Patent ID: 8477606

Claim:
A method for providing packet data services, comprising: receiving, at an access point associated with a communications network, a first request from an access terminal based on a first application having a first priority and a second request from the access terminal based on a second application having a second priority, wherein the first priority corresponds to an official use and the second priority corresponds to an unofficial use, and wherein the first priority has priority over the second priority; transmitting an acceptance for access to the access terminal, wherein the acceptance is based on the use and the priority associated with the first application and the second application; allocating a first amount of a sector capacity of the communications network for the first application and the second application when the communications network is not congested, and allocating a second amount of the sector capacity for the first application and a third amount of the sector capacity for the second application when the communications network is congested; establishing at least one communication path with the access terminal for the first application and the second application; and wherein allocating the second amount of the sector capacity comprises reallocating the second amount of the sector capacity to include resources previously allocated to an existing communication path previously established for another application having the second priority after reducing a QoS of the another application.