A quality of service (QoS) aware, wireless communications system comprising: a wireless access point base station coupled to a first data network; one or more host workstations coupled to said first data network; one or more wireless network stations in wireless communication with said wireless access point base station over a shared wireless network using a packet-centric protocol; and a scheduler that allocates resources of said shared wireless network among said wireless network stations to optimize end-user quality of service (QoS) for an Internet Protocol (IP) flow, wherein said IP flow is associated with at least one of a latency-sensitive and a jitter-sensitive application; wherein said scheduler comprises assigning means for assigning future slots of a transmission frame to a portion of said IP flow in said transmission frame for transmission over said shared wireless network, wherein said assigning means comprises: means for applying an advanced reservation algorithm: means for reserving a first slot for a first data packet of an Internet Protocol (IP) flow in a future transmission frame based on said algorithm: means for reserving a second slot for a second data packet of said IP flow in a transmission frame subsequent in time to said future transmission frame based on said algorithm, wherein said second data packet is placed in said second slot in an isochronous manner to the placing of said first data packet in said first slot. view more

The system of claim 12, wherein there is no periodic variation between the placing of said first portion in said first slot and the placing of said second portion in said second slot.

The system of claim 12, wherein said algorithm determines whether said IP flow is jitter-sensitive.

The system of claim 12, wherein said scheduler comprises: means for taking into account service level agreement (SLA) based priorities for said IP flow.

The system of claim 12, wherein said portion comprises a packet.

The system of claim 12, wherein said IP flow is associated with at least one of a voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) data and a video data application.

The system of claim 12, wherein said scheduler classifies a plurality of packets according to end-user quality of service (QoS) requirements of said plurality of packets.

The system of claim 25, wherein said scheduler allocates said resources of said shared wireless network for transmission of said plurality of packets in at least one of an upstream and a downstream direction according to a scheduling algorithm.

The system of claim 25, wherein said scheduler coordinates access to RF wireless resource by said one or more wireless network stations, by controlling access to said RF wireless resource via receiving reservation requests and sending grants.

The system of claim 33, wherein said coordinated access ensures high priority packets are provided appropriate bandwidth needed by said high priority packets.

A method for allocating a shared wireless bandwidth in a packet-centric wireless point to multi-point telecommunications system, the method comprising: analyzing contents of packets to be communicated over the shared wireless bandwidth in a downlink direction from a wireless base station to at least one customer premises equipment (CPE) station; analyzing reservation requests for packets to be communicated in the unlink direction from the at least one CPE station to the wireless base station, wherein each reservation request comprises a subscriber identifier and at least one other subscriber attribute, wherein the analyzing includes processing the subscriber identifier and the at least one other subscriber attribute to schedule packets in the uplink direction; and allocating the shared wireless bandwidth between the wireless base station transmitting in the downlink direction and the at least one CPE station transmitting in the uplink direction based on the analyzed contents and the analyzed reservation requests, wherein allocating the shared bandwidth comprises: assigning slots in a frame to the at least one CPE station; and communicating the assigned slots to the at least one CPE station in a reservation request acknowledgement section of a frame. view more

The method as recited in claim 1 wherein the at least one other subscriber attribute comprises a quality of service classification.

A method for assigning future slots of a transmission frame to a data packet in the transmission frame for transmission over a wireless medium, comprising:</claim-text> applying a reservation algorithm; reserving a first slot for a first data packet internet protocol (IP) flow in a future transmission frame based on said reservation algorithm; and reserving a second slot for a second data packet of said IP flow in a transmission frame, subsequent in time to said future transmission frame based on said reservation algorithm, wherein said second data packet is placed in said second slot in an isochronous manner to the placing of said first data packet in said first slot. view more

The method of claim 1, wherein there is a periodic variation between the placing of said first data packet in said first slot and the placing of second data packet in said second slot.

The method of claim 1, wherein there is no periodic variation between the placing of said first data packet in said first slot and the placing of second data packet in said second slot.

The method of claim 1, wherein said reservation algorithm determines whether said IP flow is jitter-sensitive.

A method for IP flow classification grouping IP flows in a packet-centric wireless point to multi-point telecommunications system, said method comprising: analyzing an Internet Protocol (IP) flow in a packet-centric manner; classifying said IP flow; and scheduling said IP flow for transmission over a shared wireless bandwidth between a wireless base station and at least one subscriber customer premises equipment (CPE) station, including allocating said shared wireless bandwidth to communication of said IP flow between said wireless base station and a subscriber CPE station, so as to optimize end-user quality of service (QoS) associated with said IP flow. view more

The method according to claim 1, further comprising: dynamically allocating said shared wireless bandwidth to communication between said wireless base station and said subscriber CPE station.

The method according to claim 2, further comprising: allocating said shared wireless bandwidth on a subframe within a frame basis.

