Patent ID: 8750246

Claim:
A method for controlling Quality of Service (QoS) levels/service levels within a wired network associated with wireless Local Area Network (LAN), the wired network having different paths for carrying information frames received from at least one mobile terminal user, comprising the steps of: receiving at an access point of the wireless LAN at least one information frame from the at least one mobile terminal user; determining a QoS level/service level for the received at least one information frame; wherein the QoS level/service level can be set based on at least one of: a dynamic basis, and a request from the at least one mobile terminal user; assigning, at the access point, a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) number to the received at least one information frame, the VLAN number designating the QoS level/service level; and routing the at least one information frame in the wired network along at least one path having a transmission capability sufficient to provide the QoS level/service level identified by the VLAN number.