1. An admission control procedure for traffic in a DS-CDMA system comprising the following steps: a) admitting to the system and activating codes for users with increasing order of signal to noise ratios starting with the lowest signal to noise ratio; b) determining the power level of all active users and raising the power levels to compensate for the interference caused by the admission of new users; and c) activating new codes in steps of one while ensuring no active user is power limited.