Patent ID: 7756092

Claim:
An arrangement allowing communication between two stations across a plurality of networks, the arrangement comprising: a first network having a first basic service set (BSS); and a second network having a second basic service set (BSS); wherein each of the first and second BSSs includes: a) a point coordinator (PC) station constituting a portion of the BSS, the PC station including: 1) a frame classification entity (FCE) logically located in a logical link control (LLC) layer of the station and having a classification table containing at least one classifier entry, each classifier entry containing a virtual stream identifier (VSID) and a frame classifier associated with a user session, the FCE receiving a data frame associated with the user session, the data frame containing in-band quality of service (QoS) signaling information for the user session, the FCE classifying the received data frame to a selected VSID contained in a classifier entry in the classification table based on a match between an in-band frame classification information contained in the received data frame and the frame classifier contained in the classifier entry; 2) a frame scheduling entity (FSE) logically located in a medium access control (MAC) sublayer of the station and having a frame scheduling table containing at least one entry, each entry containing a VSID and a QoS parameter set having at least one QoS parameter value associated with a user session identified by the VSID, the FSE, responsive to the classified data frame, scheduling a transmission opportunity (TO) for the classified data frame based on at least one QoS parameter value associated with the VSID and characterizing the user session; and 3) a QoS management entity (QME) that interfaces with the FCE and the FSE; and b) a non-point coordinator (non-PC) station constituting a portion of the BSS, the non-PC station including: 1) an FCE; and 2) a QME.