Using Wireless Channel Variance Values in order to Improve Application Quality of Experience (QoE) in Wireless Communication Systems

An endpoint device comprising:

• a non-transitory memory;
• one or more processors;
• a channel variance subsystem to obtain a wireless channel variance value, wherein the wireless channel variance value is indicative of a degradation to a specified bandwidth of a wireless channel as a function of conditions of the wireless channel;
• a reliably usable bandwidth determination subsystem to determine a reliably usable bandwidth value of the wireless channel as a function of the wireless channel variance value;
• and
• a transmission rate subsystem to determine a data frame transmission rate associated with a particular application running on a client device, wherein the data frame transmission rate is constrained by a function of the reliably usable bandwidth value and a quality of experience (QoE) level value.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs including instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors of an endpoint device, cause the endpoint device to:

• obtain a wireless channel variance value, wherein the wireless channel variance value is indicative of a degradation to a specified bandwidth of the wireless channel as a function of conditions of a wireless channel;
• determine a reliably usable bandwidth value of the wireless channel as a function of the wireless channel variance value;
• and
• determine a data frame transmission rate associated with a particular application running on a client device, wherein the data frame transmission rate is constrained by a function of the reliably usable bandwidth value and a quality of experience (QoE) level value.