Patent ID: 8325658

Claim:
A method of allocating Quality of Service (QoS) resources within a wireless communications system, comprising: receiving a first QoS resource request for a first level of QoS resources from an access terminal; determining that the first level of QoS resources is not available for allocation to the access terminal; sending a message to the access terminal indicating a denial of the first QoS resource request responsive to the determination that the first level of QoS resources are not available for allocation to the access terminal; receiving, within a threshold period of time of receiving the first QoS resource request, a second QoS resource request from the access terminal that requests the first level of QoS resources; responsive to the second QoS resource request being received within the threshold period of time, determining a second level of QoS resources that are available for allocation to the access terminal if the first level of QoS resources are determined not to be available for allocation to the access terminal; and sending a message to the access terminal indicating a grant of the second level of QoS resources, wherein the second QoS resource request is received without a user of the access terminal being notified of the denial of the first QoS resource request.