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A wireless telecommunications network having superior quality of service is provided. A system and method for assigning future slots of a transmission frame to a data packet in the transmission frame for transmission over a wireless telecommunication network system includes applying an advanced rese

A wireless telecommunications network having superior quality of service is provided. A system and method for assigning future slots of a transmission frame to a data packet in the transmission frame for transmission over a wireless telecommunication network system includes applying an advanced reservation algorithm, reserving a first slot for a first data packet of an internet protocol (IP) flow in a future transmission frame based on the algorithm, reserving a second slot for a second data packet of the IP flow in a transmission frame subsequent in time to the future transmission frame based on the algorithm, wherein the second data packet is placed in the second slot in an isochronous manner to the placement of the first data packet in the first slot. There may be a periodic variation between the placement of the first data packet in the first slot and the placement of second data packet in the second slot or no periodic variation between placements of slots. The advanced reservation algorithm makes a determination whether the IP flow is jitter-sensitive.

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A wireless telecommunications network having superior quality of service is provided. A system and method for assigning future slots of a transmission frame to a data packet in the transmission frame for transmission over a wireless telecommunication network system includes applying an advanced rese

A wireless telecommunications network having superior quality of service is provided. A system and method for assigning future slots of a transmission frame to a data packet in the transmission frame for transmission over a wireless telecommunication network system includes applying an advanced reservation algorithm, reserving a first slot for a first data packet of an internet protocol (IP) flow in a future transmission frame based on the algorithm, reserving a second slot for a second data packet of the IP flow in a transmission frame subsequent in time to the future transmission frame based on the algorithm, wherein the second data packet is placed in the second slot in an isochronous manner to the placement of the first data packet in the first slot. There may be a periodic variation between the placement of the first data packet in the first slot and the placement of second data packet in the second slot or no periodic variation between placements of slots. The advanced reservation algorithm makes a determination whether the IP flow is jitter-sensitive. ming steps comprising: generating announcements, at the server, containing information specifying how associated upcoming transmissions are to be delivered over the broadcast network, the announcements being made available to the clients via means other than the broadcast network; automatically creating a filter by calling an application program interface (API); responsive to automatically receiving the announcements: automatically filtering, at the client, the announcements received from the server using the filter; and automatically preparing the client to receive at least one of the transmissions based on the announcements. 8. Computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions as recited in claim 7, further comprising computer-executable instructions to create the announcements to include a broadcast protocol specifying a data format in which associated multimedia transmissions are to be broadcast. 9. A system as recited in claim 7, wherein the announcements are made available to the clients over the Internet. 10. A system as recited in claim 7, wherein the announcements are made available to the client via a Web site on the Internet. 11. A system as recited in claim 7, wherein filtering the announcement is performed using Regular Expression Parsing. 12. A method for announcing delivery of upcoming multimedia data transmissions over a broadcast network, comprising the following steps: posting announcements to a Web site on a data network, the announcements containing information pertaining to the upcoming multimedia data transmissions; automatically receiving the announcements; and responsive to receiving the announcements: automatically filtering each announcement; automatically preparing to receive at least one of the upcoming multimedia data transmissions from the broadcast network based upon the information contained in an announcement that survives the filtering; and wherein at least one posted announcement can be received over a secondary link separate from the broadcast network. 13. A method as recited in claim 12, further comprising the following steps: automatically creating an announcement filter based upon user behavior patterns; and filtering the announcements using the announcement filter. 14. A method as recited in claim 12, further comprising the following steps: creating an announcement filter using parameters entered by a user; and filtering the announcements using the announcement filter. 15. A method as recited in claim 12, wherein the step of preparing comprises the step of launching a software application to receive said at least one transmission from the broadcast network. 16. A method as recited in claim 12, further comprising the step of transmitting said at least one transmission over the broadcast network and receiving said at least one transmission from the broadcast network. 17. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the steps of the method as recited in claim 12. 18. A computer programmed to perform the steps of the method as recited in claim 12. 19. A method as recited in claim 12, wherein each announcement is automatically filtered using Regular Expression Parsing. 20. A method for announcing delivery of upcoming multimedia data transmissions over a broadcast network, comprising the following steps: forming, at a server, announcements comprising information pertaining to upcoming data transmissions, the information including a broadcast protocol for broadcasting the transmissions; sending the announcements from the server in multicast packets to a predetermined multicast address; monitoring the multicast address from a client to automatically receive the multicast packets containing the announcements; and responsive to receiving the announcements, automatically: filtering the announcements at the client to retain certain announcements that satisfy a list of acceptable transmissions or a set of