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802.11k

The newest 802.11 task group addresses the Quality of Service (QoS) issue in terms of providing feedback from the radio layer of a piece of 802.11 wireless gear, indicating the quality of the link and how well things are getting through. There's no standard way of providing such feedback, so it's difficult to get different pieces of 802.11 hardware to 'agree' on how good or bad a connection really is-and thus how to improve the connection or simply live with what it has. 802.11k will dovetail with the 802.11e standard to provide a coordinated system for ensuring quality of service over an 802.11 wireless link. This is a highly technical matter, and a final solution remains far downstream.