802.11ae

802.11 amendment; provides prioritization of management frames. Defines new Quality of Service Management Frame (QMF)

An 802.11 amendment that provides prioritization of management frames. It defines a new Quality of Service Management Frame (QMF). When the QMF service is used, some management frames may be transmitted using an access category other than the one used for voice (AC_VO). When communicating with stations that do not support the QMF service, the station uses access category AC_VO to transmit management frames. When QMF is supported, the beacon frame includes a QMF Policy element