Patent ID: 7630351

Claim:
A method for setting up an up-stream communication session in a basic service set (BSS) in a wireless network, the communication session having a defined Quality of Service (QoS), the method comprising steps of: detecting a first Path message and a first Resv message (Path/Resv message) of a RSVP protocol at a designated subnet bandwidth manager (DSBM) in a station having a point coordinator (PC), the first Resv message originating from a RSVP agent of a host outside the BSS, and requesting for setting up an up-stream session between a source non-PC station in the BSS and the PC station; extracting at the DSBM a QoS parameter set and a classifier from the first Path/Resv message for the session; determining at the DSBM whether to admit the up-stream session to the network based on the QoS parameter set defining the session and a channel status report on a medium access control (MAC) sublayer of the BSS; when the up-stream session is admitted, setting up by a QoS management entity (QME) of the PC station a virtual up-stream (VUS) between the source non-PC station and the PC station for transporting the up-stream session traffic; the DSBM being part of the QME in the PC station.