Broadband CDMA packet access is one of the most promising air interfaces for future 4G mobile communication systems. In this study, a novel reservation-based access protocol with prioritized resource allocation (PRA) is proposed as a reverse channel MAC protocol, which enables various rate realtime communications on such a system. In this protocol, a lowrate Temporal Dedicated Control CHannel (TDCCH) is momentarily assigned between a base station (BS) and mobile station (MS). A TDCCH is used to transmit not only access control signals including a reservation signal, but also transmission control signals such as Transmission Power Control (TPC) commands. This protocol prevents a packet-by-packet setup delay and provides contention-free packet reservation so long as a TDCCH is established. The duration of the TDCCH can be controlled according to the Quality of Service (QoS) requirement. PRA is based on such a reservation scheme, and two different resource allocation areas are defined in time slots that correspond to real-time and best-effort classes. The realtime packets have a wider allocation area so that they can acquire radio resources prior to best-effort packets. Thus, resources are assigned to real-time packets first, and the remaining resources can be used for best-effort packet transmission. By combining admission control and tlow-control with PRA, real-time packet communication can be achieved in the reverse channel. The performance of the proposed protocol is evaluated by computer simulation and through an experimental system.