Patent ID: 6885638

Claim:
A method for enhancing a quality of service of a wireless communication comprising: assigning a plurality of wireless communication packets with packet classification data wherein packet classification data defines at least one of the following classes: a control signaling class, a voice class, a data retransmission class and a data class and wherein each class represents a different transmission priority; for at least wireless communication packets associated with the control signaling class and the voice class, assigning each of the wireless communication packets with drop precedent data wherein the drop precedence data defines a further packet drop priority within the control signaling class and the voice class; queuing the plurality of wireless communication packets based on the packet classification data; dropping a queued classified wireless communication packet based on a priority level of assigned drop precedent data and based on the packet classification data; and wherein assigning the drop precedence data to the wireless communication packet in the voice class includes assigning a higher drop precedence for half rate encoded speech packets than for full rate encoded speech packets.