Method and system for management of traffic processor resources supporting UMTS QoS classes

A system for traffic management in a wireless network having a traffic processor, the system comprising:

• a first queue operative to store first data associated with a first quality of service class;
• a second queue operative to store second data associated with a second quality of service class;
• a third queue operative to store third data associated with a third quality of service class;
• a fourth queue operative to store fourth data associated with a fourth quality of service class;
• and
• a program module comprising means for
• determining whether the first queue is empty,
• assigning the traffic processor to process the first data if the first queue is not empty,
• determining if the second queue and the third queue are both empty if the first queue is empty,
• assigning the traffic processor to process the second and third data in a predetermined manner if both the second queue and the third queue are not empty,
• assigning the traffic processor to process the fourth data if all of the first, second, and third queues are empty, and
• preempting processing of the fourth data if first or second data is available for processing.

A system for management of traffic through a traffic processor in a wireless network, the traffic processor being associated with traffic classified in a plurality of quality of service classes, each quality of service class having associated therewith a queue, the system comprising:

• means for determining whether a first queue associated with a first quality of service class is empty;
• means for determining if a second queue associated with a second quality of service class and a third queue associated with a third quality of service class are both empty if the first queue is empty;
• means for assigning the traffic processor to process 1) traffic associated with the first quality of service class if the first queue is not empty, 2) traffic associated with the second and third quality of service classes in a predetermined manner if both the second queue and the third queue are not empty, and 3) traffic associated with a fourth quality of service class if all of the first, second, and third queues are empty;
• and,
• means for preempting processing of the traffic associated with the fourth quality of service class if traffic associated with the first or second quality of service classes is available for processing.