1. A wireless local area network (WLAN) comprising: at least one access point radio; and a plurality of nodes in wireless communication with the at least one access point radio according to media access control (MAC) parameters, each of the plurality of nodes having a quality of service (QoS) threshold for wireless communication with the at least one access point radio that is a function of the MAC parameters; wherein each of the plurality of nodes comprises a controller configured to provide individualized control of the MAC parameters corresponding to the node, the controller programmed to: measure current settings for at least a portion of the MAC parameters for the node; input the current settings for the at least a portion of the MAC parameters of the node into a WLAN system model to generate a system model output; and adapt a setting of at least one of the MAC parameters for the node to meet the QoS threshold for the node based on the system model output.