IEEE 802.11 2012
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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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IEEE | 2012 | 2793 |
Revision Standard – Active. 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 to 10 published in 2008 to 2011. The PDF of this standard is available at http://standards.ieee.org/about/get/802/802.11.html at no cost compliments of the IEEE 802 GET program.
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PDF Pages | PDF Title |
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1 | Cover |
3 | Title page |
6 | Notice to users Laws and regulations Copyrights Updating of IEEE documents Errata Patents |
7 | Participants |
11 | Introduction Incorporating published amendments Technical corrections, clarifications, and enhancements Revised clause and annex numbering |
13 | Contents |
69 | Tables |
81 | Figures |
99 | Important notice 1. Overview 1.1 Scope 1.2 Purpose 1.3 Supplementary information on purpose |
100 | 1.4 Word Usage 2. Normative references |
103 | 3. Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations 3.1 Definitions |
122 | 3.2 Definitions specific to IEEE 802.11 |
132 | 3.3 Abbreviations and acronyms |
142 | 4. General description 4.1 General description of the architecture 4.2 How WLAN systems are different 4.2.1 Introduction 4.2.2 Wireless station (STA) 4.2.3 Media impact on design and performance |
143 | 4.2.4 The impact of handling mobile STAs 4.2.5 Interaction with other IEEE 802® layers 4.2.6 Interaction with non-IEEE-802 protocols 4.3 Components of the IEEE 802.11 architecture 4.3.1 General |
144 | 4.3.2 The independent BSS (IBSS) as an ad hoc network 4.3.3 STA membership in a BSS is dynamic 4.3.4 Distribution system (DS) concepts 4.3.4.1 Overview |
145 | 4.3.4.2 Extended service set (ESS): The large coverage network |
146 | 4.3.4.3 Robust security network association (RSNA) |
147 | 4.3.5 Area concepts |
148 | 4.3.6 Integration with wired LANs |
149 | 4.3.7 QoS BSS: The QoS network |
150 | 4.3.8 Wireless LAN Radio Measurements 4.3.8.1 General |
151 | 4.3.8.2 Beacon 4.3.8.3 Measurement Pilot 4.3.8.4 Frame |
152 | 4.3.8.5 Channel load 4.3.8.6 Noise histogram 4.3.8.7 STA statistics 4.3.8.8 Location 4.3.8.9 Measurement pause 4.3.8.10 Neighbor report 4.3.8.11 Link measurement |
153 | 4.3.8.12 Transmit stream/category measurement 4.3.9 Operation in licensed frequency bands 4.3.9.1 General 4.3.9.2 Dynamic STA enablement (DSE) in licensed bands 4.3.9.3 Contention-Based Protocol (CBP) in nonexclusively licensed bands 4.3.9.4 Using DSE STA identification to resolve interference 4.3.9.5 Further coexistence enhancements in nonexclusively licensed bands |
154 | 4.3.10 High-throughput (HT) STA 4.3.11 STA transmission of data frames outside the context of a BSS |
155 | 4.3.12 Tunneled direct-link setup 4.3.13 Wireless network management 4.3.13.1 Overview |
156 | 4.3.13.2 BSS Max idle period management 4.3.13.3 BSS transition management 4.3.13.4 Channel usage 4.3.13.5 Collocated interference reporting 4.3.13.6 Diagnostic reporting 4.3.13.7 Directed multicast service (DMS) 4.3.13.8 Event reporting |
157 | 4.3.13.9 FMS 4.3.13.10 Location services 4.3.13.11 Multicast diagnostic reporting 4.3.13.12 Multiple BSSID capability 4.3.13.13 Proxy ARP 4.3.13.14 QoS traffic capability 4.3.13.15 SSID list 4.3.13.16 Triggered STA statistics |
158 | 4.3.13.17 TIM broadcast 4.3.13.18 Timing measurement 4.3.13.19 Traffic filtering service 4.3.13.20 U-APSD Coexistence 4.3.13.21 WNM-Notification 4.3.13.22 WNM-Sleep mode 4.3.14 Subscription service provider network (SSPN) interface |
159 | 4.3.15 Mesh BSS: IEEE 802.11 wireless mesh network 4.3.15.1 General 4.3.15.2 Overview of the mesh BSS |
160 | 4.3.15.3 Mesh STA 4.3.15.4 IEEE 802.11 components and mesh BSS |
162 | 4.3.15.5 Introduction to mesh functions |
165 | 4.4 Logical service interfaces 4.4.1 General |
166 | 4.4.2 SS 4.4.3 DSS |
