Patent ID: 7668150

Claim:
An apparatus controlling a priority for each of one or more packets input, comprising: a packet-priority setting unit configured to set a priority level in correspondence to a hierarchy of priority levels for said one or more packets input, the hierarchy being defined in accordance with one or more predetermined time varying parameters, and to adjust priorities of the set priority level based upon at least one further parameter, other than said one or more predetermined time varying parameters, varying over time as result of the set priority; and a wireless-resource allocating unit configured to determine the packet for which a wireless resource is allocated in accordance with said adjusted priority, wherein said packet-priority setting unit further comprises, a classification unit configured to classify said one or more packets input, according to said one or more predetermined time varying parameters, into a group within a plurality of groups, each of the plurality of groups having a respectively different priority depending on the hierarchical level corresponding thereto; and a queue-forming unit configured to form a queue in accordance with an attribute of said group.