a portion of said determined power budget for the pilot channel is independent of said other and additional loading factor information and wherein a portion of the determined downlink transmission power budget corresponding to said data traffic channel depends on the other base loading factor information and said additional loading factor information.', 'wherein a portion of said determined power budget for the pilot channel is independent of said other and additional loading factor information and wherein a portion of the determined downlink transmission power budget corresponding to said data traffic channel depends on the other base loading factor information and said additional loading factor information

14. The base station of claim 12, wherein said means for determining a downlink transmission power budget determines said downlink transmission power budget to correspond to a first value indicative of said budget when said comparing indicates said other base station loading is greater than said base station loading; and
determines said downlink transmission power budge to correspond to a second value indicative of a power budget greater than the power budget indicated by said first value when said comparing indicates said other base station loading is less than said base station loading.', 'determines said downlink transmission power budge to correspond to a second value indicative of a power budget greater than the power budget indicated by said first value when said comparing indicates said other base station loading is less than said base station loading.15. The base station of claim 11, wherein said means for determining a downlink transmission power budget decreases a current power budget in response to detecting an increase in loading at said other base station.16. The base station of claim 11, wherein said means for determining a downlink transmission power budget increases a current power budget in response to detecting a decrease in loading at said second base station.17. The base station of claim 1 wherein said means for determining a downlink transmission power budget includes means for tracking loading changes at said base station, and wherein said means for determining downlink transmission power budget increases a current power budget in response to detecting an increase in loading at said base station.18. The base station of claim 11, wherein said means for determining a downlink transmission power budget includes means for tracking loading changes at said base station, and wherein said means for determining for a downlink transmission power budget decreases a current power budget in response to detecting an decrease in loading at said base station.19. A base station comprising:
an interface for receiving signals communicating base station loading factor information indicative of loading of at least one base station attachment point corresponding to at least one other base station;
a loading factor information recovery module for recovering loading factor information corresponding to at least one other base station from said received signals;
a downlink transmission power budget determination module, wherein said downlink transmission power budget determination module determines a downlink transmission power budget for an attachment point of the base station as a function said recovered loading factor information corresponding to at least one other base station.', 'an interface for receiving signals communicating base station loading factor information indicative of loading of at least one base station attachment point corresponding to at least one other base station;', 'a loading factor information recovery module for recovering loading factor information corresponding to at least one other base station from said received signals;', 'a downlink transmission power budget determination module, wherein said downlink transmission power budget determination module determines a downlink transmission power budget for an attachment point of the base station as a function said recovered loading factor information corresponding to at least one other base station.

20. The base station of claim 19, further comprising:
a loading factor determination module for determining a loading factor corresponding to an attachment point of the base station;
a loading factor comparison module for comparing the determined loading factor corresponding to an attachment point of the base station to a recovered loading factor corresponding to an attachment point of another base station, and wherein said downlink transmission power budget determination module uses results of the loading factor comparison module in determining the downlink power budget.', 'a loading factor determination module for determining a loading factor corresponding to an attachment point of the base station;', 'a loading factor comparison module for comparing the determined loading factor corresponding to an attachment point of the base station to a recovered loading factor corresponding to an attachment point of another base station, and wherein said downlink transmission power budget determination module uses results of the loading factor comparison module in determining the downlink power budget.

21. The base station of claim 19, wherein said determined power budget is a power budget for a set of downlink communications channels including at least a pilot channel and a data traffic channel; and
wherein a portion of said determined power budget for the pilot channel is independent of said other and additional loading factor information and wherein a portion of the power budget corresponding to said data traffic channel depends on the other base loading factor information and said additional loading factor information.', 'wherein a portion of said determined power budget for the pilot channel is independent of said other and additional loading factor information and wherein a portion of the power budget corresponding to said data traffic channel depends on the other base loading factor information and said additional loading factor information.

22. The base station of claim 21, wherein said downlink transmission power budget determination module determines said power budget to correspond to a first value indicative of said budget when said loading factor comparison module determines said other base station loading is greater than said base station loading; and determines said power budget to correspond to a second value indicative of a power budget greater than the power budget indicated by said first value when said loading factor comparison module indicates said other base station loading is less than said base station loading.

23. The base station of claim 21, further comprising:
a loading factor tracking module for tracking changes in loading factors at base station attachment points, and wherein said downlink transmission power budget determination module decreases a current power budget in response to detecting an increase in loading at one of said other base stations.', 'a loading factor tracking module for tracking changes in loading factors at base station attachment points, and wherein said downlink transmission power budget determination module decreases a current power budget in response to detecting an increase in loading at one of said other base stations.

