Patent ID: 8804625

Claim:
A method of communicating in a wireless network, comprising: pre-allocating, to a packet-switched real-time, interactive communications application, resources of at least one node of the wireless network, wherein the pre-allocated resources are call setup resources, the pre-allocated resources comprising resources normally allocated in response to a call setup request, wherein the pre-allocated resources enable avoidance of allocating the pre-allocated call setup resources during a call setup procedure in response to the call setup request, wherein the pre-allocated resources include at least one of hardware, software, and communications elements, wherein the at least one of hardware, software, and communications elements include resources relating to a link with a predetermined quality of service, wherein the pre-allocating is performed by a system having a processor, and the pre-allocating includes storing a pointer associated with a particular mobile station or a particular group of mobile stations, where the pointer indicates that the pre-allocated resources are useable by the particular mobile station or particular group of mobile stations for call setup; receiving, from the particular mobile station or a member of the particular group of mobile stations, a first call setup request after pre-allocating the resources; and establishing, in response to the first call setup request, a packet-switched real-time, interactive communications session through the wireless network using the pre-allocated resources of the at least one node.