A method and system for communication over a wireless network has a plurality of communication channels formed between a plurality of transmitters and at least one receiver and is especially beneficial in a multiuser environment having a plurality of receivers. A characteristic is determined for each channel and then a set of weighting factors is selected to be applied to the transmitters based on the channels characteristics. The weighting factors are selected for optimizing the signal power at a receiver and a quality indication is determined for each channel based on the selected weighting factors. The indication is used to prioritize the allocation of the channels.