IEEE 802.11-2007

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IEEE Standard for Information Technology – Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Systems – Local and Metropolitan Area Networks – Specific Requirements – Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications

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Revision Standard – Superseded. This revision specifies technical corrections and clarifications to IEEE Std 802.11 for wireless local area networks (WLANS) as well as enhancements to the existing medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) functions. It also incorporates Amendments 1 through 8 including a corrigendum. The “IEEE Get Program” grants public access to view and download individual PDFs of select standards at no charge. Visit https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/browse/standards/get-program/page for details.

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PDF Pages	PDF Title
1	Important notice!
2	Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC)and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications
4	Title page
7	Introduction Notice to users Errata Interpretations Patents
8	Participants
13	Contents
38	List of figures
45	List of tables
50	1. Overview 1.1 Scope 1.2 Purpose
52	2. Normative references
54	3. Definitions
66	4. Abbreviations and acronyms
72	5. General description 5.1 General description of the architecture 5.1.1 How WLAN systems are different 5.1.1.1 Destination address does not equal destination location 5.1.1.2 Media impact on design and performance 5.1.1.3 The impact of handling mobile STAs
73	5.1.1.4 Interaction with other IEEE 802® layers 5.1.1.5 Interaction with non-IEEE-802 protocols 5.2 Components of the IEEE 802.11 architecture
74	5.2.1 The independent BSS (IBSS) as an ad hoc network 5.2.2 STA membership in a BSS is dynamic 5.2.3 Distribution system (DS) concepts
75	5.2.3.1 Extended service set (ESS): The large coverage network
76	5.2.3.2 RSNA 5.2.4 Area concepts
78	5.2.5 Integration with wired LANs
79	5.2.6 QoS BSS: The QoS network
80	5.3 Logical service interfaces 5.3.1 SS
81	5.3.2 DSS 5.4 Overview of the services
82	5.4.1 Distribution of messages within a DS 5.4.1.1 Distribution
83	5.4.1.2 Integration 5.4.1.3 QoS traffic scheduling 5.4.2 Services that support the distribution service 5.4.2.1 Mobility types
84	5.4.2.2 Association 5.4.2.3 Reassociation
85	5.4.2.4 Disassociation 5.4.3 Access control and data confidentiality services 5.4.3.1 Authentication
86	5.4.3.2 Deauthentication
87	5.4.3.3 Data confidentiality 5.4.3.4 Key management 5.4.3.5 Data origin authenticity
88	5.4.3.6 Replay detection 5.4.4 Spectrum management services 5.4.4.1 TPC 5.4.4.2 DFS 5.4.5 Traffic differentiation and QoS support
89	5.4.6 Support for higher layer timer synchronization 5.5 Multiple logical address spaces
90	5.6 Differences between ESS and IBSS LANs
91	5.7 Reference model 5.8 IEEE Std 802.11 and IEEE Std 802.1X-2004
92	5.8.1 IEEE 802.11 usage of IEEE Std 802.1X-2004 5.8.2 Infrastructure functional model overview 5.8.2.1 AKM operations with AS
95	5.8.2.2 Operations with PSK 5.8.2.3 Disassociation 5.8.3 IBSS functional model description 5.8.3.1 Key usage 5.8.3.2 Sample IBSS 4-Way Handshakes
97	5.8.3.3 IBSS IEEE 802.1X example
98	5.8.4 Authenticator-to-AS protocol 5.8.5 PMKSA caching
100	6. MAC service definition 6.1 Overview of MAC services 6.1.1 Data service 6.1.1.1 Determination of UP
101	6.1.1.2 Interpretation of priority parameter in MAC service primitives 6.1.1.3 Interpretation of service class parameter in MAC service primitives in a STA
102	6.1.2 Security services 6.1.3 MSDU ordering
103	6.1.4 MSDU format 6.1.5 MAC data service architecture
104	6.2 Detailed service specification 6.2.1 MAC data services 6.2.1.1 MA-UNITDATA.request
105	6.2.1.2 MA-UNITDATA.indication
106	6.2.1.3 MA-UNITDATA.confirm
108	7. Frame formats 7.1 MAC frame formats 7.1.1 Conventions
109	7.1.2 General frame format 7.1.3 Frame fields 7.1.3.1 Frame Control field
113	7.1.3.2 Duration/ID field
114	7.1.3.3 Address fields
115	7.1.3.4 Sequence Control field
116	7.1.3.5 QoS Control field
119	7.1.3.6 Frame Body field 7.1.3.7 FCS field
120	7.1.4 Duration/ID field in data and management frames 7.2 Format of individual frame types 7.2.1 Control frames
121	7.2.1.1 RTS frame format
122	7.2.1.2 CTS frame format
123	7.2.1.3 ACK frame format 7.2.1.4 PS-Poll frame format 7.2.1.5 CF-End frame format
124	7.2.1.6 CF-End+CF-Ack frame format 7.2.1.7 Block Ack Request (BlockAckReq) frame format
125	7.2.1.8 Block Ack (BlockAck) frame format
126	7.2.2 Data frames
128	7.2.3 Management frames
129	7.2.3.1 Beacon frame format
130	7.2.3.2 IBSS ATIM frame format 7.2.3.3 Disassociation frame format
131	7.2.3.4 Association Request frame format 7.2.3.5 Association Response frame format
132	7.2.3.6 Reassociation Request frame format 7.2.3.7 Reassociation Response frame format
133	7.2.3.8 Probe Request frame format 7.2.3.9 Probe Response frame format
135	7.2.3.10 Authentication frame format 7.2.3.11 Deauthentication
136	7.2.3.12 Action frame format 7.3 Management frame body components 7.3.1 Fields that are not information elements 7.3.1.1 Authentication Algorithm Number field 7.3.1.2 Authentication Transaction Sequence Number field
137	7.3.1.3 Beacon Interval field 7.3.1.4 Capability Information field
140	7.3.1.5 Current AP Address field 7.3.1.6 Listen Interval field
141	7.3.1.7 Reason Code field
142	7.3.1.8 AID field 7.3.1.9 Status Code field
144	7.3.1.10 Timestamp field 7.3.1.11 Action field
145	7.3.1.12 Dialog Token field 7.3.1.13 DLS Timeout Value field
146	7.3.1.14 Block Ack Parameter Set field 7.3.1.15 Block Ack Timeout Value field
147	7.3.1.16 DELBA Parameter Set field 7.3.1.17 QoS Info field
148	7.3.2 Information elements
150	7.3.2.1 SSID element 7.3.2.2 Supported Rates element