167 | 4.5 Overview of the services 4.5.1 General |
168 | 4.5.2 Distribution of messages within a DS 4.5.2.1 Distribution 4.5.2.2 Integration |
169 | 4.5.2.3 QoS traffic scheduling 4.5.3 Services that support the distribution service 4.5.3.1 General 4.5.3.2 Mobility types 4.5.3.3 Association |
170 | 4.5.3.4 Reassociation 4.5.3.5 Disassociation |
171 | 4.5.4 Access control and data confidentiality services 4.5.4.1 General 4.5.4.2 Authentication |
172 | 4.5.4.3 Deauthentication |
173 | 4.5.4.4 Data confidentiality 4.5.4.5 Key management 4.5.4.6 Data origin authenticity |
174 | 4.5.4.7 Replay detection 4.5.4.8 Fast BSS transition 4.5.4.9 Robust management frame protection 4.5.5 Spectrum management services 4.5.5.1 General 4.5.5.2 TPC |
175 | 4.5.5.3 DFS 4.5.6 Traffic differentiation and QoS support 4.5.7 Support for higher layer timer synchronization |
176 | 4.5.8 Radio Measurement service 4.5.9 Interworking with external networks |
177 | 4.6 Multiple logical address spaces 4.7 Differences between ESS and IBSS LANs |
179 | 4.8 Differences between ESS and MBSS LANs 4.9 Reference model 4.9.1 General |
180 | 4.9.2 Interworking reference model |
181 | 4.10 IEEE Std 802.11 and IEEE Std 802.1X-2004 4.10.1 General 4.10.2 IEEE 802.11 usage of IEEE Std 802.1X-2004 |
182 | 4.10.3 Infrastructure functional model overview 4.10.3.1 General 4.10.3.2 AKM operations with AS |
184 | 4.10.3.3 AKM Operations with a Password or PSK |
185 | 4.10.3.4 Alternate operations with PSK |
186 | 4.10.3.5 Disassociation 4.10.4 IBSS functional model description 4.10.4.1 General 4.10.4.2 Key usage 4.10.4.3 Sample IBSS 4-Way Handshakes |
188 | 4.10.4.4 IBSS IEEE 802.1X example 4.10.5 Authenticator-to-AS protocol |
189 | 4.10.6 PMKSA caching 4.10.7 Protection of group addressed robust management frames 4.11 Generic advertisement service (GAS) |
190 | 5. MAC service definition 5.1 Overview of MAC services 5.1.1 Data service 5.1.1.1 General 5.1.1.2 Determination of UP 5.1.1.3 Determination of UP of received frames at the AP sent by other STAs in the BSS |
191 | 5.1.1.4 Interpretation of priority parameter in MAC service primitives 5.1.1.5 Interpretation of service class parameter in MAC service primitives in a STA |
192 | 5.1.2 Security services |
193 | 5.1.3 MSDU ordering 5.1.4 MSDU format 5.1.5 MAC data service architecture |
195 | 5.2 MAC data service specification 5.2.1 General 5.2.2 MA-UNITDATA.request 5.2.2.1 Function 5.2.2.2 Semantics of the service primitive 5.2.2.3 When generated |
196 | 5.2.2.4 Effect of receipt |
197 | 5.2.3 MA-UNITDATA.indication 5.2.3.1 Function 5.2.3.2 Semantics of the service primitive |
198 | 5.2.3.3 When generated 5.2.3.4 Effect of receipt |
199 | 5.2.4 MA-UNITDATA-STATUS.indication 5.2.4.1 Function |
200 | 5.2.4.2 Semantics of the service primitive |
201 | 5.2.4.3 When generated 5.2.4.4 Effect of receipt |
202 | 6. Layer management 6.1 Overview of management model |
203 | 6.2 Generic management primitives 6.3 MLME SAP interface 6.3.1 Introduction |
204 | 6.3.2 Power management 6.3.2.1 Introduction 6.3.2.2 MLME-POWERMGT.request 6.3.2.3 MLME-POWERMGT.confirm |
205 | 6.3.3 Scan 6.3.3.1 Introduction 6.3.3.2 MLME-SCAN.request |
207 | 6.3.3.3 MLME-SCAN.confirm |
213 | 6.3.4 Synchronization 6.3.4.1 Introduction 6.3.4.2 MLME-JOIN.request |
215 | 6.3.4.3 MLME-JOIN.confirm 6.3.5 Authenticate 6.3.5.1 Introduction 6.3.5.2 MLME-AUTHENTICATE.request |
216 | 6.3.5.3 MLME-AUTHENTICATE.confirm |
217 | 6.3.5.4 MLME-AUTHENTICATE.indication |
218 | 6.3.5.5 MLME-AUTHENTICATE.response |
219 | 6.3.6 Deauthenticate 6.3.6.1 Introduction 6.3.6.2 MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.request |
220 | 6.3.6.3 MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.confirm |
221 | 6.3.6.4 MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.indication 6.3.7 Associate 6.3.7.1 Introduction 6.3.7.2 MLME-ASSOCIATE.request |
223 | 6.3.7.3 MLME-ASSOCIATE.confirm |
226 | 6.3.7.4 MLME-ASSOCIATE.indication |
