diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index 2c39d9208..628029d87 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ Supported platforms
 New user-visible features
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+- a new LTE MAC downlink scheduling algorithm named Channel and QoS
+  Aware (CQA) Scheduler is provided by the new
+  ``ns3::CqaFfMacScheduler`` object.
+  
+
 Bugs fixed
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