Method for adding a new quality of service traffic stream in a multiple wireless network environment

1. A method performed by an access point for adding a requested new quality of service traffic stream in a multiple wireless network environment, said method comprising:

adding said requested new quality of service traffic stream to an existing allocated quality of service traffic stream to create a composite quality of service traffic stream;

calculating a mean and standard deviation of the composite quality of service traffic stream;

calculating a mean and standard deviation of a total effective allocated overlap quality of service traffic load for all overlapping access points in said interference range;

calculating a peak value of the total effective allocated quality of service traffic for all overlapping access points in said interference range;

wherein calculating the peak value of the total effective allocated quality of service traffic for all overlapping access points in said interference range includes using said existing allocated quality of service traffic stream and said requested new quality of service traffic stream and said mean and standard deviation of the composite quality of service traffic stream;

determining a bandwidth factor responsive to said requested new quality of service traffic stream;

calculating a peak total traffic demand for all overlapping access points in said interference range by multiplying the bandwidth factor and the peak value of the total effective allocated quality of service traffic for all overlapping access points in said interference range;

first comparing said peak total traffic demand to a threshold to determine admissibility of said requested new quality of service traffic stream;

rejecting said requested new quality of service traffic stream responsive to results of said first comparison if said first comparison is not admissible according to the threshold;

calculating a peak total traffic demand for each overlapping access point in said interference range if said requested new quality of service traffic stream is admissible according to the threshold of said first comparison;

second comparing said peak total traffic demand for each overlapping access point in said interference range, if said requested new quality of service traffic stream is admissible according to the threshold; and

performing one of accepting said requested new quality of service traffic stream by the access point and rejecting said requested new quality of service traffic stream by the access point responsive to results of said second comparison.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said bandwidth factor considers an effect of parallel transmission and channel access overhead.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an overlapping quality of service report includes an element identification field, a length field, a number of reported overlapping quality of service traffic loads field and an overlapping quality of service traffic load field.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein said element identification field identifies a current information element, and wherein said length field indicates a size of said current information element, and wherein said number of reported overlapping quality of service traffic loads field specifies a number of overlapping quality of service traffic loads reported in said current information element, and wherein said overlapping quality of service traffic load field specifies a quality of service traffic load of any overlapping access points of which a reporting access point is aware and for which information is available.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein said overlapping quality of service traffic load field includes an identification of an access point and an allocated quality of service traffic load field.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein said overlapping quality of service traffic load field includes a mean field, a standard deviation field, a number of video streams field and a number of voice streams field.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein said mean field indicates a mean channel time required to transmit the total allocated active quality of service traffic and, wherein said standard deviation field indicates a standard deviation of the channel time required to transmit the total allocated active quality of service traffic.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein said number of video streams indicates the number of video streams in the total allocated active quality of service traffic load and wherein said number of voice streams indicates a number of voice streams in the quality of service traffic load.

9. An apparatus for adding a requested new quality of service traffic stream in a multiple wireless network environment, the apparatus comprising:

a wireless module that adds said requested new quality of service traffic stream to an existing allocated quality of service traffic stream to create a composite quality of service traffic stream; and

a processor for calculating a mean and standard deviation of the composite quality of service traffic stream, calculating a mean and standard deviation of a total effective allocated overlap quality of service traffic load for all overlapping access points in said interference range, calculating a peak value of the total effective allocated quality of service traffic for all overlapping access points in said interference range, wherein calculating the peak value of the total effective allocated quality of service traffic for all overlapping access points in said interference range includes using said existing allocated quality of service traffic stream and said requested new quality of service traffic stream and said mean and standard deviation of the composite quality of service traffic stream, and determining a bandwidth factor responsive to said requested new quality of service traffic stream;

the processor calculating a peak total traffic demand for all overlapping access points in said interference range by multiplying the bandwidth factor and the peak value of the total effective allocated quality of service traffic for all overlapping access points in said interference range;

the processor performing a first comparison of said peak total traffic demand to a threshold to determine admissibility of said requested new quality of service traffic stream, and rejecting said requested new quality of service traffic stream responsive to results of said first comparison is not admissible according to the threshold;

the processor calculating a peak total traffic demand for each overlapping access point in said interference range if said requested new quality of service traffic stream is admissible according to the threshold of said first comparison;

the processor performing a second comparison of said peak total traffic demand for each overlapping access point in said interference range, if said requested new quality of service traffic stream is admissible according to the threshold; and

activating one of accepting said requested new quality of service traffic stream and rejecting said requested new quality of service traffic stream responsive to results of said second comparison.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein said bandwidth factor considers an effect of parallel transmission and channel access overhead.