151	7.3.2.3 FH Parameter Set element 7.3.2.4 DS Parameter Set element
152	7.3.2.5 CF Parameter Set element 7.3.2.6 TIM
153	7.3.2.7 IBSS Parameter Set element
154	7.3.2.8 Challenge Text element 7.3.2.9 Country information element
156	7.3.2.10 Hopping Pattern Parameters information element
157	7.3.2.11 Hopping Pattern Table information element
158	7.3.2.12 Request information element 7.3.2.13 ERP Information element
160	7.3.2.14 Extended Supported Rates element
161	7.3.2.15 Power Constraint element 7.3.2.16 Power Capability element
162	7.3.2.17 TPC Request element 7.3.2.18 TPC Report element
163	7.3.2.19 Supported Channels element 7.3.2.20 Channel Switch Announcement element
164	7.3.2.21 Measurement Request element
167	7.3.2.22 Measurement Report element
171	7.3.2.23 Quiet element
172	7.3.2.24 IBSS DFS element 7.3.2.25 RSN information element
177	7.3.2.26 Vendor Specific information element 7.3.2.27 Extended Capabilities information element
178	7.3.2.28 BSS Load element
179	7.3.2.29 EDCA Parameter Set element
181	7.3.2.30 TSPEC element
185	7.3.2.31 TCLAS element
187	7.3.2.32 TS Delay element 7.3.2.33 TCLAS Processing element
188	7.3.2.34 Schedule element
189	7.3.2.35 QoS Capability element 7.4 Action frame format details 7.4.1 Spectrum management action details
190	7.4.1.1 Measurement Request frame format 7.4.1.2 Measurement Report frame format
191	7.4.1.3 TPC Request frame format 7.4.1.4 TPC Report frame format
192	7.4.1.5 Channel Switch Announcement frame format 7.4.2 QoS Action frame details 7.4.2.1 ADDTS Request frame format
193	7.4.2.2 ADDTS Response frame format
194	7.4.2.3 DELTS frame format
195	7.4.2.4 Schedule frame format 7.4.3 DLS Action frame details 7.4.3.1 DLS Request frame format
196	7.4.3.2 DLS Response frame format
197	7.4.3.3 DLS Teardown frame format
198	7.4.4 Block Ack Action frame details 7.4.4.1 ADDBA Request frame format
199	7.4.4.2 ADDBA Response frame format 7.4.4.3 DELBA frame format
200	7.4.5 Vendor-specific action details 7.5 Frame usage
204	8. Security 8.1 Framework 8.1.1 Security methods 8.1.2 RSNA equipment and RSNA capabilities 8.1.3 RSNA establishment
205	8.1.4 RSNA PeerKey Support
206	8.1.5 RSNA assumptions and constraints 8.2 Pre-RSNA security methods
207	8.2.1 Wired equivalent privacy (WEP) 8.2.1.1 WEP overview 8.2.1.2 WEP MPDU format 8.2.1.3 WEP state
208	8.2.1.4 WEP procedures
210	8.2.2 Pre-RSNA authentication 8.2.2.1 Overview 8.2.2.2 Open System authentication
211	8.2.2.3 Shared Key authentication
214	8.3 RSNA data confidentiality protocols 8.3.1 Overview 8.3.2 Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) 8.3.2.1 TKIP overview
217	8.3.2.2 TKIP MPDU formats
218	8.3.2.3 TKIP MIC
220	8.3.2.4 TKIP countermeasures procedures
224	8.3.2.5 TKIP mixing function
228	8.3.2.6 TKIP replay protection procedures 8.3.3 CTR with CBC-MAC Protocol (CCMP) 8.3.3.1 CCMP overview
229	8.3.3.2 CCMP MPDU format
230	8.3.3.3 CCMP cryptographic encapsulation
233	8.3.3.4 CCMP decapsulation
234	8.4 RSNA security association management 8.4.1 Security associations 8.4.1.1 Security association definitions
236	8.4.1.2 Security association life cycle
238	8.4.2 RSNA selection 8.4.3 RSNA policy selection in an ESS
239	8.4.3.1 TSN policy selection in an ESS 8.4.4 RSNA policy selection in an IBSS
240	8.4.4.1 TSN policy selection in an IBSS 8.4.5 RSN management of the IEEE 802.1X Controlled Port
241	8.4.6 RSNA authentication in an ESS 8.4.6.1 Preauthentication and RSNA key management
242	8.4.6.2 Cached PMKSAs and RSNA key management 8.4.7 RSNA authentication in an IBSS
244	8.4.8 RSNA key management in an ESS 8.4.9 RSNA key management in an IBSS
245	8.4.10 RSNA security association termination 8.5 Keys and key distribution 8.5.1 Key hierarchy
246	8.5.1.1 PRF
247	8.5.1.2 Pairwise key hierarchy
249	8.5.1.3 Group key hierarchy
250	8.5.1.4 PeerKey key hierarchy
251	8.5.2 EAPOL-Key frames
259	8.5.2.1 EAPOL-Key frame notation
260	8.5.3 4-Way Handshake 8.5.3.1 4-Way Handshake Message 1
262	8.5.3.2 4-Way Handshake Message 2
263	8.5.3.3 4-Way Handshake Message 3
264	8.5.3.4 4-Way Handshake Message 4
265	8.5.3.5 4-Way Handshake implementation considerations
266	8.5.3.6 Sample 4-Way Handshake
267	8.5.3.7 4-Way Handshake analysis
269	8.5.4 Group Key Handshake 8.5.4.1 Group Key Handshake Message 1
270	8.5.4.2 Group Key Handshake Message 2
271	8.5.4.3 Group Key Handshake implementation considerations 8.5.4.4 Sample Group Key Handshake
272	8.5.5 RSNA Supplicant key management state machine 8.5.5.1 Supplicant state machine states
273	8.5.5.2 Supplicant state machine variables 8.5.5.3 Supplicant state machine procedures
276	8.5.5.4 Supplicant PeerKey state machine states 8.5.5.5 Supplicant PeerKey state machine variables
278	8.5.6 RSNA Authenticator key management state machine 8.5.6.1 Authenticator state machine states
282	8.5.6.2 Authenticator state machine variables
283	8.5.6.3 Authenticator state machine procedures 8.5.7 Nonce generation
284	8.5.8 PeerKey Handshake
285	8.5.8.1 SMK Handshake
290	8.5.8.2 PeerKey setup and handshake error conditions 8.5.8.3 STKSA rekeying
291	8.5.8.4 Error Reporting
293	8.6 Mapping EAPOL keys to IEEE 802.11 keys 8.6.1 Mapping PTK to TKIP keys 8.6.2 Mapping GTK to TKIP keys 8.6.3 Mapping PTK to CCMP keys 8.6.4 Mapping GTK to CCMP keys 8.6.5 Mapping GTK to WEP-40 keys 8.6.6 Mapping GTK to WEP-104 keys
294	8.7 Per-frame pseudo-code 8.7.1 WEP frame pseudo-code
295	8.7.2 RSNA frame pseudo-code 8.7.2.1 Per-MSDU Tx pseudo-code
296	8.7.2.2 Per-MPDU Tx pseudo-code
297	8.7.2.3 Per-MPDU Rx pseudo-code
298	8.7.2.4 Per-MSDU Rx pseudo-code
300	9. MAC sublayer functional description 9.1 MAC architecture 9.1.1 DCF
301	9.1.2 PCF 9.1.3 Hybrid coordination function (HCF) 9.1.3.1 HCF contention-based channel access (EDCA)
303	9.1.3.2 HCF controlled channel access (HCCA) 9.1.4 Combined use of DCF, PCF, and HCF
304	9.1.5 Fragmentation/defragmentation overview 9.1.6 MAC data service
305	9.2 DCF