228 | 6.3.7.5 MLME-ASSOCIATE.response |
231 | 6.3.8 Reassociate 6.3.8.1 Introduction 6.3.8.2 MLME-REASSOCIATE.request |
233 | 6.3.8.3 MLME-REASSOCIATE.confirm |
236 | 6.3.8.4 MLME-REASSOCIATE.indication |
239 | 6.3.8.5 MLME-REASSOCIATE.response |
242 | 6.3.9 Disassociate 6.3.9.1 MLME-DISASSOCIATE.request |
243 | 6.3.9.2 MLME-DISASSOCIATE.confirm |
244 | 6.3.9.3 MLME-DISASSOCIATE.indication 6.3.10 Reset 6.3.10.1 Introduction 6.3.10.2 MLME-RESET.request |
245 | 6.3.11 Start 6.3.11.1 Introduction 6.3.11.2 MLME-START.request |
249 | 6.3.11.3 MLME-START.confirm |
250 | 6.3.12 Stop 6.3.12.1 General 6.3.12.2 MLME-STOP.request |
251 | 6.3.13 Protocol layer model for spectrum management and radio measurement |
254 | 6.3.14 Measurement request 6.3.14.1 Introduction 6.3.14.2 MLME-MREQUEST.request |
255 | 6.3.14.3 MLME-MREQUEST.indication |
256 | 6.3.15 Channel measurement 6.3.15.1 Introduction 6.3.15.2 MLME-MEASURE.request 6.3.15.3 MLME-MEASURE.confirm |
257 | 6.3.16 Measurement report 6.3.16.1 Introduction 6.3.16.2 MLME-MREPORT.request |
258 | 6.3.16.3 MLME-MREPORT.indication |
259 | 6.3.17 Channel switch 6.3.17.1 MLME-CHANNELSWITCH.request |
260 | 6.3.17.2 MLME-CHANNELSWITCH.confirm |
261 | 6.3.17.3 MLME-CHANNELSWITCH.indication |
262 | 6.3.17.4 MLME-CHANNELSWITCH.response 6.3.18 TPC request 6.3.18.1 Introduction |
263 | 6.3.18.2 MLME-TPCADAPT.request 6.3.18.3 MLME-TPCADAPT.confirm |
264 | 6.3.19 SetKeys 6.3.19.1 MLME-SETKEYS.request |
265 | 6.3.20 DeleteKeys 6.3.20.1 MLME-DELETEKEYS.request |
266 | 6.3.21 MIC (Michael) failure event 6.3.21.1 MLME-MICHAELMICFAILURE.indication |
267 | 6.3.22 EAPOL 6.3.22.1 MLME-EAPOL.request 6.3.22.2 MLME-EAPOL.confirm |
268 | 6.3.23 MLME-PeerKeySTART 6.3.23.1 MLME- PeerKeySTART.request |
269 | 6.3.24 SetProtection 6.3.24.1 MLME-SETPROTECTION.request |
270 | 6.3.25 MLME-PROTECTEDFRAMEDROPPED 6.3.25.1 MLME- PROTECTEDFRAMEDROPPED.indication 6.3.26 TS management interface 6.3.26.1 General |
271 | 6.3.26.2 MLME-ADDTS.request |
272 | 6.3.26.3 MLME-ADDTS.confirm |
274 | 6.3.26.4 MLME-ADDTS.indication |
275 | 6.3.26.5 MLME-ADDTS.response |
277 | 6.3.26.6 MLME-DELTS.request |
278 | 6.3.26.7 MLME-DELTS.indication |
279 | 6.3.27 Management of direct links 6.3.27.1 Introduction 6.3.27.2 MLME-DLS.request |
280 | 6.3.27.3 MLME-DLS.confirm |
281 | 6.3.27.4 MLME-DLS.indication |
282 | 6.3.27.5 MLME-DLSTeardown.request |
283 | 6.3.27.6 MLME-DLSTeardown.indication |
284 | 6.3.28 Higher layer synchronization support 6.3.28.1 Introduction 6.3.28.2 MLME-HL-SYNC.request 6.3.28.3 MLME-HL-SYNC.indication |
285 | 6.3.29 Block Ack 6.3.29.1 General 6.3.29.2 MLME-ADDBA.request |
286 | 6.3.29.3 MLME-ADDBA.confirm |
287 | 6.3.29.4 MLME-ADDBA.indication |
288 | 6.3.29.5 MLME-ADDBA.response |
289 | 6.3.29.6 MLME-DELBA.request |
290 | 6.3.29.7 MLME-DELBA.indication |
291 | 6.3.30 Schedule element management 6.3.30.1 Introduction 6.3.30.2 MLME-SCHEDULE.request 6.3.30.3 MLME-SCHEDULE.indication |
292 | 6.3.31 Vendor-specific action 6.3.31.1 Introduction 6.3.31.2 MLME-VSPECIFIC.request |
293 | 6.3.31.3 MLME-VSPECIFIC.indication |
294 | 6.3.32 Neighbor report request 6.3.32.1 General 6.3.32.2 MLME-NEIGHBORREPREQ.request |
295 | 6.3.32.3 MLME-NEIGHBORREPREQ.indication |
296 | 6.3.33 Neighbor report response 6.3.33.1 General 6.3.33.2 MLME-NEIGHBORREPRESP.request |
297 | 6.3.33.3 MLME-NEIGHBORREPRESP.indication 6.3.34 Link Measure Request 6.3.34.1 General |
298 | 6.3.34.2 MLME-LINKMEASURE.request 6.3.34.3 MLME-LINKMEASURE.confirm |
300 | 6.3.35 MLME SAP interface for resource request 6.3.35.1 MLME-RESOURCE-REQUEST.request 6.3.35.2 MLME-RESOURCE-REQUEST.indication |
301 | 6.3.35.3 MLME-RESOURCE-REQUEST.response |
302 | 6.3.35.4 MLME-RESOURCE-REQUEST.confirm 6.3.35.5 MLME-RESOURCE-REQUEST-LOCAL.request |
303 | 6.3.35.6 MLME-RESOURCE-REQUEST-LOCAL.confirm |
304 | 6.3.36 MLME SAP interface for remote requests 6.3.36.1 MLME-REMOTE-REQUEST.request 6.3.36.2 MLME-REMOTE-REQUEST.indication |
