Patent ID: 7349433

Claim:
A method for initiating a QoS action on a traffic stream with parameterized QoS expectations at a first station in a communications network, the method comprising: sending a QoS action signal from a higher layer signaling unit of the first station to a station management entity (SME) of the first station; creating a first QoS action primitive at the SME of the first station, the first QoS action primitive comprising a first QoS action frame body; issuing the first QoS action primitive to a medium access control (MAC) sublayer entity (MLME) of the first station; transmitting a first QoS action frame containing the first QoS action frame body to a second station; receiving an acknowledgment from the second station; creating a second QoS action primitive at a medium access control (MAC) sublayer of the first station; and issuing the second QoS action primitive to the SME of the first station.