Patent ID: 7212506

Claim:
A system for providing guaranteed wireless communication service to predefined ones of wireless subscribers, operational in a wireless communication network that includes a plurality of radio network controllers, each of which manages the operation of at least one base station for wirelessly communicating with mobile subscriber stations located in the coverage area of said base stations, comprising: means for storing data indicative of at least one wireless subscriber service priority and a set of call access codes associated with said at least one wireless subscriber service priority; means for transmitting a priority call access code to predefined ones of wireless subscribers; means, responsive to receipt of a service request and a priority call access code from a wireless subscriber, for determining whether said priority call access code corresponds to a priority call access code stored in said set of call access codes; and means, responsive to a determination that said transmitted priority call access code corresponds to a priority call access code stored in said set of priority call access codes, for providing access to wireless communication facilities for use by said wireless subscriber.