305 | 6.3.37 Extended channel switch announcement 6.3.37.1 General 6.3.37.2 MLME-EXTCHANNELSWITCH.request |
306 | 6.3.37.3 MLME-EXTCHANNELSWITCH.confirm |
307 | 6.3.37.4 MLME-EXTCHANNELSWITCH.indication |
308 | 6.3.37.5 MLME-EXTCHANNELSWITCH.response 6.3.38 DSE power constraint announcement 6.3.38.1 General |
309 | 6.3.38.2 MLME-DSETPC.request 6.3.38.3 MLME-DSETPC.confirm |
310 | 6.3.38.4 MLME-DSETPC.indication |
311 | 6.3.38.5 MLME-DSETPC.response |
312 | 6.3.39 Enablement 6.3.39.1 General 6.3.39.2 MLME-ENABLEMENT.request |
313 | 6.3.39.3 MLME-ENABLEMENT.confirm |
314 | 6.3.39.4 MLME-ENABLEMENT.indication |
315 | 6.3.39.5 MLME-ENABLEMENT.response |
316 | 6.3.40 Deenablement 6.3.40.1 MLME-DEENABLEMENT.request |
317 | 6.3.40.2 MLME-DEENABLEMENT.indication |
318 | 6.3.41 SA Query support 6.3.41.1 MLME-SAQuery.request 6.3.41.2 MLME-SAQuery.confirm |
319 | 6.3.41.3 MLME-SAQuery.indication 6.3.41.4 MLME-SAQuery.response |
320 | 6.3.42 Get TSF timer 6.3.42.1 General 6.3.42.2 MLME-GETTSFTIME.request |
321 | 6.3.42.2 MLME-GETTSFTIME.confirm 6.3.43 Timing Advertisement 6.3.43.1 General 6.3.43.2 MLME-TIMING_ADVERTISEMENT.request |
322 | 6.3.43.3 MLME-TIMING_ADVERTISEMENT.indication |
324 | 6.3.44 TDLS Discovery 6.3.44.1 General 6.3.44.2 MLME-TDLSDISCOVERY.request 6.3.44.3 MLME-TDLSDISCOVERY.confirm |
325 | 6.3.44.4 MLME-TDLSDISCOVERY.indication |
326 | 6.3.44.5 MLME-TDLSDISCOVERY.response |
327 | 6.3.45 TDLS direct-link establishment 6.3.45.1 General |
328 | 6.3.45.2 MLME-TDLSSETUPREQUEST.request 6.3.45.3 MLME-TDLSSETUPREQUEST.indication |
329 | 6.3.45.4 MLME-TDLSSETUPRESPONSE.request 6.3.45.5 MLME-TDLSSETUPRESPONSE.indication |
330 | 6.3.45.6 MLME-TDLSSETUPCONFIRM.request 6.3.45.7 MLME-TDLSSETUPCONFIRM.indication |
331 | 6.3.45.8 MLME-TDLSPOTENTIALPEERSTA.request |
332 | 6.3.45.9 MLME-TDLSPOTENTIALPEERSTA.confirm |
333 | 6.3.46 TDLS direct-link teardown 6.3.46.1 General 6.3.46.2 MLME-TDLSTEARDOWN.request |
334 | 6.3.46.3 MLME-TDLSTEARDOWN.indication |
335 | 6.3.47 TDLS Peer U-APSD 6.3.47.1 General 6.3.47.2 MLME-TDLSPTI.request |
336 | 6.3.47.3 MLME-TDLSPTI.confirm |
337 | 6.3.47.4 MLME-TDLSPTI.indication 6.3.47.5 MLME-TDLSPTI.response |
338 | 6.3.48 TDLS channel switching 6.3.48.1 General |
339 | 6.3.48.2 MLME-TDLSCHANNELSWITCH.request 6.3.48.3 MLME-TDLSCHANNELSWITCH.confirm |
340 | 6.3.48.4 MLME-TDLSCHANNELSWITCH.indication |
341 | 6.3.48.5 MLME-TDLSCHANNELSWITCH.response |
342 | 6.3.49 TDLS Peer PSM 6.3.49.1 General 6.3.49.2 MLME-TDLSPEERPSM.request |
343 | 6.3.49.3 MLME-TDLSPEERPSM.confirm |
344 | 6.3.49.4 MLME-TDLSPEERPSM.indication 6.3.49.5 MLME-TDLSPEERPSM.response |
345 | 6.3.50 Event request 6.3.50.1 General |
346 | 6.3.50.2 MLME-EVLREQUEST.request 6.3.50.3 MLME-EVLREQUEST.indication |
347 | 6.3.51 Event report 6.3.51.1 General 6.3.51.2 MLME-EVLREPORT.request |
348 | 6.3.51.3 MLME-EVLREPORT.indication 6.3.52 Event 6.3.52.1 General 6.3.52.2 MLME-EVLOG.request |
349 | 6.3.52.3 MLME-EVLOG.confirm |
350 | 6.3.53 Diagnostic request 6.3.53.1 General 6.3.53.2 MLME-DIAGREQUEST.request |
351 | 6.3.53.3 MLME-DIAGREQUEST.indication |
352 | 6.3.54 Diagnostic report 6.3.54.1 MLME-DIAGREPORT.request 6.3.54.2 MLME-DIAGREPORT.indication |
353 | 6.3.55 Location Configuration request 6.3.55.1 General |
354 | 6.3.55.2 MLME-LOCATIONCFG.request 6.3.55.3 MLME-LOCATIONCFG.confirm |
355 | 6.3.55.4 MLME-LOCATIONCFG.indication |
356 | 6.3.55.5 MLME-LOCATIONCFG.response |
357 | 6.3.56 Location track notification 6.3.56.1 General 6.3.56.2 MLME-LOCATIONTRACKNOTIF.request |
358 | 6.3.56.3 MLME-LOCATIONTRACKNOTIF.indication |
359 | 6.3.57 Timing measurement 6.3.57.1 General 6.3.57.2 MLME-TIMINGMSMT.request |
360 | 6.3.57.3 MLME-TIMINGMSMT.confirm |
361 | 6.3.57.4 MLME-TIMINGMSMT.indication |
363 | 6.3.58 BSS Transition Management 6.3.58.1 BSS Transition Management procedure 6.3.58.2 MLME-BTMQUERY.request |
364 | 6.3.58.3 MLME-BTMQUERY.indication |
365 | 6.3.58.4 MLME-BTM.request |
366 | 6.3.58.5 MLME-BTM.indication |
