FIG. 3 is an exemplary signal flow diagram illustrating the operation of a wireless access point during a standard access phase;
FIG. 4 is an exemplary signal flow diagram illustrating the operation of a wireless access point when switching between standard and priority access phases of operation;
FIG. 5 is a signal flow diagram that illustrates the wireless access point switching between standard and priority access phases, namely when a standard access client is currently transmitting data to the wireless access point after expiration of the duration associated with the standard access phase;
FIG. 6 is a signal flow diagram that illustrates the wireless access point switching between standard and priority access phases, namely when the wireless access point is currently transmitting data to the standard access client after expiration of the duration associated with the standard access phase;
FIG. 7 is an exemplary signal flow diagram illustrating the operation of a wireless access point during a priority access phase, where the wireless access point schedules communications for two client groups of priority access clients;
FIG. 8 is an exemplary signal flow diagram illustrating the operation of a wireless access point during a priority access phase, where the wireless access point utilizes both priority activation and deactivation frames to schedule communications for two client groups of priority access clients;