RFC 8325 maps EF-marked (telephony) traffic to IEEE 802.11 User Priority 6, which places it in the Voice Access Category (AC_VO).

Checked 2026-09-25

EF DSCP is mapped to UP 6, thereby admitting it into the Voice Access Category (AC_VO).
Vendor
IETF
Product
DiffServ over Wi-Fi
Subsystem
DSCP-to-UP mapping
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 8325
Checked
2026-09-25

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Choppy and robotic audio on calls: source note choppy-audio-troubleshooting-wifi-ef-to-up6. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/choppy-audio-troubleshooting-wifi-ef-to-up6

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-choppy-audio-troubleshooting-wifi-ef-to-up6,
  title  = {Choppy and robotic audio on calls: source note choppy-audio-troubleshooting-wifi-ef-to-up6},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/choppy-audio-troubleshooting-wifi-ef-to-up6},
  note   = {Source note choppy-audio-troubleshooting-wifi-ef-to-up6, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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