An access node, comprising: a transceiver module configured to provide communications with a terminal node; a packet inspection module configured to inspect packets communicated with the terminal node over at least one existing bearer to detect information about applications associated with the packets; and an admission control module configured to detect an admission request sent from the terminal node over one of the at least one existing bearer, the admission request being a request for a new service including at least a video service, and to determine at least one admission control response to the admission request based on the application information associated with the packets of the admission request and based on information about congestion in communications with the terminal node, wherein the at least one admission control response includes action on one or more packets that are associated with an admission protocol corresponding to the admission request, wherein the action on one or more packets includes admitting, denying, modifying, or delaying, characterized in the access node further comprising: a scheduler module configured to receive downlink packets, group the downlink packets into queues, and schedule the downlink packets for transmission to one or more of the terminal nodes utilizing scheduler parameters, wherein the admission control module creates a control response to change scheduling priorities or scheduling resource allocation, and receives updates to scheduler parameters from the scheduler module . a transceiver module configured to provide communications with a terminal node; a packet inspection module configured to inspect packets communicated with the terminal node over at least one existing bearer to detect information about applications associated with the packets; and an admission control module configured to detect an admission request sent from the terminal node over one of the at least one existing bearer, the admission request being a request for a new service including at least a video service, and to determine at least one admission control response to the admission request based on the application information associated with the packets of the admission request and based on information about congestion in communications with the terminal node, wherein the at least one admission control response includes action on one or more packets that are associated with an admission protocol corresponding to the admission request, wherein the action on one or more packets includes admitting, denying, modifying, or delaying, characterized in the access node further comprising: a scheduler module configured to receive downlink packets, group the downlink packets into queues, and schedule the downlink packets for transmission to one or more of the terminal nodes utilizing scheduler parameters, wherein the admission control module creates a control response to change scheduling priorities or scheduling resource allocation, and receives updates to scheduler parameters from the scheduler module . a scheduler module configured to receive downlink packets, group the downlink packets into queues, and schedule the downlink packets for transmission to one or more of the terminal nodes utilizing scheduler parameters, wherein the admission control module creates a control response to change scheduling priorities or scheduling resource allocation, and receives updates to scheduler parameters from the scheduler module . <EOS>