A method for controlling communications traffic on an inter-access-network link includes receiving a request for transmission of a traffic flow and determining a priority queue associated with the traffic flow. If the priority queue corresponds to the one of a first plurality of priority levels, the method further includes determining whether one or more predetermined criteria for the traffic flow are satisfied. If yes, the method additionally admitting the traffic flow, storing information associated with the traffic flow in the queue, and transmitting information associated with the traffic flow from the queue based on at least a strict priority process. If the queue corresponds to the one of a second plurality of priority levels, the method further admitting the traffic flow, storing information associated with the traffic flow in the queue, and transmitting information associated with the traffic flow from the queue based on at least an arbitrated priority process.