367 | 6.3.58.6 MLME-BTM.response |
368 | 6.3.58.7 MLME-BTM.confirm |
370 | 6.3.59 FMS setup 6.3.59.1 General 6.3.59.2 MLME-FMS.request |
371 | 6.3.59.3 MLME-FMS.confirm 6.3.59.4 MLME-FMS.indication |
372 | 6.3.59.5 MLME-FMS.response |
373 | 6.3.60 Collocated Interference request 6.3.60.1 General |
374 | 6.3.60.2 MLME-CLINTERFERENCEREQUEST.request 6.3.60.3 MLME-CLINTERFERENCEREQUEST.indication |
375 | 6.3.61 Collocated Interference report 6.3.61.1 General 6.3.61.2 MLME-CLINTERFERENCEREPORT.request |
376 | 6.3.61.3 MLME-CLINTERFERENCEREPORT.indication |
377 | 6.3.62 TFS Setup 6.3.62.1 General 6.3.62.2 MLME-TFS.request |
378 | 6.3.62.3 MLME-TFS.confirm |
379 | 6.3.62.4 MLME-TFS.indication 6.3.62.5 MLME-TFS.response |
381 | 6.3.63 Sleep Mode request 6.3.63.1 General 6.3.63.2 MLME-SLEEPMODE.request |
382 | 6.3.63.3 MLME-SLEEPMODE.indication |
383 | 6.3.63.4 MLME-SLEEPMODE.response |
384 | 6.3.63.5 MLME-SLEEPMODE.confirm |
385 | 6.3.64 TIM broadcast setup 6.3.64.1 General 6.3.64.2 MLME-TIMBROADCAST.request |
386 | 6.3.64.3 MLME-TIMBROADCAST.confirm |
387 | 6.3.64.4 MLME-TIMBROADCAST.indication 6.3.64.5 MLME-TIMBROADCAST.response |
388 | 6.3.65 QoS Traffic Capability Update 6.3.65.1 MLME-QOSTRAFFICCAPUPDATE.request |
389 | 6.3.65.2 MLME-QOSTRAFFICCAPUPDATE.indication |
390 | 6.3.66 Channel Usage request 6.3.66.1 General 6.3.66.2 MLME-CHANNELUSAGE.request |
391 | 6.3.66.3 MLME-CHANNELUSAGE.confirm |
392 | 6.3.66.4 MLME-CHANNELUSAGE.indication |
393 | 6.3.66.5 MLME-CHANNELUSAGE.response |
394 | 6.3.67 DMS request and response procedure 6.3.67.1 General |
395 | 6.3.67.2 MLME-DMS.request 6.3.67.3 MLME-DMS.confirm |
396 | 6.3.67.4 MLME-DMS.indication |
397 | 6.3.67.5 MLME-DMS.response 6.3.67.6 MLME-DMS-TERM.request |
398 | 6.3.67.7 MLME-DMS-TERM.indication |
399 | 6.3.68 Timing Measurement Request 6.3.68.1 General 6.3.68.2 MLME-TIMINGMSMTRQ.request 6.3.68.3 MLME-TIMINGMSMTRQ.indication |
400 | 6.3.69 WNM-Notification request 6.3.69.1 General 6.3.69.2 MLME-WNMNOTIFICATIONREQUEST.request |
401 | 6.3.69.3 MLME-WNMNOTIFICATIONREQUEST indication 6.3.70 WNM-Notification response 6.3.70.1 MLME-WNMNOTIFICATIONRESPONSE.request |
402 | 6.3.70.2 MLME-WNMNOTIFICATIONRESPONSE.indication |
403 | 6.3.71 Network discovery and selection support 6.3.71.1 General 6.3.71.2 MLME-GAS.request |
404 | 6.3.71.3 MLME-GAS.confirm |
405 | 6.3.71.4 MLME-GAS.indication |
406 | 6.3.71.5 MLME-GAS.response |
407 | 6.3.72 QoS Map Set element management 6.3.72.1 General |
408 | 6.3.72.2 MLME-QoSMap.request 6.3.72.3 MLME-QoSMap.indication |
409 | 6.3.73 Mesh peering management 6.3.73.1 Introduction 6.3.73.2 MLME-MESHPEERINGMANAGEMENT.request |
410 | 6.3.73.3 MLME-MESHPEERINGMANAGEMENT.confirm 6.3.73.4 MLME-MESHPEERINGMANAGEMENT.indication |
411 | 6.3.73.5 MLME-MESHPEERINGMANAGEMENT.response |
412 | 6.3.74 Mesh power management 6.3.74.1 Introduction 6.3.74.2 MLME-MESHPOWERMGT.request 6.3.74.3 MLME-MESHPOWERMGT.confirm |
413 | 6.3.75 Mesh neighbor offset synchronization 6.3.75.1 Introduction 6.3.75.2 MLME-MESHNEIGHBOROFFSETSYNCSTART.request 6.3.75.3 MLME-MESHNEIGHBOROFFSETSYNCSTART.confirm |
414 | 6.3.75.4 MLME-MESHNEIGHBOROFFSETCALCULATE.request |
415 | 6.3.75.5 MLME-MESHNEIGHBOROFFSETCALCULATE.confirm 6.3.75.6 MLME-MESHNEIGHBOROFFSETSYNCSTOP.request |
416 | 6.3.75.7 MLME-MESHNEIGHBOROFFSETSYNCSTOP.confirm 6.3.76 Mesh TBTT adjustment 6.3.76.1 Introduction 6.3.76.2 MLME-MESHTBTTADJUSTMENT.request |
417 | 6.3.76.3 MLME-MESHTBTTADJUSTMENT.confirm |
418 | 6.3.76.4 MLME-MESHTBTTADJUSTMENT.indication |
419 | 6.3.76.5 MLME-MESHTBTTADJUSTMENT.response |
420 | 6.3.77 MCCA management interface 6.3.77.1 Introduction 6.3.77.2 MLME-ACTIVATEMCCA.request |
421 | 6.3.77.3 MLME-MCCASETUP.request 6.3.77.4 MLME-MCCASETUP.confirm |
422 | 6.3.77.5 MLME-MCCASETUP.indication |
423 | 6.3.77.6 MLME-MCCASETUP.response |
424 | 6.3.77.7 MLME-MCCAADVERTISEMENT.request 6.3.77.8 MLME-MCCAADVERTISEMENT.confirm |
425 | 6.3.77.9 MLME-MCCAADVERTISEMENT.indication |
