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Table 1 Traffic types for QoS provisioning

From: Quality-of-service-aware weighted-fair medium access control protocol for coexisting cognitive radio networks

Type (Ω)

Description

Priority (ρ)

Voice

Highest priority (low latency)

 
 

(e.g., voice call, audio streaming)

6

Video

Second highest priority

 
 

(video conferencing, streaming)

4

Best effort

No QoS mentioned, bursty traffic

 
 

(traffic less sensitive to latency, e.g.

 
 

web surfing)

3

Background

Lowest priority (no strict latency)

 
 

(e.g., print jobs, email, etc.)

1