24. The base station of claim 21, further comprising:
a loading factor tracking module for tracking changes in loading factors at base station attachment points, and wherein said downlink transmission power budget determination module increases a current power budget in response to detecting a decrease in loading at one of said other base stations.', 'a loading factor tracking module for tracking changes in loading factors at base station attachment points, and wherein said downlink transmission power budget determination module increases a current power budget in response to detecting a decrease in loading at one of said other base stations.

25. The base station of claim 21, further comprising:
a loading factor tracking module for tracking changes in loading factors at base station attachment points and, wherein said downlink transmission power budget determination module increases current power budget in response to detecting an increase in loading at an attachment point of said base station.', 'a loading factor tracking module for tracking changes in loading factors at base station attachment points and, wherein said downlink transmission power budget determination module increases current power budget in response to detecting an increase in loading at an attachment point of said base station.

26. The base station of claim 21, further comprising:
a loading factor tracking module for tracking changes in loading factors at base station attachment points, and wherein said downlink transmission power budget determination module decreases a current power budget in response to detecting a decrease in loading at an attachment point of said base station.', 'a loading factor tracking module for tracking changes in loading factors at base station attachment points, and wherein said downlink transmission power budget determination module decreases a current power budget in response to detecting a decrease in loading at an attachment point of said base station.

27. A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying machine executable instructions for controlling a first base station in a multiple access wireless communications system including a plurality of base stations to implement a method, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:
machine executable instructions to control said first base station to receive second base station loading factor information indicative of loading of a second base station attachment point corresponding to a second base station; and
machine executable instructions to control said first base station to determine a downlink transmission power budget as a function of said received second base station loading factor information.', 'machine executable instructions to control said first base station to receive second base station loading factor information indicative of loading of a second base station attachment point corresponding to a second base station; and', 'machine executable instructions to control said first base station to determine a downlink transmission power budget as a function of said received second base station loading factor information.

28. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 27, further embodying machine executable instructions for controlling the first base station to determine the downlink transmission power budget as a function of additional loading factor information corresponding to another base station attachment point.

29. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 28, wherein said another base station attachment point corresponds to said first base station.

30. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 29, further embodying machine executable instructions for controlling the first base station to compare additional loading factor information to said second base station loading factor information as part of determining the downlink transmission power budget.

31. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 30, wherein said downlink transmission power budget is a power budget for a set of downlink communications channels including at least a pilot channel and a data traffic channel; and
wherein a portion of said downlink transmission power budget for the pilot channel is independent of said additional and second loading factor information and wherein a portion of the determined downlink transmission power budget corresponding to said data traffic channel depends on the second base loading factor information and said additional loading factor information.', 'wherein a portion of said downlink transmission power budget for the pilot channel is independent of said additional and second loading factor information and wherein a portion of the determined downlink transmission power budget corresponding to said data traffic channel depends on the second base loading factor information and said additional loading factor information.

32. A base station operable in a communication system, the base station comprising:
a processor configured to:
receive second base station loading factor information indicative of loading of a second base station attachment point corresponding to a second base station; and
determine a downlink transmission power budget as a function of said received second base station loading factor information.', 'a processor configured to:
receive second base station loading factor information indicative of loading of a second base station attachment point corresponding to a second base station; and
determine a downlink transmission power budget as a function of said received second base station loading factor information.', 'receive second base station loading factor information indicative of loading of a second base station attachment point corresponding to a second base station; and', 'determine a downlink transmission power budget as a function of said received second base station loading factor information.

33. The base station of claim 32, wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine the downlink transmission power budget as a function of additional loading factor information corresponding to another base station attachment point.', 'determine the downlink transmission power budget as a function of additional loading factor information corresponding to another base station attachment point.

34. The base station of claim 33, wherein said another base station attachment point corresponds to said first base station, and
wherein the processor is further configured to determine the downlink transmission power budget by operations including comparing additional loading factor information to said second base station loading factor information.', 'wherein the processor is further configured to determine the downlink transmission power budget by operations including comparing additional loading factor information to said second base station loading factor information.

35. The base station of claim 34, wherein said determined downlink transmission power budget is a power budget for a set of downlink communications channels including at least a pilot channel and a data traffic channel; and
wherein a portion of said determined downlink transmission power budget for the pilot channel is independent of said additional and second loading factor information and wherein a portion of the determined downlink transmission power budget corresponding to said data traffic channel depends on the second base loading factor information and said additional loading factor information.', 'wherein a portion of said determined downlink transmission power budget for the pilot channel is independent of said additional and second loading factor information and wherein a portion of the determined downlink transmission power budget corresponding to said data traffic channel depends on the second base loading factor information and said additional loading factor information.']