426 | 6.3.77.10 MLME-MCCAADVERTISEMENT.response 6.3.77.11 MLME-MCCATEARDOWN.request |
427 | 6.3.77.12 MLME-MCCATEARDOWN.indication |
428 | 6.3.78 MBSS congestion control 6.3.78.1 Introduction 6.3.78.2 MLME-MBSSCONGESTIONCONTROL.request 6.3.78.3 MLME-MBSSCONGESTIONCONTROL.indication |
429 | 6.3.79 MBSS proxy update 6.3.79.1 Introduction 6.3.79.2 MLME-MBSSPROXYUPDATE.request |
430 | 6.3.79.3 MLME-MBSSPROXYUPDATE.confirm |
431 | 6.3.79.4 MLME-MBSSPROXYUPDATE.indication 6.3.79.5 MLME-MBSSPROXYUPDATE.response |
432 | 6.3.80 MBSS mesh gate announcement 6.3.80.1 Introduction 6.3.80.2 MLME-MBSSGATEANNOUNCEMENT.request |
433 | 6.3.80.3 MLME-MBSSGATEANNOUNCEMENT.indication |
434 | 6.3.81 Mesh link metric 6.3.81.1 Introduction 6.3.81.2 MLME-MESHLINKMETRICREAD.request 6.3.81.3 MLME-MESHLINKMETRICREAD.confirm |
435 | 6.3.81.4 MLME-MESHLINKMETRICREPORT.request |
436 | 6.3.81.5 MLME-MESHLINKMETRICREPORT.indication |
437 | 6.3.82 HWMP mesh path selection 6.3.82.1 Introduction 6.3.82.2 MLME-HWMPMESHPATHSELECTION.request |
438 | 6.3.82.3 MLME-HWMPMESHPATHSELECTION.indication |
439 | 6.4 MAC state generic convergence function (MSGCF) 6.4.1 Overview of the convergence function 6.4.2 Overview of convergence function state machine 6.4.3 Convergence function state list 6.4.3.1 ESS_CONNECTED 6.4.3.2 ESS_DISCONNECTED |
440 | 6.4.3.3 ESS_DISENGAGING 6.4.3.4 STANDBY |
441 | 6.4.4 Convergence function state transitions 6.4.4.1 Transitions to ESS_CONNECTED 6.4.4.2 Transitions to ESS_ DISCONNECTED 6.4.4.3 Transitions to ESS_DISENGAGING 6.4.4.4 Transitions to STANDBY |
442 | 6.4.5 Convergence function informational events 6.4.6 MAC state generic convergence SAP 6.4.7 ESS status reporting 6.4.7.1 MSGCF-ESS-Link-Up |
443 | 6.4.7.2 MSGCF-ESS-Link-Down.indication |
444 | 6.4.7.3 MSGCF-ESS-Link-Going-Down |
446 | 6.4.7.4 MSGCF-ESS-Link-Event-Rollback.indication 6.4.7.5 MSGCF-ESS-Link-Detected.indication |
448 | 6.4.7.6 MSGCF-ESS-Link-Scan.request 6.4.7.7 MSGCF-ESS-Link-Scan.confirm |
449 | 6.4.8 Network configuration 6.4.8.1 MSGCF-ESS-Link-Capability.request |
450 | 6.4.8.2 MSGCF-ESS-Link-Capability.confirm |
451 | 6.4.8.3 MSGCF-Set-ESS-Link-Parameters.request |
453 | 6.4.8.4 MSGCF-Set-ESS-Link-Parameters.confirm |
454 | 6.4.8.5 MSGCF-Get-ESS-Link-Parameters.request 6.4.8.6 MSGCF-Get-ESS-Link-Parameters.confirm |
455 | 6.4.9 Network events 6.4.9.1 MSGCF-ESS-Link-Threshold-Report.indication |
456 | 6.4.10 Network command interface 6.4.10.1 MSGCF-ESS-Link-Command.request |
457 | 6.4.11 MAC state SME SAP—mobility management 6.4.11.1 MSSME-ESS-Link-Down-Predicted.indication |
458 | 6.5 PLME SAP interface 6.5.1 General 6.5.2 PLME-RESET.request 6.5.2.1 Function 6.5.2.2 Semantics of the service primitive 6.5.2.3 When generated 6.5.2.4 Effect of receipt 6.5.3 PLME-CHARACTERISTICS.request 6.5.3.1 Function 6.5.3.2 Semantics of the service primitive 6.5.3.3 When generated 6.5.3.4 Effect of receipt 6.5.4 PLME-CHARACTERISTICS.confirm 6.5.4.1 Function |
459 | 6.5.4.2 Semantics of the service primitive |
462 | 6.5.4.3 When generated 6.5.4.4 Effect of receipt 6.5.5 PLME-DSSSTESTMODE.request 6.5.5.1 Function 6.5.5.2 Semantics of the service primitive |
463 | 6.5.5.3 When generated 6.5.5.4 Effect of receipt 6.5.6 PLME-DSSSTESTOUTPUT.request 6.5.6.1 Function 6.5.6.2 Semantics of the service primitive |
464 | 6.5.6.3 When generated 6.5.6.4 Effect of receipt 6.5.7 PLME-TXTIME.request 6.5.7.1 Function 6.5.7.2 Semantics of the service primitive 6.5.7.3 When generated 6.5.7.4 Effect of receipt |
465 | 6.5.8 PLME-TXTIME.confirm 6.5.8.1 Function 6.5.8.2 Semantics of the service primitive 6.5.8.3 When generated 6.5.8.4 Effect of receipt |
466 | 7. PHY service specification 7.1 Scope 7.2 PHY functions 7.3 Detailed PHY service specifications 7.3.1 Scope and field of application 7.3.2 Overview of the service 7.3.3 Overview of interactions 7.3.4 Basic service and options 7.3.4.1 General |