306	9.2.1 CS mechanism 9.2.2 MAC-Level acknowledgments
307	9.2.3 IFS 9.2.3.1 SIFS
308	9.2.3.2 PIFS 9.2.3.3 DIFS 9.2.3.4 AIFS 9.2.3.5 EIFS
309	9.2.4 Random backoff time
310	9.2.5 DCF access procedure 9.2.5.1 Basic access
311	9.2.5.2 Backoff procedure for DCF
312	9.2.5.3 Recovery procedures and retransmit limits
313	9.2.5.4 Setting and resetting the NAV 9.2.5.5 Control of the channel
315	9.2.5.6 RTS/CTS usage with fragmentation
316	9.2.5.7 CTS procedure 9.2.6 Individually addressed MPDU transfer procedure
317	9.2.7 Broadcast and multicast MPDU transfer procedure 9.2.8 ACK procedure
318	9.2.9 Duplicate detection and recovery
319	9.2.10 DCF timing relations
320	9.2.11 NAV distribution 9.2.12 Determination of PLME aCWmin characteristics 9.3 PCF
321	9.3.1 CFP structure and timing
323	9.3.2 PCF access procedure 9.3.2.1 Fundamental access 9.3.2.2 NAV operation during the CFP
324	9.3.3 PCF transfer procedure 9.3.3.1 PCF transfers when the PC STA is transmitter or recipient
326	9.3.3.2 Operation with overlapping point-coordinated BSSs 9.3.3.3 CFPMaxDuration limit 9.3.3.4 CF usage rules
327	9.3.4 CF polling list 9.3.4.1 Polling list processing 9.3.4.2 Polling list update procedure
328	9.4 Fragmentation 9.5 Defragmentation
329	9.6 Multirate support
330	9.6.1 Modulation classes
331	9.7 MSDU transmission restrictions 9.8 Operation across regulatory domains
332	9.8.1 Operation upon entering a regulatory domain 9.8.2 Support for FH PHYs 9.8.2.1 Determination of hopping patterns
335	9.9 HCF 9.9.1 HCF contention-based channel access (EDCA) 9.9.1.1 Reference implementation
336	9.9.1.2 EDCA TXOPs 9.9.1.3 Obtaining an EDCA TXOP
338	9.9.1.4 Multiple frame transmission in an EDCA TXOP
339	9.9.1.5 EDCA backoff procedure
340	9.9.1.6 Retransmit procedures
341	9.9.2 HCCA 9.9.2.1 HCCA procedure
344	9.9.2.2 TXOP structure and timing
345	9.9.2.3 HCCA transfer rules
347	9.9.3 Admission Control at the HC 9.9.3.1 Contention-based admission control procedures
349	9.9.3.2 Controlled-access admission control
351	9.10 Block Acknowledgment (Block Ack) 9.10.1 Introduction
352	9.10.2 Setup and modification of the Block Ack parameters 9.10.3 Data and acknowledgment transfer
355	9.10.4 Receive buffer operation 9.10.5 Teardown of the Block Ack mechanism 9.11 No Acknowledgment (No Ack) 9.12 Frame exchange sequences
359	9.13 Protection mechanism for non-ERP receivers
362	10. Layer management 10.1 Overview of management model
363	10.2 Generic management primitives 10.3 MLME SAP interface
364	10.3.1 Power management 10.3.1.1 MLME-POWERMGT.request
365	10.3.1.2 MLME-POWERMGT.confirm
366	10.3.2 Scan 10.3.2.1 MLME-SCAN.request
367	10.3.2.2 MLME-SCAN.confirm
369	10.3.3 Synchronization 10.3.3.1 MLME-JOIN.request
370	10.3.3.2 MLME-JOIN.confirm
371	10.3.4 Authenticate 10.3.4.1 MLME-AUTHENTICATE.request
372	10.3.4.2 MLME-AUTHENTICATE.confirm
373	10.3.4.3 MLME-AUTHENTICATE.indication
374	10.3.4.4 MLME-AUTHENTICATE.response
375	10.3.5 Deauthenticate 10.3.5.1 MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.request
376	10.3.5.2 MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.confirm
377	10.3.5.3 MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.indication
378	10.3.6 Associate 10.3.6.1 MLME-ASSOCIATE.request
379	10.3.6.2 MLME-ASSOCIATE.confirm
380	10.3.6.3 MLME-ASSOCIATE.indication
381	10.3.6.4 MLME-ASSOCIATE.response
382	10.3.7 Reassociate 10.3.7.1 MLME-REASSOCIATE.request
383	10.3.7.2 MLME-REASSOCIATE.confirm
384	10.3.7.3 MLME-REASSOCIATE.indication
385	10.3.7.4 MLME-REASSOCIATE.response
386	10.3.8 Disassociate 10.3.8.1 MLME-DISASSOCIATE.request
387	10.3.8.2 MLME-DISASSOCIATE.confirm
388	10.3.8.3 MLME-DISASSOCIATE.indication
389	10.3.9 Reset 10.3.9.1 MLME-RESET.request
390	10.3.9.2 MLME-RESET.confirm
391	10.3.10 Start 10.3.10.1 MLME-START.request
393	10.3.10.2 MLME-START.confirm
394	10.3.11 Spectrum management protocol layer model
399	10.3.12 Measurement request 10.3.12.1 MLME-MREQUEST.request
400	10.3.12.2 MLME-MREQUEST.confirm
401	10.3.12.3 MLME-MREQUEST.indication
402	10.3.13 Channel measurement 10.3.13.1 MLME-MEASURE.request
403	10.3.13.2 MLME-MEASURE.confirm
404	10.3.14 Measurement report 10.3.14.1 MLME-MREPORT.request
405	10.3.14.2 MLME-MREPORT.confirm
406	10.3.14.3 MLME-MREPORT.indication
407	10.3.15 Channel switch 10.3.15.1 MLME-CHANNELSWITCH.request
408	10.3.15.2 MLME-CHANNELSWITCH.confirm
409	10.3.15.3 MLME-CHANNELSWITCH.indication
410	10.3.15.4 MLME-CHANNELSWITCH.response
411	10.3.16 TPC request 10.3.16.1 MLME-TPCADAPT.request
412	10.3.16.2 MLME-TPCADAPT.confirm
413	10.3.17 SetKeys 10.3.17.1 MLME-SETKEYS.request
414	10.3.17.2 MLME-SETKEYS.confirm
415	10.3.18 DeleteKeys 10.3.18.1 MLME-DELETEKEYS.request
416	10.3.18.2 MLME-DELETEKEYS.confirm
417	10.3.19 MIC (Michael) failure event 10.3.19.1 MLME-MICHAELMICFAILURE.indication
418	10.3.20 EAPOL 10.3.20.1 MLME-EAPOL.request
419	10.3.20.2 MLME-EAPOL.confirm
420	10.3.21 MLME-PeerKeySTART 10.3.21.1 MLME- PeerKeySTART.request
421	10.3.22 SetProtection 10.3.22.1 MLME-SETPROTECTION.request
422	10.3.22.2 MLME-SETPROTECTION.confirm
423	10.3.23 MLME-PROTECTEDFRAMEDROPPED 10.3.23.1 MLME- PROTECTEDFRAMEDROPPED.indication
424	10.3.24 TS management interface 10.3.24.1 MLME-ADDTS.request
426	10.3.24.2 MLME-ADDTS.confirm
428	10.3.24.3 MLME-ADDTS.indication
430	10.3.24.4 MLME-ADDTS.response
432	10.3.24.5 MLME-DELTS.request
433	10.3.24.6 MLME-DELTS.confirm
434	10.3.24.7 MLME-DELTS.indication
435	10.3.25 Management of direct links 10.3.25.1 MLME-DLS.request
436	10.3.25.2 MLME-DLS.confirm
437	10.3.25.3 MLME-DLS.indication
438	10.3.25.4 MLME-DLSTeardown.request
439	10.3.25.5 MLME-DLSTeardown.confirm
440	10.3.25.6 MLME-DLSTeardown.indication
441	10.3.26 Higher layer synchronization support 10.3.26.1 MLME-HL-SYNC.request
442	10.3.26.2 MLME-HL-SYNC.confirm
443	10.3.26.3 MLME-HL-SYNC.indication
444	10.3.27 Block Ack 10.3.27.1 MLME-ADDBA.request
446	10.3.27.2 MLME-ADDBA.confirm
447	10.3.27.3 MLME-ADDBA.indication
