An apparatus for wireless communication in a network, the apparatus comprising: (a) a wireless communication circuit configured for wirelessly communicating with at least one other wireless local area network, WLAN, station 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 one or more steps comprising: (i) operating said wireless communication circuit as a WLAN station configured to support communicating real-time application, RTA, packets that are sensitive to communication delays as well as communicating non-real time packets; (ii) distinguishing RTA packets from non-RTA packets by making a determination based on a combination of prior negotiation and packet header information; (iii) utilizing carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance, CSMA / CA, in which RTA traffic and non-RTA traffic coexist; (iv) maintaining an RTA scheduling table for tracking active RTA sessions and managing transmission times for RTA traffic; (v) scheduling channel time based on the expected RTA packet arrival time; and (vi) rejecting other packet transmissions during the scheduled channel time for RTA packet. (a) a wireless communication circuit configured for wirelessly communicating with at least one other wireless local area network, WLAN, station 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 one or more steps comprising: (i) operating said wireless communication circuit as a WLAN station configured to support communicating real-time application, RTA, packets that are sensitive to communication delays as well as communicating non-real time packets; (ii) distinguishing RTA packets from non-RTA packets by making a determination based on a combination of prior negotiation and packet header information; (iii) utilizing carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance, CSMA / CA, in which RTA traffic and non-RTA traffic coexist; (iv) maintaining an RTA scheduling table for tracking active RTA sessions and managing transmission times for RTA traffic; (v) scheduling channel time based on the expected RTA packet arrival time; and (vi) rejecting other packet transmissions during the scheduled channel time for RTA packet. (i) operating said wireless communication circuit as a WLAN station configured to support communicating real-time application, RTA, packets that are sensitive to communication delays as well as communicating non-real time packets; (ii) distinguishing RTA packets from non-RTA packets by making a determination based on a combination of prior negotiation and packet header information; (iii) utilizing carrier sense multiple access/collision avoidance, CSMA / CA, in which RTA traffic and non-RTA traffic coexist; (iv) maintaining an RTA scheduling table for tracking active RTA sessions and managing transmission times for RTA traffic; (v) scheduling channel time based on the expected RTA packet arrival time; and (vi) rejecting other packet transmissions during the scheduled channel time for RTA packet. <EOS>