Patent ID: 7995471

Claim:
A computer implemented method of prioritizing a flow in a wireless network, comprising: determining if the flow qualifies for either a quality of service critical condition queue or a quality of service serious condition queue by comparing a credit of the flow against a maximum latency allowed; when the flow qualifies for either the quality of service critical condition queue or the quality of service serious condition queue, placing the flow in the quality of service critical condition queue or the quality of service serious condition queue, respectively; and when the flow does not qualify for either the quality of service critical condition queue or the quality of service serious condition queue, placing the flow in one of a number of channel condition queues, wherein the channel condition queue comprises one or more uplink interval usage code queues or comprises one or more downlink interval usage code queues, wherein each of said number of channel condition queues has a unique channel condition associated with it, wherein said channel conditions associated with said channel condition queues are used to determine which channel condition queue to place the flow into.