An apparatus for wireless communication in a network, the apparatus comprising: (a) a wireless communication circuit configured for wirelessly communicating over at least one channel with at least one other wireless station on a local area network (WLAN) in its reception area; (b) a processor coupled to said wireless communication circuit within a station configured for operating on the WLAN; (c) a non-transitory memory storing instructions executable by the processor; and (d) wherein said instructions, when executed by the processor, perform steps comprising: (i) operating said wireless communication circuit as a WLAN station configured to support communicating real-time application packets that are sensitive to communication delays as well as non-real time packets over a network supporting carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA / CA) in which real time application traffic and non-RTA traffic coexist; (ii) distinguishing real-time application packets from non-real-time application (non-RTA) packets; (iv) scheduling channel time for transmitting real-time application traffic based on expected RTA packet arrival time; (v) sharing scheduled channel time information with neighboring wireless stations; and (vi) adjusting scheduled channel time based on the scheduled channel time of at least one of its neighboring wireless stations to prevent channel contention collisions when multiple RTA traffics are contending for the channel; wherein said instructions when executed by the processor for distinguishing real-time application packets from non-real-time application (non-RTA) packets further perform steps comprising distinguishing RTA traffic and non-RTA traffic in response to using prior negotiation information or packet header information. (a) a wireless communication circuit configured for wirelessly communicating over at least one channel with at least one other wireless station on a local area network (WLAN) in its reception area; (b) a processor coupled to said wireless communication circuit within a station configured for operating on the WLAN; (c) a non-transitory memory storing instructions executable by the processor; and (d) wherein said instructions, when executed by the processor, perform steps comprising: (i) operating said wireless communication circuit as a WLAN station configured to support communicating real-time application packets that are sensitive to communication delays as well as non-real time packets over a network supporting carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA / CA) in which real time application traffic and non-RTA traffic coexist; (ii) distinguishing real-time application packets from non-real-time application (non-RTA) packets; (iv) scheduling channel time for transmitting real-time application traffic based on expected RTA packet arrival time; (v) sharing scheduled channel time information with neighboring wireless stations; and (vi) adjusting scheduled channel time based on the scheduled channel time of at least one of its neighboring wireless stations to prevent channel contention collisions when multiple RTA traffics are contending for the channel; wherein said instructions when executed by the processor for distinguishing real-time application packets from non-real-time application (non-RTA) packets further perform steps comprising distinguishing RTA traffic and non-RTA traffic in response to using prior negotiation information or packet header information. (i) operating said wireless communication circuit as a WLAN station configured to support communicating real-time application packets that are sensitive to communication delays as well as non-real time packets over a network supporting carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA / CA) in which real time application traffic and non-RTA traffic coexist; (ii) distinguishing real-time application packets from non-real-time application (non-RTA) packets; (iv) scheduling channel time for transmitting real-time application traffic based on expected RTA packet arrival time; (v) sharing scheduled channel time information with neighboring wireless stations; and (vi) adjusting scheduled channel time based on the scheduled channel time of at least one of its neighboring wireless stations to prevent channel contention collisions when multiple RTA traffics are contending for the channel;