448	10.3.27.4 MLME-ADDBA.response
449	10.3.27.5 MLME-DELBA.request
450	10.3.27.6 MLME-DELBA.confirm
451	10.3.27.7 MLME-DELBA.indication
452	10.3.28 Schedule element management 10.3.28.1 MLME-SCHEDULE.request
453	10.3.28.2 MLME-SCHEDULE.confirm
454	10.3.28.3 MLME-SCHEDULE.indication
455	10.3.29 Vendor-specific action 10.3.29.1 MLME-VSPECIFIC.request
456	10.3.29.2 MLME-VSPECIFIC.confirm
457	10.3.29.3 MLME-VSPECIFIC.indication
458	10.4 PLME SAP interface 10.4.1 PLME-RESET.request 10.4.1.1 Function 10.4.1.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.4.1.3 When generated 10.4.1.4 Effect of receipt
459	10.4.2 PLME-CHARACTERISTICS.request 10.4.2.1 Function 10.4.2.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.4.2.3 When generated 10.4.2.4 Effect of receipt
460	10.4.3 PLME-CHARACTERISTICS.confirm 10.4.3.1 Function 10.4.3.2 Semantics of the service primitive
461	10.4.3.3 When generated 10.4.3.4 Effect of receipt
462	10.4.4 PLME-DSSSTESTMODE.request 10.4.4.1 Function 10.4.4.2 Semantics of the service primitive
463	10.4.4.3 When generated 10.4.4.4 Effect of receipt
464	10.4.5 PLME-DSSSTESTOUTPUT.request 10.4.5.1 Function 10.4.5.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.4.5.3 When generated 10.4.5.4 Effect of receipt
465	10.4.6 PLME-TXTIME.request 10.4.6.1 Function 10.4.6.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.4.6.3 When generated 10.4.6.4 Effect of receipt
466	10.4.7 PLME-TXTIME.confirm 10.4.7.1 Function 10.4.7.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.4.7.3 When generated 10.4.7.4 Effect of receipt
468	11. MLME 11.1 Synchronization 11.1.1 Basic approach 11.1.1.1 TSF for infrastructure networks 11.1.1.2 TSF for an IBSS 11.1.2 Maintaining synchronization 11.1.2.1 Beacon generation in infrastructure networks
469	11.1.2.2 Beacon generation in an IBSS
470	11.1.2.3 Beacon reception 11.1.2.4 TSF timer accuracy 11.1.3 Acquiring synchronization, scanning
471	11.1.3.1 Passive scanning 11.1.3.2 Active scanning
472	11.1.3.3 Initializing a BSS
473	11.1.3.4 Synchronizing with a BSS 11.1.4 Adjusting STA timers 11.1.5 Timing synchronization for FH PHYs
474	11.2 Power management 11.2.1 Power management in an infrastructure network 11.2.1.1 STA Power Management modes
475	11.2.1.2 AP TIM transmissions 11.2.1.3 TIM types
476	11.2.1.4 Power management with APSD
478	11.2.1.5 AP operation during the CP
480	11.2.1.6 AP operation during the CFP
481	11.2.1.7 Receive operation for STAs in PS mode during the CP 11.2.1.8 Receive operation for STAs in PS mode during the CFP
482	11.2.1.9 Receive operation for non-AP STAs using APSD 11.2.1.10 STAs operating in the Active mode 11.2.1.11 AP aging function 11.2.2 Power management in an IBSS 11.2.2.1 Basic approach
484	11.2.2.2 Initialization of power management within an IBSS 11.2.2.3 STA power state transitions 11.2.2.4 ATIM and frame transmission
485	11.3 STA authentication and association
487	11.3.1 Authentication and deauthentication 11.3.1.1 Authentication-originating STA
488	11.3.1.2 Authentication-destination STA 11.3.1.3 Deauthentication-originating STA 11.3.1.4 Deauthentication-destination STA
489	11.3.2 Association, reassociation, and disassociation 11.3.2.1 STA association procedures 11.3.2.2 AP association procedures
490	11.3.2.3 STA reassociation procedures 11.3.2.4 AP reassociation procedures
491	11.3.2.5 STA disassociation procedures 11.3.2.6 Non-AP STA disassociation receipt procedure
492	11.3.2.7 AP disassociation initiation procedure 11.3.2.8 AP disassociation receipt procedure 11.4 TS operation 11.4.1 Introduction
493	11.4.2 TSPEC construction 11.4.3 TS lifecycle
494	11.4.4 TS setup
496	11.4.5 Failed TS setup 11.4.6 Data transfer
497	11.4.7 TS deletion
498	11.4.8 TS timeout
499	11.4.9 TS suspension 11.4.10 TS Reinstatement 11.5 Block Ack operation 11.5.1 Setup and modification of the Block Ack parameters 11.5.1.1 Procedure at the originator
501	11.5.1.2 Procedure at the recipient 11.5.2 Teardown of the Block Ack mechanism
502	11.5.2.1 Procedure at the initiator of the Block Ack teardown 11.5.2.2 Procedure at the recipient of the DELBA frame 11.5.3 Error recovery upon a peer failure
504	11.6 Higher layer timer synchronization 11.6.1 Introduction
505	11.6.2 Procedure at the STA 11.7 DLS operation
506	11.7.1 DLS procedures 11.7.1.1 Setup procedure at the QoS STA
507	11.7.1.2 Setup procedure at the AP 11.7.2 Data transfer after setup
508	11.7.3 DLS teardown 11.7.3.1 STA-initiated DLS teardown procedure
509	11.7.3.2 Teardown procedure at the AP 11.7.3.3 AP-initiated DLS teardown procedure 11.7.4 Error recovery upon a peer failure
510	11.7.5 Secure DLS operation 11.8 TPC procedures
511	11.8.1 Association based on transmit power capability 11.8.2 Specification of regulatory and local maximum transmit power levels
512	11.8.3 Selection of a transmit power 11.8.4 Adaptation of the transmit power 11.9 DFS procedures
513	11.9.1 Association based on supported channels 11.9.2 Quieting channels for testing
514	11.9.3 Testing channels for radars 11.9.4 Discontinuing operations after detecting radars 11.9.5 Detecting radars 11.9.6 Requesting and reporting of measurements
515	11.9.7 Selecting and advertising a new channel 11.9.7.1 Selecting and advertising a new channel in an infrastructure BSS
516	11.9.7.2 Selecting and advertising a new channel in an IBSS
518	12. PHY service specification 12.1 Scope 12.2 PHY functions 12.3 Detailed PHY service specifications 12.3.1 Scope and field of application 12.3.2 Overview of the service 12.3.3 Overview of interactions 12.3.4 Basic service and options
519	12.3.4.1 PHY-SAP peer-to-peer service primitives 12.3.4.2 PHY-SAP sublayer-to-sublayer service primitives 12.3.4.3 PHY-SAP service primitives parameters
520	12.3.4.4 Vector descriptions
521	12.3.5 PHY-SAP detailed service specification 12.3.5.1 PHY-DATA.request
522	12.3.5.2 PHY-DATA.indication
