A new scheduling discipline is disclosed for the forward link of a wireless network such as a CDMA network. Each half bearing has a main cylinder portion including a central portion, and crush relief portions each extending toward the central portion from an end surface of the half bearing with a center angle of 3\xb0 to 15\xb0. The CIP algorithm may override an NLB offload decision, for example, if there have been too many offload failures, there are no target DL sectors available to acquire an offloaded Access Terminal, or the offloaded AT is not acquired within a threshold time period.