An apparatus adapted for scheduling packet transmission across a plurality of carriers, comprising: means for scheduling transmission of a plurality of packets associated with a plurality of flows, comprising: means for selecting a plurality of candidate packets from the plurality of packets for the plurality of carriers, wherein the plurality of candidate packets comprise a plurality of packets of an expedited forwarding flow with multi-carrier assignment, and wherein at least one of the plurality of packets of the expedited forwarding flow is selected for a first candidate packet that may be transmitted over a first carrier of the plurality of carriers and a second candidate packet that may be transmitted over another carrier of the plurality of carriers; and means for selecting the first carrier of the plurality of carriers for transmission of the plurality of packets of the expedited forwarding flow, wherein the at least one of the plurality of packets of the expedited forwarding flow selected for the first carrier has the highest packet metric of the at least one of the plurality of packets of the expedited forwarding flow selected for the first carrier and any other carrier of the plurality of carriers. means for scheduling transmission of a plurality of packets associated with a plurality of flows, comprising: means for selecting a plurality of candidate packets from the plurality of packets for the plurality of carriers, wherein the plurality of candidate packets comprise a plurality of packets of an expedited forwarding flow with multi-carrier assignment, and wherein at least one of the plurality of packets of the expedited forwarding flow is selected for a first candidate packet that may be transmitted over a first carrier of the plurality of carriers and a second candidate packet that may be transmitted over another carrier of the plurality of carriers; and means for selecting the first carrier of the plurality of carriers for transmission of the plurality of packets of the expedited forwarding flow, wherein the at least one of the plurality of packets of the expedited forwarding flow selected for the first carrier has the highest packet metric of the at least one of the plurality of packets of the expedited forwarding flow selected for the first carrier and any other carrier of the plurality of carriers. means for selecting a plurality of candidate packets from the plurality of packets for the plurality of carriers, wherein the plurality of candidate packets comprise a plurality of packets of an expedited forwarding flow with multi-carrier assignment, and wherein at least one of the plurality of packets of the expedited forwarding flow is selected for a first candidate packet that may be transmitted over a first carrier of the plurality of carriers and a second candidate packet that may be transmitted over another carrier of the plurality of carriers; and means for selecting the first carrier of the plurality of carriers for transmission of the plurality of packets of the expedited forwarding flow, wherein the at least one of the plurality of packets of the expedited forwarding flow selected for the first carrier has the highest packet metric of the at least one of the plurality of packets of the expedited forwarding flow selected for the first carrier and any other carrier of the plurality of carriers.