Apparatus and method for providing quality of service for mixed traffic in a wireless network base station

摘要

An apparatus and method for providing quality of service for the transmission of data packets from a base station in a wireless network to a plurality of mobile stations in a coverage area of the wireless network. The apparatus comprises a packet discriminator for receiving data packets from user devices requesting to transmit data packets to the mobile stations. The packet discriminator determines whether each data packet is a real time application or a non-real time application. The apparatus also comprises a real time traffic packet processor for receiving first selected data packets for real time applications, and a non-real time traffic packet processor for receiving second selected data packets for non-real time applications.