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==What is 802.11e WMM?==
==What is 802.11e WMM?==


802.11e wireless standard uses Enhanced Distribution Coordination Function (EDCF) to categorize traffic. It provides basic Quality of Service ([[QoS]]) functionality for Wireless networks.  
802.11e wireless standard uses Enhanced Distribution Coordination Function (EDCF) to categorize traffic. It provides basic Quality of Service (QoS) functionality for Wireless networks.  


The WiFi Multimedia (WMM) specification is a subset of 802.11e. It stipulates traffic with different fixed and random wait times in the four prioritization categories (voice, video, best effort, and background). This is done to ensure that applications, which are less tolerant of packet delays, have a higher priority of network access. The result of this being that devices that can't afford a higher wait time have a better chance to transmit than those that can.  
The WiFi Multimedia (WMM) specification is a subset of 802.11e. It stipulates traffic with different fixed and random wait times in the four prioritization categories (voice, video, best effort, and background). This is done to ensure that applications, which are less tolerant of packet delays, have a higher priority of network access. The result of this being that devices that can't afford a higher wait time have a better chance to transmit than those that can.  


802.11e traffic classes and access categories:
==802.11e user priorities and access categories==
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|+
Pairs of user priority (UP) values are mapped in accordance with four defined access categories, which specify different treatments of frames over the air. These access categories and their corresponding UP relationships can be seen in the table below:
! style="background: black; color: white;" | User Priority
 
! style="background: black; color: white;" | Access Category
<table class="nd-othertables">
! style="background: black; color: white;" | Description
    <tr>
|-
        <th style="width: 110px">USER PRIORITY</th>
! style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | 7
      <th style="width: 150px">ACCESS CATEGORY</th>
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | AC_VO
      <th style="width: 150px">DESCRIPTION</th>
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | Voice
    </tr>
|-
    <tr>
! style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | 6
      <td>7</td>
|-
      <td rowspan="2">AC_VO</td>
! style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | 5
      <td rowspan="2">Voice</td>
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | AC_VI
    </tr>
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | Video
    <tr>
|-
      <td>6</td>
! style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | 4
    </tr>
|-
    <tr>
! style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | 3
      <td>5</td>
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | AC_BE
      <td rowspan="2">AC_VI</td>
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | Best Effort
      <td rowspan="2">Video</td>
|-
    </tr>
! style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | 0
    <tr>
|-
    <td>4</td>
! style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | 2
    </tr>
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | AC_VO
    <tr>
| rowspan="2" style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | Background
    <td>3</td>
|-
      <td rowspan="2">AC_BE</td>
! style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | 1
      <td rowspan="2">Best Effort</td>
|-
    </tr>
|}
    <tr>
    <td>0</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>2</td>
      <td rowspan="2">AC_VO</td>
      <td rowspan="2">Background</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>1</td>
    </tr>
</table>


==802.11e WMM in RUTxxx routers==
==802.11e WMM in RUTxxx routers==
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'''NOTE''': WMM is required for 802.11n support.
'''NOTE''': WMM is required for 802.11n support.
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Latest revision as of 12:28, 10 June 2020

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What is 802.11e WMM?

802.11e wireless standard uses Enhanced Distribution Coordination Function (EDCF) to categorize traffic. It provides basic Quality of Service (QoS) functionality for Wireless networks.

The WiFi Multimedia (WMM) specification is a subset of 802.11e. It stipulates traffic with different fixed and random wait times in the four prioritization categories (voice, video, best effort, and background). This is done to ensure that applications, which are less tolerant of packet delays, have a higher priority of network access. The result of this being that devices that can't afford a higher wait time have a better chance to transmit than those that can.

802.11e user priorities and access categories

Pairs of user priority (UP) values are mapped in accordance with four defined access categories, which specify different treatments of frames over the air. These access categories and their corresponding UP relationships can be seen in the table below:

USER PRIORITY ACCESS CATEGORY DESCRIPTION
7 AC_VO Voice
6
5 AC_VI Video
4
3 AC_BE Best Effort
0
2 AC_VO Background
1

802.11e WMM in RUTxxx routers

WMM (802.11e) support is enabled in RUTxxx routers by default. You can disable this by executing the following commands via a Command line interface: 

uci set wireless.@wifi-iface[0].wmm='0'
uci commit wireless
wifi

This set of commands sets the WMM option to 0 (disabled), commits the changes and restarts the wireless radio in order for the changes to take effect. If you wish to turn WMM support back ON, change the 0 to a 1 (enabled) at the end of the first line: 

uci set wireless.@wifi-iface[0].wmm='1'
uci commit wireless
wifi

NOTE: WMM is required for 802.11n support.

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