523	12.3.5.3 PHY-DATA.confirm
524	12.3.5.4 PHY-TXSTART.request
525	12.3.5.5 PHY-TXSTART.confirm
526	12.3.5.6 PHY-TXEND.request
527	12.3.5.7 PHY-TXEND.confirm
528	12.3.5.8 PHY-CCARESET.request
529	12.3.5.9 PHY-CCARESET.confirm
530	12.3.5.10 PHY-CCA.indication
531	12.3.5.11 PHY-RXSTART.indication
532	12.3.5.12 PHY-RXEND.indication
534	13. PHY management
536	14. Frequency-Hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) PHY specification for the 2.4 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band 14.1 Overview 14.1.1 Overview of FHSS PHY 14.1.2 FHSS PHY functions 14.1.2.1 PLCP sublayer 14.1.2.2 PLME 14.1.2.3 PMD sublayer 14.1.3 Service specification method and notation
537	14.2 FHSS PHY-specific service parameter lists 14.2.1 Overview 14.2.2 TXVECTOR parameters 14.2.2.1 TXVECTOR LENGTH 14.2.2.2 TXVECTOR DATARATE 14.2.3 RXVECTOR parameters
538	14.2.3.1 TRXVECTOR LENGTH 14.2.3.2 RXVECTOR RSSI 14.3 FHSS PLCP sublayer 14.3.1 Overview 14.3.1.1 State diagram notation
539	14.3.2 PLCP frame format
540	14.3.2.1 PLCP Preamble field 14.3.2.2 PLCP Header field
541	14.3.2.3 PLCP data whitener
542	14.3.3 PLCP state machines 14.3.3.1 Transmit PLCP
545	14.3.3.2 CS/CCA procedure
548	14.3.3.3 Receive PLCP
551	14.4 PLME SAP layer management 14.4.1 Overview 14.4.2 FH PHY specific MLME procedures 14.4.2.1 Overview 14.4.2.2 FH synchronization 14.4.3 FH PLME state machines 14.4.3.1 Overview 14.4.3.2 PLME state machine
553	14.4.3.3 PLME management primitives
554	14.5 FHSS PMD sublayer services 14.5.1 Scope and field of application 14.5.2 Overview of services 14.5.3 Overview of interactions 14.5.4 Basic service and options 14.5.4.1 PMD_SAP peer-to-peer service primitives
555	14.5.4.2 PMD_SAP sublayer-to-sublayer service primitives 14.5.4.3 PMD_SAP service primitives parameters
556	14.5.5 PMD_SAP detailed service specification 14.5.5.1 PMD_DATA.request
557	14.5.5.2 PMD_DATA.indicate
558	14.5.5.3 PMD_TXRX.request
559	14.5.5.4 PMD_PA_RAMP.request
560	14.5.5.5 PMD_ANTSEL.request
561	14.5.5.6 PMD_TXPWRLVL.request
562	14.5.5.7 PMD_FREQ.request
563	14.5.5.8 PMD_RSSI.indicate
564	14.5.5.9 PMD_PWRMGMT.request
565	14.6 FHSS PMD sublayer, 1.0 Mb/s 14.6.1 1 Mb/s PMD operating specifications, general 14.6.2 Regulatory requirements 14.6.3 Operating frequency range 14.6.4 Number of operating channels
566	14.6.5 Operating channel center frequency
568	14.6.6 Occupied channel bandwidth 14.6.7 Minimum hop rate 14.6.8 Hop sequences
571	14.6.9 Unwanted emissions 14.6.10 Modulation
572	14.6.11 Channel data rate 14.6.12 Channel switching/settling time 14.6.13 Receive to transmit switch time 14.6.14 PMD transmit specifications 14.6.14.1 Nominal transmit power
573	14.6.14.2 Transmit power levels 14.6.14.3 Transmit power level control 14.6.14.4 Transmit spectrum shape 14.6.14.5 Transmit center frequency tolerance 14.6.14.6 Transmitter ramp periods
574	14.6.15 PMD receiver specifications 14.6.15.1 Input signal range 14.6.15.2 Receive center frequency acceptance range 14.6.15.3 CCA power threshold 14.6.15.4 Receiver sensitivity 14.6.15.5 Intermodulation
575	14.6.15.6 Desensitization (Dp) 14.6.15.7 Receiver radiation 14.6.16 Operating temperature range 14.7 FHSS PMD sublayer, 2.0 Mb/s 14.7.1 Overview 14.7.2 4GFSK modulation
577	14.7.2.1 Frame structure for HS FHSS PHY 14.7.3 Channel data rate 14.7.3.1 Input dynamic range 14.7.3.2 Receiver sensitivity 14.7.3.3 IMp 14.7.3.4 Dp
578	14.8 FHSS PHY MIB 14.8.1 FH PHY attributes
579	14.8.2 FH PHY attribute definitions 14.8.2.1 dot11PHYType
580	14.8.2.2 dot11RegDomainsSupported 14.8.2.3 dot11CurrentRegDomain 14.8.2.4 dot11TempType 14.8.2.5 dot11CurrentPowerState 14.8.2.6 dot11SupportedDataRatesTX
581	14.8.2.7 dot11SupportedDataRatesRX 14.8.2.8 aMPDUMaxLength 14.8.2.9 dot11SupportedTxAntennas
582	14.8.2.10 dot11CurrentTxAntenna 14.8.2.11 dot11SupportedRxAntenna 14.8.2.12 dot11DiversitySupport 14.8.2.13 dot11DiversitySelectionRx
583	14.8.2.14 dot11NumberSupportedPowerLevels 14.8.2.15 dot11TxPowerLevel1-8 14.8.2.16 dot11CurrentTxPowerLevel 14.8.2.17 dot11HopTime
584	14.8.2.18 dot11CurrentChannelNumber 14.8.2.19 dot11MaxDwellTime 14.8.2.20 dot11CurrentSet 14.8.2.21 dot11CurrentPattern 14.8.2.22 dot11CurrentIndex 14.8.2.23 dot11CurrentPowerState
585	14.9 FH PHY characteristics
586	15. DSSS PHY specification for the 2.4 GHz band designated for ISM applications 15.1 Overview 15.1.1 Scope 15.1.2 DSSS PHY functions 15.1.2.1 PLCP sublayer 15.1.2.2 PMD sublayer 15.1.2.3 PLME 15.1.3 Service specification method and notation
587	15.2 DSSS PLCP sublayer 15.2.1 Overview 15.2.2 PLCP frame format 15.2.3 PLCP field definitions 15.2.3.1 PLCP SYNC field 15.2.3.2 PLCP SFD
588	15.2.3.3 PLCP IEEE 802.11 SIGNAL field 15.2.3.4 PLCP IEEE 802.11 SERVICE field 15.2.3.5 PLCP LENGTH field 15.2.3.6 PLCP CRC field
590	15.2.4 PLCP/DSSS PHY data scrambler and descrambler 15.2.5 PLCP data modulation and modulation rate change 15.2.6 Transmit PLCP
591	15.2.7 Receive PLCP
594	15.3 DSSS PLME 15.3.1 PLME_SAP sublayer management primitives
595	15.3.2 DSSS PHY MIB
596	15.3.3 DS PHY characteristics 15.4 DSSS PMD sublayer 15.4.1 Scope and field of application
597	15.4.2 Overview of service 15.4.3 Overview of interactions 15.4.4 Basic service and options 15.4.4.1 PMD_SAP peer-to-peer service primitives
598	15.4.4.2 PMD_SAP peer-to-peer service primitive parameters 15.4.4.3 PMD_SAP sublayer-to-sublayer service primitives
599	15.4.4.4 PMD_SAP service primitive parameters
600	15.4.5 PMD_SAP detailed service specification 15.4.5.1 PMD_DATA.request
601	15.4.5.2 PMD_DATA.indicate
602	15.4.5.3 PMD_TXSTART.request
603	15.4.5.4 PMD_TXEND.request
604	15.4.5.5 PMD_ANTSEL.request
605	15.4.5.6 PMD_ANTSEL.indicate
606	15.4.5.7 PMD_TXPWRLVL.request
607	15.4.5.8 PMD_RATE.request
608	15.4.5.9 PMD_RATE.indicate
609	15.4.5.10 PMD_RSSI.indicate
610	15.4.5.11 PMD_SQ.indicate
611	15.4.5.12 PMD_CS.indicate
612	15.4.5.13 PMD_ED.indicate
613	15.4.5.14 PMD_ED.request