467 | 7.3.4.2 PHY-SAP peer-to-peer service primitives 7.3.4.3 PHY-SAP sublayer-to-sublayer service primitives 7.3.4.4 PHY-SAP service primitives parameters |
468 | 7.3.4.5 Vector descriptions |
469 | 7.3.5 PHY-SAP detailed service specification 7.3.5.1 Introduction 7.3.5.2 PHY-DATA.request 7.3.5.3 PHY-DATA.indication |
470 | 7.3.5.4 PHY-DATA.confirm 7.3.5.5 PHY-TXSTART.request |
471 | 7.3.5.6 PHY-TXSTART.confirm 7.3.5.7 PHY-TXEND.request |
472 | 7.3.5.8 PHY-TXEND.confirm 7.3.5.9 PHY-CCARESET.request |
473 | 7.3.5.10 PHY-CCARESET.confirm 7.3.5.11 PHY-CCA.indication |
474 | 7.3.5.12 PHY-RXSTART.indication |
475 | 7.3.5.13 PHY-RXEND.indication |
476 | 7.3.5.14 PHY-CONFIG.request 7.3.5.15 PHY-CONFIG.confirm |
477 | 7.4 PHY management |
478 | 8. Frame formats 8.1 General requirements 8.2 MAC frame formats 8.2.1 Basic components 8.2.2 Conventions |
479 | 8.2.3 General frame format |
480 | 8.2.4 Frame fields 8.2.4.1 Frame Control field |
484 | 8.2.4.2 Duration/ID field |
485 | 8.2.4.3 Address fields |
486 | 8.2.4.4 Sequence Control field |
487 | 8.2.4.5 QoS Control field |
492 | 8.2.4.6 HT Control field |
496 | 8.2.4.7 Frame Body field |
498 | 8.2.4.8 FCS field |
499 | 8.2.5 Duration/ID field (QoS STA) 8.2.5.1 General 8.2.5.2 Setting for single and multiple protection under enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) |
500 | 8.2.5.3 Setting for QoS CF-Poll frames 8.2.5.4 Setting for frames sent by a TXOP holder under HCCA |
501 | 8.2.5.5 Settings within a PSMP sequence 8.2.5.6 Settings within a dual CTS sequence 8.2.5.7 Setting for control response frames |
502 | 8.2.5.8 Setting for other response frames 8.3 Format of individual frame types 8.3.1 Control frames 8.3.1.1 Format of control frames 8.3.1.2 RTS frame format |
503 | 8.3.1.3 CTS frame format 8.3.1.4 ACK frame format |
504 | 8.3.1.5 PS-Poll frame format 8.3.1.6 CF-End frame format |
505 | 8.3.1.7 CF-End+CF-Ack frame format 8.3.1.8 BlockAckReq frame format |
508 | 8.3.1.9 BlockAck frame format |
511 | 8.3.1.10 Control Wrapper frame 8.3.2 Data frames 8.3.2.1 Data frame format |
514 | 8.3.2.2 A-MSDU format |
515 | 8.3.3 Management frames 8.3.3.1 Format of management frames |
517 | 8.3.3.2 Beacon frame format |
521 | 8.3.3.3 ATIM frame format 8.3.3.4 Disassociation frame format 8.3.3.5 Association Request frame format |
523 | 8.3.3.6 Association Response frame format |
524 | 8.3.3.7 Reassociation Request frame format |
526 | 8.3.3.8 Reassociation Response frame format |
527 | 8.3.3.9 Probe Request frame format |
528 | 8.3.3.10 Probe Response frame format |
532 | 8.3.3.11 Authentication frame format |
534 | 8.3.3.12 Deauthentication 8.3.3.13 Action frame format 8.3.3.14 Action No Ack frame format |
535 | 8.3.3.15 Timing Advertisement frame format 8.4 Management frame body components 8.4.1 Fields that are not information elements 8.4.1.1 Authentication Algorithm Number field |
536 | 8.4.1.2 Authentication Transaction Sequence Number field 8.4.1.3 Beacon Interval field 8.4.1.4 Capability Information field |
539 | 8.4.1.5 Current AP Address field |
540 | 8.4.1.6 Listen Interval field 8.4.1.7 Reason Code field |
543 | 8.4.1.8 AID field 8.4.1.9 Status Code field |
547 | 8.4.1.10 Timestamp field 8.4.1.11 Action field |
549 | 8.4.1.12 Dialog Token field 8.4.1.13 DLS Timeout Value field 8.4.1.14 Block Ack Parameter Set field |
550 | 8.4.1.15 Block Ack Timeout Value field 8.4.1.16 DELBA Parameter Set field 8.4.1.17 QoS Info field |
552 | 8.4.1.18 Measurement Pilot Interval field 8.4.1.19 Max Transmit Power field 8.4.1.20 Transmit Power Used field |
553 | 8.4.1.21 Channel Width field 8.4.1.22 SM Power Control field 8.4.1.23 PCO Phase Control field |
554 | 8.4.1.24 PSMP Parameter Set field 8.4.1.25 PSMP STA Info field |
556 | 8.4.1.26 MIMO Control field |
557 | 8.4.1.27 CSI Report field |
559 | 8.4.1.28 Noncompressed Beamforming Report field |
561 | 8.4.1.29 Compressed Beamforming Report field |
564 | 8.4.1.30 Antenna Selection Indices field |
565 | 8.4.1.31 Organization Identifier field 8.4.1.32 Rate Identification field |
