Chapter 6. QoS for 802.11 Wireless LANs—802.11e
The IEEE 802.11 working group chartered the 802.11e task group with the responsibility of enhancing the 802.11 MAC to include bidirectional quality of service (QoS) to support latency-sensitive applications such as voice and video. Also, new breeds of consumer electronics are looking to 802.11 as a wire replacement. Products such as cable and satellite receivers might one day send high-definition TV (HDTV) signals via 802.11 to TVs. DVDs and digital-video recorders might do the same. Imagine this scenario in a home environment where 802.11 is used for home networking as well as for wire replacement from the DVD player and satellite receiver to the TV. The new applications for 802.11 require an effective ...
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