Quality of experience (QOE) method and apparatus for wireless communication networks

A system usable in a communication environment, the system comprising:

• means for defining at least one quality of experience (QoE) metric indicative of a characteristic that affects quality in the communication environment, including a client characteristic;
• means for obtaining data for the QoE metric;
• means for performing a negotiation between a client and a network device to communicate the metric data;
• and
• means for communicating the metric data between the client and the network device.

An article of manufacture usable in a wireless communication environment, the article of manufacture comprising:

• a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processor to:
• define at least one quality of experience (QoE) metric indicative of a characteristic associated with the communication environment, including a client characteristic;
• perform a negotiation between a client and a server to determine which of the at least one QoE metric is to be used during a session between the client and the server, and designate such QoE metric as an accepted QoE metric;
• and
• obtain data for one or more accepted QoE metrics during the session.