Methods and systems for establishing in-flight network traffic policies for personal electronic devices

A method of providing access to a network, comprising:

• maintaining a database comprising a plurality of policies for accessing the network;
• scheduling, by a network access unit, transmission of first network traffic for a first device in accordance with a first policy of the plurality of policies that is based on a first characteristic of the first device, the first device being associated with subscriber information;
• receiving, at the network access unit, a request from a second device to access the network, wherein the request comprises the subscriber information and the second device has a second characteristic that is different than the first characteristic;
• analyzing the request to determine the second characteristic;
• establishing a second policy for the second device based on the subscriber information and the second characteristic;
• and
• scheduling, by the network access unit, transmission of second network traffic for the second device according to the second policy.