An access attempt overload control method is proposed for CDMA cellular sys
tem to provide good communication quality to mobile stations under the traf
fic overload condition. Under the normal traffic condition, the effect of a
ccess attempts on the interference is negligible. But under the traffic ove
rload condition, the interference due to access attempts could be large and
deteriorate the communication quality (or reduce the capacity of a reverse
link) ii access attempts are not controlled properly. The numerical and si
mulation results show that our access attempt overload control method can m
aintain the interference caused by access attempts very low and the capacit
y of the reverse link is not reduced under the traffic overload condition.