40 
Figure 11 802.1Q tag header 
 
 
Table 10 Description on 802.1p priority 
802.1p priority (decimal) 
0  000  best-effort
 
1  001  background 
2  010  spare 
3  011  excellent-effort 
4  100  controlled-load 
5  101  video 
6  110  voice 
7  111  network-management 
 
802.11e priority 
To provide QoS services on WLAN, the 802.11e standard was developed. IEEE 802.11e is a 
MAC-layer enhancement to IEEE 802.11. IEEE 802.11e adds a 2-byte QoS control field to the 
802.11e MAC frame header. The 3-bit QoS control field represents the 802.11e priority in the range 
of 0 to 7. 
Figure 12 802.11e frame structure 
 
 
 
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0 0
0
0 0
0 0
Priority
C
F
I
VLAN ID
TPID(Tag protocol identifier)
TCI(Tag control information)
Byte 1
Byte 2
0
Byte 3
Byte 4
7 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 5 4 3 2 1 06 6 7 5 4 3 2 1 0 7 5 4 3 2 1 06 6
Frame 
control
Frame 
body
Address 
1
Address 
2
Address 
3
Duration/
ID
Sequence 
control
Address 
4
2
FCS
2 6 6 2 6 2 4
0~2324
QoS
control
6