Patent ID: 7272119

Claim:
A method of providing Quality of Service (QoS) prioritization for wireless network stations in a network, said method comprising: establishing a priority polling list comprising an identifier for at least a first wireless network station for which communication priority is desired; polling said priority polling list to determine whether said at least a first wireless network station identified on said priority polling list is ready to communicate on said network; granting priority access to communicate over said network to said at least a first wireless network station, wherein said priority access gives said at least a first wireless network station priority over another wireless network station excluded from said priority polling list; scheduling, wherein said scheduling comprises receiving priority requests from stations and adding stations to said priority polling list upon request; sending a priority change notice to a station to indicate bandwidth is available and, upon acknowledgement from said station, increasing a priority level of said station to provide higher bandwidth to said station, when bandwidth is available.