614	15.4.5.15 PHY-CCA.indicate
615	15.4.6 PMD operating specifications, general 15.4.6.1 Operating frequency range 15.4.6.2 Number of operating channels
616	15.4.6.3 Spreading sequence 15.4.6.4 Modulation and channel data rates 15.4.6.5 Transmit and receive in-band and out-of-band spurious emissions 15.4.6.6 TX-to-RX turnaround time
617	15.4.6.7 RX-to-TX turnaround time 15.4.6.8 Slot time 15.4.6.9 Transmit and receive antenna port impedance 15.4.6.10 Transmit and receive operating temperature range 15.4.7 PMD transmit specifications 15.4.7.1 Transmit power levels 15.4.7.2 Minimum transmitted power level 15.4.7.3 Transmit power level control 15.4.7.4 Transmit spectrum mask
618	15.4.7.5 Transmit center frequency tolerance 15.4.7.6 Chip clock frequency tolerance 15.4.7.7 Transmit power-on and power-down ramp
619	15.4.7.8 RF carrier suppression 15.4.7.9 Transmit modulation accuracy
621	15.4.8 PMD receiver specifications 15.4.8.1 Receiver minimum input level sensitivity 15.4.8.2 Receiver maximum input level 15.4.8.3 Receiver adjacent channel rejection
622	15.4.8.4 CCA
624	16. Infrared (IR) PHY specification 16.1 Overview
625	16.1.1 Scope 16.1.2 IR PHY functions 16.1.2.1 PLCP sublayer 16.1.2.2 PMD sublayer 16.1.2.3 PLME 16.1.3 Service specification method and notation
626	16.2 IR PLCP sublayer 16.2.1 Overview 16.2.2 PLCP frame format 16.2.3 PLCP modulation and rate change
627	16.2.4 PLCP field definitions 16.2.4.1 PLCP SYNC field 16.2.4.2 PLCP SFD field 16.2.4.3 PLCP DR field 16.2.4.4 PLCP DCLA field 16.2.4.5 PLCP LENGTH field
628	16.2.4.6 PLCP CRC field 16.2.4.7 PSDU field 16.2.5 PLCPs 16.2.5.1 Transmit PLCP 16.2.5.2 Receive PLCP
629	16.2.5.3 CCA procedure 16.2.5.4 PMD_SAP peer-to-peer service primitive parameters
630	16.3 IR PMD sublayer 16.3.1 Overview 16.3.2 PMD operating specifications, general 16.3.2.1 Modulation and channel data rates
631	16.3.2.2 Octet partition and PPM symbol generation procedure 16.3.2.3 Operating environment 16.3.2.4 Operating temperature range
632	16.3.3 PMD transmit specifications 16.3.3.1 Transmitted peak optical power 16.3.3.2 Basic pulse shape and parameters 16.3.3.3 Emitter radiation pattern mask
635	16.3.3.4 Optical emitter peak wavelength 16.3.3.5 Transmit spectrum mask 16.3.4 PMD receiver specifications 16.3.4.1 Receiver sensitivity 16.3.4.2 Receiver dynamic range 16.3.4.3 Receiver field of view (FOV)
636	16.3.5 ED, CS, and CCA definitions 16.3.5.1 ED signal 16.3.5.2 CS signal 16.3.5.3 CCA
637	16.3.5.4 CHNL_ID 16.4 PHY attributes
640	17. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) PHY specification for the 5 GHz band 17.1 Introduction 17.1.1 Scope 17.1.2 OFDM PHY functions 17.1.2.1 PLCP sublayer
641	17.1.2.2 PMD sublayer 17.1.2.3 PLME 17.1.2.4 Service specification method 17.2 OFDM PHY specific service parameter list 17.2.1 Introduction 17.2.2 TXVECTOR parameters 17.2.2.1 TXVECTOR LENGTH 17.2.2.2 TXVECTOR DATARATE
642	17.2.2.3 TXVECTOR SERVICE 17.2.2.4 TXVECTOR TXPWR_LEVEL 17.2.3 RXVECTOR parameters
643	17.2.3.1 RXVECTOR LENGTH 17.2.3.2 RXVECTOR RSSI 17.2.3.3 DATARATE 17.2.3.4 SERVICE 17.3 OFDM PLCP sublayer 17.3.1 Introduction
644	17.3.2 PLCP frame format 17.3.2.1 Overview of the PPDU encoding process
645	17.3.2.2 Modulation-dependent parameters
646	17.3.2.3 Timing related parameters
647	17.3.2.4 Mathematical conventions in the signal descriptions
648	17.3.2.5 Discrete time implementation considerations
649	17.3.3 PLCP preamble (SYNC)
650	17.3.4 SIGNAL field
651	17.3.4.1 RATE field 17.3.4.2 PLCP LENGTH field
652	17.3.4.3 Parity (P), Reserved (R), and SIGNAL TAIL fields 17.3.5 DATA field 17.3.5.1 SERVICE field 17.3.5.2 PPDU TAIL field 17.3.5.3 Pad bits (PAD)
653	17.3.5.4 PLCP DATA scrambler and descrambler 17.3.5.5 Convolutional encoder
654	17.3.5.6 Data interleaving
656	17.3.5.7 Subcarrier modulation mapping
659	17.3.5.8 Pilot subcarriers 17.3.5.9 OFDM modulation
660	17.3.6 CCA 17.3.7 PLCP data modulation and modulation rate change
661	17.3.8 PMD operating specifications (general) 17.3.8.1 Outline description
662	17.3.8.2 Regulatory requirements 17.3.8.3 Operating channel frequencies
663	17.3.8.4 Transmit and receive in-band and out-of-band spurious emissions 17.3.8.5 TX RF delay 17.3.8.6 Slot time 17.3.8.7 Transmit and receive antenna port impedance 17.3.8.8 Transmit and receive operating temperature range 17.3.9 PMD transmit specifications 17.3.9.1 Transmit power levels 17.3.9.2 Transmit spectrum mask 17.3.9.3 Transmission spurious
664	17.3.9.4 Transmit center frequency tolerance 17.3.9.5 Symbol clock frequency tolerance 17.3.9.6 Modulation accuracy
665	17.3.9.7 Transmit modulation accuracy test
666	17.3.10 PMD receiver specifications 17.3.10.1 Receiver minimum input sensitivity
667	17.3.10.2 Adjacent channel rejection 17.3.10.3 Nonadjacent channel rejection 17.3.10.4 Receiver maximum input level 17.3.10.5 CCA sensitivity 17.3.11 Transmit PLCP
670	17.3.12 Receive PLCP
671	17.4 OFDM PLME 17.4.1 PLME_SAP sublayer management primitives 17.4.2 OFDM PHY MIB
674	17.4.3 OFDM TXTIME calculation 17.4.4 OFDM PHY characteristics
676	17.5 OFDM PMD sublayer 17.5.1 Scope and field of application 17.5.2 Overview of service 17.5.3 Overview of interactions 17.5.4 Basic service and options 17.5.4.1 PMD_SAP peer-to-peer service primitives
677	17.5.4.2 PMD_SAP sublayer-to-sublayer service primitives 17.5.4.3 PMD_SAP service primitive parameters
678	17.5.5 PMD_SAP detailed service specification 17.5.5.1 PMD_DATA.request
679	17.5.5.2 PMD_DATA.indicate
680	17.5.5.3 PMD_TXSTART.request
681	17.5.5.4 PMD_TXEND.request
682	17.5.5.5 PMD_TXPWRLVL.request
683	17.5.5.6 PMD_RATE.request
684	17.5.5.7 PMD_RSSI.indicate
686	18. High Rate direct sequence spread spectrum (HR/DSSS) PHY specification 18.1 Overview 18.1.1 Scope 18.1.2 High Rate PHY functions
687	18.1.2.1 PLCP sublayer 18.1.2.2 PMD sublayer 18.1.2.3 PLME 18.1.3 Service specification method and notation 18.2 High Rate PLCP sublayer 18.2.1 Overview 18.2.2 PPDU format
