Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for network traffic scheduling. The method includes selecting, at a present node within a node hierarchy that multiplexes a plurality of input nodes to an output node, a winning node from a plurality of lower level nodes, obtaining first parameters provided from the winning node, the first parameters being in association with the winning node, determining second parameters in association with the present node at least partially based on the first parameters, and providing the second parameters in association with the present node to an upper level node in the node hierarchy for scheduling at the upper level node. To determine the second parameters in association with the present node, in an embodiment, the method includes using the first parameters to look up an entry in a lookup table that stores the second parameters in association with the first parameters.