Talk:Wireless Multimedia Extensions

Just a heads up: Both 'External links' in this article don't work anymore. I suppose they changed their website or something.

Sorry, don't have time to look for the right links atm. --DWZ 06:37, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Examples of use?
What is required for these extentions to come into play? Could someone provide some examples of programs which use them? Rearden9 19:48, 5 September 2006 (UTC) hehehehehe....

It would be very helpful if someone could put in a sentence or two in response to the request abovbe. The article is rich in technical detail, but lacks a simple statement for the general reader indicating what WME does. For instance is this something you use if you get an internet phone service? or if you stream movies from Netflix? A web search turned up very little mention after 2007; does that mean it is essentially superceded by something else and only shows up for those of us who have old modems?

Thanks! Phytism (talk) 13:31, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Problems with WMM: Mapping hard-wired QoS to WMM
Apparently, there is no way to map hard-wired LAN QoS (e.g. TOS, DSCP, 802.1q, 802.1d) to WMM. I've checked out the manuals, product specs, and web sites of more than 10 modern wireless access points / bridges. I also e-mailed several companies. A reply from D-Link product specialist about the DWL-8200AP was to put a managed hard-wired switch (Web Smart DES-1316) behind the wireless devices---not helpful!

Now, doesn't that make WMM useless? That implies the wireless device cannot distinguish between voice, video, and bulk traffic because the wireless device does not understand the standard QoS tags.

Andrew Z (March 30, 2007)


 * According to the WMM specs (v1.1), a WMM device is excepted to understand 802.1D tagged frames in order to determine what traffic class a frame belongs to. There's also some notes about 802.1Q frames handling. Thus, it should automatically do the mapping ... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.202.62.177 (talk) 17:47, 4 April 2007 (UTC).

802.11e and 802,11b/g?
The text contains a "see also":

* 802.11e: Quality of Service enhancements for Wi-Fi standard 802.11b

My impression was that 802.11e could be used with 802.11g as well. Is the above overly specifi, or have I missed something (which is quite believable)? --Brons 17:18, 3 May 2007 (UTC)