688	18.2.2.1 Long PPDU format 18.2.2.2 Short PPDU format 18.2.3 PPDU field definitions
689	18.2.3.1 Long PLCP SYNC field 18.2.3.2 Long PLCP SFD 18.2.3.3 Long PLCP SIGNAL field
690	18.2.3.4 Long PLCP SERVICE field 18.2.3.5 Long PLCP LENGTH field
692	18.2.3.6 PLCP CRC (CRC-16) field
694	18.2.3.7 Long PLCP data modulation and modulation rate change 18.2.3.8 Short PLCP synchronization (shortSYNC) 18.2.3.9 Short PLCP SFD field (shortSFD)
695	18.2.3.10 Short PLCP SIGNAL field (shortSIGNAL) 18.2.3.11 Short PLCP SERVICE field (shortSERVICE) 18.2.3.12 Short PLCP LENGTH field (shortLENGTH) 18.2.3.13 Short CRC-16 field (shortCRC) 18.2.3.14 Short PLCP data modulation and modulation rate change 18.2.4 PLCP/High Rate PHY data scrambler and descrambler
696	18.2.5 Transmit PLCP
698	18.2.6 Receive PLCP
701	18.3 High Rate PLME 18.3.1 PLME_SAP sublayer management primitives
702	18.3.2 High Rate PHY MIB
703	18.3.3 DS PHY characteristics
704	18.3.4 High Rate TXTIME calculation 18.3.5 Vector descriptions
705	18.4 High Rate PMD sublayer 18.4.1 Scope and field of application 18.4.2 Overview of service 18.4.3 Overview of interactions 18.4.4 Basic service and options
706	18.4.4.1 PMD_SAP peer-to-peer service primitives 18.4.4.2 PMD_SAP sublayer-to-sublayer service primitives
707	18.4.5 PMD_SAP detailed service specification 18.4.5.1 PMD_DATA.request
708	18.4.5.2 PMD_DATA.indicate
709	18.4.5.3 PMD_MODULATION.request
710	18.4.5.4 PMD_PREAMBLE.request
711	18.4.5.5 PMD_PREAMBLE.indicate
712	18.4.5.6 PMD_TXSTART.request
713	18.4.5.7 PMD_TXEND.request
714	18.4.5.8 PMD_ANTSEL.request
715	18.4.5.9 PMD_TXPWRLVL.request
716	18.4.5.10 PMD_RATE.request
717	18.4.5.11 PMD_RSSI.indicate
718	18.4.5.12 PMD_SQ.indicate
719	18.4.5.13 PMD_CS.indicate
720	18.4.5.14 PMD_ED.indicate
721	18.4.5.15 PMD_ED.request
722	18.4.6 PMD operating specifications, general 18.4.6.1 Operating frequency range 18.4.6.2 Number of operating channels
723	18.4.6.3 Modulation and channel data rates 18.4.6.4 Spreading sequence and modulation for 1 Mb/s and 2 Mb/s 18.4.6.5 Spreading sequences and modulation for CCK modulation at 5.5 Mb/s and 11 Mb/s
726	18.4.6.6 DSSS/PBCC data modulation and modulation rate (optional)
728	18.4.6.7 Channel Agility (optional)
731	18.4.6.8 Transmit and receive in-band and out-of-band spurious emissions 18.4.6.9 TX-to-RX turnaround time 18.4.6.10 RX-to-TX turnaround time 18.4.6.11 Slot time 18.4.6.12 Channel switching/settling time 18.4.6.13 Transmit and receive antenna port impedance 18.4.6.14 Transmit and receive operating temperature range 18.4.7 PMD transmit specifications 18.4.7.1 Transmit power levels
732	18.4.7.2 Transmit power level control 18.4.7.3 Transmit spectrum mask 18.4.7.4 Transmit center frequency tolerance 18.4.7.5 Chip clock frequency tolerance
733	18.4.7.6 Transmit power-on and power-down ramp 18.4.7.7 RF carrier suppression
734	18.4.7.8 Transmit modulation accuracy
736	18.4.8 PMD receiver specifications 18.4.8.1 Receiver minimum input level sensitivity 18.4.8.2 Receiver maximum input level 18.4.8.3 Receiver adjacent channel rejection 18.4.8.4 CCA
738	19. ERP specification 19.1 Overview 19.1.1 Introduction 19.1.2 Operational modes
739	19.1.3 Scope 19.1.4 ERP functions
740	19.2 PHY-specific service parameter list
741	19.3 Extended Rate PLCP sublayer 19.3.1 Introduction 19.3.2 PPDU format
742	19.3.2.1 Long preamble PPDU format
743	19.3.2.2 Short preamble PPDU format
744	19.3.2.3 ERP-OFDM PPDU format 19.3.2.4 DSSS-OFDM long preamble PPDU format
746	19.3.2.5 Short DSSS-OFDM PLCP PPDU format 19.3.3 PLCP data modulation and rate change 19.3.3.1 Long and short preamble formats
747	19.3.3.2 ERP-PBCC 22 Mb/s and 33 Mb/s formats
749	19.3.3.3 ERP-OFDM format 19.3.3.4 Long and short DSSS-OFDM PLCP format
750	19.3.4 PLCP transmit procedure 19.3.5 CCA 19.3.6 PLCP receive procedure
751	19.4 ERP PMD operating specifications (general) 19.4.1 Regulatory requirements 19.4.2 Operating channel frequencies 19.4.3 Transmit and receive in-band and out-of-band spurious emissions 19.4.4 Slot time 19.4.5 SIFS value 19.4.6 CCA performance
752	19.4.7 PMD transmit specifications 19.4.7.1 Transmit power levels 19.4.7.2 Transmit center frequency tolerance 19.4.7.3 Symbol clock frequency tolerance 19.5 ERP operation specifications 19.5.1 Receiver minimum input level sensitivity
753	19.5.2 Adjacent channel rejection 19.5.3 Receive maximum input level capability 19.5.4 Transmit spectral mask 19.6 ERP-PBCC operation specifications 19.6.1 Receiver minimum input level sensitivity 19.6.2 Receiver adjacent channel rejection
754	19.7 DSSS-OFDM operation specifications 19.7.1 Overview 19.7.2 Single carrier to multicarrier transition requirements
755	19.7.2.1 Spectral binding requirement
760	19.7.2.2 Sample-power matching requirement
761	19.7.2.3 Transition time alignment
762	19.7.2.4 Single carrier termination 19.7.2.5 Transition carrier frequency requirement
763	19.7.2.6 Transition carrier phase requirement
764	19.7.2.7 Transmit modulation accuracy requirement 19.8 ERP PLME 19.8.1 PLME SAP 19.8.2 MIB
766	19.8.3 TXTIME 19.8.3.1 ERP-OFDM TXTIME calculations
767	19.8.3.2 ERP-PBCC TXTIME calculations 19.8.3.3 DSSS-OFDM TXTIME calculations
768	19.8.4 ERP-OFDM PLCP PSDU definition
769	19.9 Extended rate PMD sublayer 19.9.1 Scope and field of application 19.9.2 Overview of service 19.9.3 Overview of Interactions 19.9.4 Basic service and options 19.9.4.1 PMD_SAP peer-to-peer service primitives
770	19.9.4.2 PMD_SAP sublayer-to-sublayer service primitives 19.9.4.3 PMD_SAP service primitive parameters
772	19.9.5 PMD_SAP detailed service specification 19.9.5.1 PMD_DATA.request 19.9.5.2 PMD_DATA.indicate 19.9.5.3 PMD_MODULATION.request 19.9.5.4 PMD_PREAMBLE.request 19.9.5.5 PMD_TXSTART.request 19.9.5.6 PMD_TXEND.request 19.9.5.7 PMD_ANTSEL.request