The method according to claim 6, further comprising: allocating a subframe of said shared wireless bandwidth in a downlink direction from said wireless base station to said subscriber CPE station.

The method according to claim 2, further comprising: allocating said shared wireless bandwidth on a slot within a frame basis.

The method according to claim 9, further comprising: allocating a slot of said shared wireless bandwidth in a downlink direction from said wireless base station to said subscriber CPE station.

The method according to claim 6, further comprising: allocating said shared wireless bandwidth to one or more control packets.

The method according to claim 15, further comprising at least one of: allocating a downstream acknowledgment slot; allocating a reservation request slot; allocating an operations data slot; allocating an upstream acknowledgment slot; allocating an acknowledgment request slot; allocating a frame descriptor slot; and allocating a command and control slot. view more

The method according to claim 2, further comprising: allocating said shared wireless bandwidth to one or more data packets.

The method according to claim 17, further comprising at least one of: allocating said shared wireless bandwidth in an uplink direction; and allocating said shared wireless bandwidth in a downlink direction.

The method according to claim 1, further comprising: allocating shared wireless bandwidth to said subscriber CPE station so as to optimize end-user internet protocol (IP) quality of service (QoS).

The method according to claim 18, further comprising at least one of: identifying said IP flow; characterizing said IP flow; storing said IP flow; and prioritizing said IP flow.

The method according to claim 20, further comprising at least one of: determining whether an age of a packet is older than a threshold age; anticipating client application IP flow discards based on said age of said packet exceeding said threshold age; determining a QoS requirement for said IP flow; and determining a subscriber identification for said subscriber CPE station associated with said IP flow. view more

The method according to claim 27, further comprising: determining a QoS requirement for said IP flow.

The method according to claim 20, further comprising: classifying a packet of said LIP flow into a QoS class grouping.

The method according to claim 32, further comprising: determining and taking into account said QoS class groupings when scheduling communication of said IP flow.

The method according to claim 20, further comprising: determining and taking into account service level agreement (SLA) based priorities for said IP flow when scheduling said IP flow.

The method according to claim 38, further comprising the step of: prioritizing said IP flow based on priorities of a service level agreement (SLA) for SLA subscribers.

The method according to claim 41, further comprising: prioritizing based on a premium service level; prioritizing based on a normal service level; and prioritizing based on a value service level.

A method for scheduling packets comprising: classifying a plurality of packets according to end-user quality of service (QoS) requirements of said plurality of packets; and scheduling said plurality of packets for communication in at least one of an upstream direction and a downstream direction over a shared wireless bandwidth according to a scheduling algorithm. view more

The method according to claim 109, wherein at least one of said classifying step and said scheduling step is performed by a packet scheduler, wherein said packet scheduler is executed on at least one of a base station and a customer premises equipment (CPE) station. view more

The method according to claim 109, further comprising: communicating said end-user QoS requirements between a station (STA) and an access point (AP).

The method according to claim 109, the step of scheduling further comprising: allocating resources of said shared wireless bandwidth among a plurality of wireless network stations to optimize end-user quality of service (QoS) for an Internet Protocol (IP) flow. view more

The method according to claim 121, the step of scheduling further comprising: assigning future slots of a transmission frame to a portion of said IP flow in said transmission frame for transmission over said shared wireless network.

The method according to claim 122, the step of assigning, further comprising: applying a reservation algorithm; reserving a slot for a first portion of a first IP flow in a future transmission frame based on said algorithm; reserving a second slot for a second portion of said first IP flow in a transmission frame subsequent in time to said future transmission frame based on said algorithm; placing said first portion of said first IP flow in said first slot; and placing said second portion of said first IP flow in said second slot in an isochronous manner to the placing of said first portion in said first slot. view more

The method according to claim 121, further comprising: determining whether said IP flow is at least one of a jitter-sensitive IP flow and a latency sensitive IP flow.

The method according to claim 121, the step of allocating further comprising: accounting for service level agreement (SLA) based priorities for said IP flow.

The method according to claim 121, further comprising: associating said IP flow with at least one of a voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) data and a video data application.

The method according to claim 121, wherein said wireless network stations comprise at least one of a local area network (LAN) wireless network station and a wide area network (WAN) wireless network station.

The method according to claim 109, further comprising: coordinating, by an access point (AP), access to a radio frequency (RF) wireless resource by one or more wireless network stations comprising controlling, by said AP, access to said RF wireless resource by said one or more wireless network stations comprising receiving reservation requests from said one or more wireless network stations at said AP and sending grants from said AP to said one or more wireless network stations. view more

The method according to claim 140, wherein said coordinating step further comprises: ensuring high priority packets are provided appropriate bandwidth needed by said high priority packets.

The method according to claim 109, wherein said scheduling step comprises: allocating said shared wireless bandwidth in oversubscribed environments without consequent degradation of high priority Voice over IP (VoIP) and video applications.