A method for establishing communication between a station and an access point in a wireless network, the method comprising the steps of: - at the station : - measuring a received signal strength, AP_RSSI, of a signal from the access point ; and - sending to the access point a connection request and the AP_RSSI; - at the access point : - receiving the connection request and the AP_RSSI from the station ; - determining whether a signal is above a threshold and whether the access point has sufficient bandwidth available to communicate with the station and: - if so, sending an acceptance of connection request to the station to continue communication with that station and - if not, sending a denial of connection request to the station . characterized by : - further comprising the step of measuring , at the access point , a received signal strength, S_RSSI, of a signal from the station ; - wherein determining whether a signal is above a threshold comprises determining whether the AP_RSSI and the S_RSSI are both above the threshold; - wherein the connection request is one of a regular type and a prioritized type, wherein for the prioritized type connection request, sufficient bandwidth available criteria applied by the access point are lower than for a regular type connection request; - and the method further comprises sending a prioritized type connection request from the station to the access point if a prior attempt to connect with a regular type connection request resulted in the denial of connection request. - at the station : - measuring a received signal strength, AP_RSSI, of a signal from the access point ; and - sending to the access point a connection request and the AP_RSSI; - measuring a received signal strength, AP_RSSI, of a signal from the access point ; and - sending to the access point a connection request and the AP_RSSI; - at the access point : - receiving the connection request and the AP_RSSI from the station ; - determining whether a signal is above a threshold and whether the access point has sufficient bandwidth available to communicate with the station and: - if so, sending an acceptance of connection request to the station to continue communication with that station and - if not, sending a denial of connection request to the station . - receiving the connection request and the AP_RSSI from the station ; - determining whether a signal is above a threshold and whether the access point has sufficient bandwidth available to communicate with the station and: - if so, sending an acceptance of connection request to the station to continue communication with that station and - if not, sending a denial of connection request to the station . - if so, sending an acceptance of connection request to the station to continue communication with that station and - if not, sending a denial of connection request to the station . - further comprising the step of measuring , at the access point , a received signal strength, S_RSSI, of a signal from the station ; - wherein determining whether a signal is above a threshold comprises determining whether the AP_RSSI and the S_RSSI are both above the threshold; - wherein the connection request is one of a regular type and a prioritized type, wherein for the prioritized type connection request, sufficient bandwidth available criteria applied by the access point are lower than for a regular type connection request; - and the method further comprises sending a prioritized type connection request from the station to the access point if a prior attempt to connect with a regular type connection request resulted in the denial of connection request. <EOS>