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AT-TQ2403 Management Software User's Guide 

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is sent to this queue. 

  Data 3 (Background). Lowest priority queue, high throughput. Bulk data that requires maximum 

throughput and is not time-sensitive is sent to this queue (FTP data, for example). 

Using the QoS settings on the Administration UI, you can configure Enhanced Distributed Channel 

Access (EDCA) parameters that determine how each queue is treated when it is sent by the access point 

to the client or by the client to the access point. 

 

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Note: Wireless traffic travels: 

  Downstream from the access point to the client station 

  Upstream from client station to access point 

  Upstream from access point to network 

  Downstream from network to access point 

With WMM enabled, QoS settings on the AT-TQ2403 Management Software affect the 

first two of these; downstream traffic flowing from the access point to client station (AP 

EDCA parameters) and the upstream traffic flowing from the station to the access point 

(station EDCA parameters). 

The other phases of the traffic flow (to and from the network) are not under control of the 
QoS settings on the AP. 

 

Data is transmitted over 802.11 wireless networks in frames. A Frame consists of a discrete portion of 

data along with some descriptive meta-information packaged for transmission on a wireless network. 

 

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Note: A Frame is similar in concept to a Packet, the difference being that a packet operates 

on the Network layer (layer 3 in the OSI model) whereas a frame operates on the 
Data-Link layer (layer 2 in the OSI model). 

 

Each frame includes a source and destination MAC address, a control field with protocol version, frame 

type, frame sequence number, frame body (with the actual information to be transmitted) and frame 

check sequence for error detection. 

The 802.11 standard defines various frame  types for management and control of the wireless 
infrastructure, and for data transmission. 802.11 frame types are (1) management frames, (2) control 

frames, and (3) data frames. Management and control frames (which manage and control the availability 

of the wireless infrastructure) automatically have higher priority for transmission. 

802.11e uses interframe spaces to regulate which frames get access to available channels and to 

coordinate wait times for transmission of different types of data. 

Management and control frames wait a minimum amount of time for transmission; they wait a short 
interframe space (SIF). These wait times are built-in to 802.11 as infrastructure support and are not 

configurable.  

The AT-TQ2403 Management Software supports the Enhanced Distribution Coordination Access 

(EDCA) as defined by the 802.11e standard. EDCA, which is an enhancement to the DCF standard and