IEEE802.11e: MAC Enhancements for Quality of Service (EDCF)

νEDCF (Enhanced Distributed Coordination Function)

differentiated DCF access to the wireless medium for prioritized traffic categories (4 different traffic categories)

output queue competes for TxOPs using EDCF wherein

the minimum specified idle duration time is a distinct value

the contention window is a variable window

lower priority queues defer to higher priority queues

Mapping to

Access Category

Transmit Queues

Per-queue channel access functions with internal collision resolution

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