773	19.9.5.8 PMD_TXPRWLVL.request 19.9.5.9 PMD_RATE.request 19.9.5.10 PMD_RSSI.indicate 19.9.5.11 PMD_SQ.indicate 19.9.5.12 PMD_CS.indicate 19.9.5.13 PMD_ED.indicate
774	Annex A (normative) Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma A.1 Introduction A.2 Abbreviations and special symbols A.2.1 Symbols for Status column A.2.2 General abbreviations for Item and Support columns
775	A.3 Instructions for completing the PICS proforma A.3.1 General structure of the PICS proforma A.3.2 Additional information A.3.3 Exception information
776	A.3.4 Conditional status
777	A.4 PICS proforma-IEEE Std 802.11-2007 A.4.1 Implementation identification A.4.2 Protocol summary
778	A.4.3 IUT configuration A.4.4 MAC protocol A.4.4.1 MAC protocol capabilities
784	A.4.4.2 MAC frames
785	A.4.4.3 Frame exchange sequences A.4.4.4 MAC addressing functions
786	A.4.5 Frequency hopping (FH) PHY functions
788	A.4.6 Direct sequence PHY functions
792	A.4.7 IR baseband PHY functions
795	A.4.8 OFDM PHY functions
804	A.4.9 High Rate, direct sequence PHY functions
809	A.4.10 Regulatory Domain Extensions
810	A.4.11 ERP functions
813	A.4.12 Spectrum management extensions
815	A.4.13 Regulatory classes extensions A.4.14 QoS base functionality
816	A.4.15 QoS enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) A.4.16 QoS hybrid coordination function (HCF) controlled channel access (HCCA)
818	Annex B (informative) Hopping sequences
832	Annex C (informative) Formal description of a subset of MAC operation
835	C.1 Introduction to the MAC formal description C.1.1 Fundamental assumptions C.1.2 Notation conventions
836	C.1.3 Modeling techniques
837	C.2 Data type and operator definitions for the MAC state machines
885	C.3 State machines for MAC STAs
962	C.4 State machines for MAC AP
1034	Annex D (normative) ASN.1 encoding of the MAC and PHY MIB
1124	Annex E (reserved for future use)
1126	Annex F (informative) High Rate PHY/FH interoperability F.1 Additional CCA recommendations
1128	Annex G (informative) An example of encoding a frame for OFDM PHY G.1 Introduction G.2 The message
1129	G.3 Generation of the preamble G.3.1 Generation of the short sequences
1132	G.3.2 Generation of the long sequences
1135	G.4 Generation of the SIGNAL field G.4.1 SIGNAL field bit assignment G.4.2 Coding the SIGNAL field bits
1136	G.4.3 Interleaving the SIGNAL field bits G.4.4 SIGNAL field frequency domain
1137	G.4.5 SIGNAL field time domain
1139	G.5 Generating the DATA bits G.5.1 Delineating, SERVICE field prepending, and zero padding
1140	G.5.2 Scrambling
1143	G.6 Generating the first DATA symbol G.6.1 Coding the DATA bits
1144	G.6.2 Interleaving the DATA bits
1147	G.6.3 Mapping into symbols
1148	G.7 Generating the additional DATA symbols
1149	G.8 The entire packet
1156	Annex H (informative) RSNA reference implementations and test vectors H.1 TKIP temporal key mixing function reference implementation and test vector
1166	H.1.1 Test vectors
1168	H.2 Michael reference implementation and test vectors H.2.1 Michael test vectors H.2.1.1 Block function H.2.1.2 Michael
1169	H.2.2 Sample code for Michael
1176	H.3 PRF reference implementation and test vectors H.3.1 PRF reference code
1177	H.3.2 PRF test vectors H.4 Suggested pass-phrase-to-PSK mapping H.4.1 Introduction
1178	H.4.2 Reference implementation
1179	H.4.3 Test vectors
1180	H.5 Suggestions for random number generation H.5.1 Software sampling
1181	H.5.2 Hardware-assisted solution
1182	H.6 Additional test vectors H.6.1 Notation
1183	H.6.2 WEP cryptographic encapsulation
1184	H.6.3 TKIP test vector
1185	H.6.4 CCMP test vector H.6.5 PRF test vectors
1187	H.7 Key hierarchy test vectors H.7.1 Pairwise key derivation H.7.1.1 CCMP pairwise key derivation
1188	H.7.1.2 TKIP pairwise key derivation
1190	Annex I (informative) Regulatory classes I.1 External regulatory references
1192	I.2 Radio performance specifications I.2.1 Transmit and receive in-band and out-of-band spurious emissions I.2.2 Transmit power levels
1193	I.2.3 Transmit spectrum mask
1196	Annex J (normative) Country information element and regulatory classes
1200	Annex K (informative) Admission control K.1 Example use of TSPEC for admission control
1201	K.2 Recommended practices for contention-based admission control K.2.1 Use of ACM (admission control mandatory) subfield K.2.2 Deriving medium time
1202	K.3 Guidelines and reference design for sample scheduler and admission control unit K.3.1 Guidelines for deriving service schedule parameters K.3.2 TSPEC construction
1204	K.3.3 Reference design for sample scheduler and admission control unit K.3.3.1 Sample scheduler
1206	K.3.3.2 Admission control unit
1208	Annex L (informative) An example of encoding a TIM virtual bit map L.1 Introduction L.2 Examples
1209	L.3 Sample C code
1214	Annex M (informative) Integration function M.1 Introduction M.2 Ethernet V2.0/IEEE 802.3 LAN integration function M.3 Example
1216	M.4 Integration service versus bridging
1218	Annex N (informative) AP functional description N.1 Introduction N.2 Terminology
1222	N.3 Primary ACM_STA functions N.4 Primary AP functions
1224	N.5 Primary DS functions N.6 Primary portal function N.7 AU example
1226	Annex O (informative) DS SAP specification O.1 Introduction
1227	O.2 SAP primitives O.2.1 MSDU transfer O.2.1.1 DS-UNITDATA.request
1228	O.2.1.2 DS-UNITDATA.indication
1229	O.2.2 Mapping updates O.2.2.1 DS-STA-NOTIFY.request
1230	Annex P (informative) Bibliography P.1 General
1232	P.2 Specification and description language (SDL) documentation

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Standard Title	IEEE Standard for Information Technology – Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Systems – Local and Metropolitan Area Networks – Specific Requirements – Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications
Published Code	IEEE
Publication Date	2007
Pages Count	1233

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