566 | 8.4.1.33 GAS Query Response Fragment ID field 8.4.1.34 Venue Info field |
569 | 8.4.1.35 Target Channel 8.4.1.36 Operating Class |
570 | 8.4.1.37 Send-Confirm field 8.4.1.38 Anti-Clogging Token field 8.4.1.39 Scalar field 8.4.1.40 Element field |
571 | 8.4.1.41 Confirm field 8.4.1.42 Finite Cyclic Group field |
572 | 8.4.2 Information elements 8.4.2.1 General |
576 | 8.4.2.2 SSID element 8.4.2.3 Supported Rates element |
577 | 8.4.2.4 FH Parameter Set element |
578 | 8.4.2.5 DSSS Parameter Set element 8.4.2.6 CF Parameter Set element 8.4.2.7 TIM element |
580 | 8.4.2.8 IBSS Parameter Set element |
581 | 8.4.2.9 Challenge Text element 8.4.2.10 Country element |
583 | 8.4.2.11 Hopping Pattern Parameters element |
584 | 8.4.2.12 Hopping Pattern Table element 8.4.2.13 Request element |
585 | 8.4.2.14 ERP element 8.4.2.15 Extended Supported Rates element |
586 | 8.4.2.16 Power Constraint element 8.4.2.17 Power Capability element |
587 | 8.4.2.18 TPC Request element 8.4.2.19 TPC Report element |
588 | 8.4.2.20 Supported Channels element 8.4.2.21 Channel Switch Announcement element |
589 | 8.4.2.22 Secondary Channel Offset element |
590 | 8.4.2.23 Measurement Request element |
617 | 8.4.2.24 Measurement Report element |
651 | 8.4.2.25 Quiet element |
652 | 8.4.2.26 IBSS DFS element |
653 | 8.4.2.27 RSNE |
660 | 8.4.2.28 Vendor Specific element 8.4.2.29 Extended Capabilities element |
664 | 8.4.2.30 BSS Load element |
665 | 8.4.2.31 EDCA Parameter Set element |
667 | 8.4.2.32 TSPEC element |
671 | 8.4.2.33 TCLAS element |
676 | 8.4.2.34 TS Delay element 8.4.2.35 TCLAS Processing element |
677 | 8.4.2.36 Schedule element |
678 | 8.4.2.37 QoS Capability element 8.4.2.38 AP Channel Report element 8.4.2.39 Neighbor Report element |
683 | 8.4.2.40 RCPI element |
684 | 8.4.2.41 BSS Average Access Delay element |
685 | 8.4.2.42 Antenna element |
686 | 8.4.2.43 RSNI element 8.4.2.44 Measurement Pilot Transmission element |
687 | 8.4.2.45 BSS Available Admission Capacity element |
688 | 8.4.2.46 BSS AC Access Delay element |
690 | 8.4.2.47 RM Enabled Capabilities element |
692 | 8.4.2.48 Multiple BSSID element |
694 | 8.4.2.49 Mobility Domain element (MDE) 8.4.2.50 Fast BSS Transition element (FTE) |
697 | 8.4.2.51 Timeout Interval element (TIE) 8.4.2.52 RIC Data element (RDE) |
698 | 8.4.2.53 RIC Descriptor element 8.4.2.54 DSE Registered Location element |
700 | 8.4.2.55 Extended Channel Switch Announcement element |
701 | 8.4.2.56 Supported Operating Classes element 8.4.2.57 Management MIC element |
702 | 8.4.2.58 HT Capabilities element |
711 | 8.4.2.59 HT Operation element |
715 | 8.4.2.60 20/40 BSS Intolerant Channel Report element |
716 | 8.4.2.61 Overlapping BSS Scan Parameters element 8.4.2.62 20/40 BSS Coexistence element |
717 | 8.4.2.63 Time Advertisement element |
719 | 8.4.2.64 Link Identifier element 8.4.2.65 Wakeup Schedule element |
720 | 8.4.2.66 Channel Switch Timing element 8.4.2.67 PTI Control element |
721 | 8.4.2.68 TPU Buffer Status element |
722 | 8.4.2.69 Event Request element |
728 | 8.4.2.70 Event Report element |
734 | 8.4.2.71 Diagnostic Request element |
745 | 8.4.2.72 Diagnostic Report element |
747 | 8.4.2.73 Location Parameters element |
755 | 8.4.2.74 Nontransmitted BSSID Capability element 8.4.2.75 SSID List element |
756 | 8.4.2.76 Multiple BSSID-Index element 8.4.2.77 FMS Descriptor element |
757 | 8.4.2.78 FMS Request element |
759 | 8.4.2.79 FMS Response element |
761 | 8.4.2.80 QoS Traffic Capability element |
763 | 8.4.2.81 BSS Max Idle Period element 8.4.2.82 TFS Request element |
765 | 8.4.2.83 TFS Response element |
766 | 8.4.2.84 WNM-Sleep Mode element |
768 | 8.4.2.85 TIM Broadcast Request element 8.4.2.86 TIM Broadcast Response element |
769 | 8.4.2.87 Collocated Interference Report element |
771 | 8.4.2.88 Channel Usage element |
772 | 8.4.2.89 Time Zone element 8.4.2.90 DMS Request element |
774 | 8.4.2.91 DMS Response element |
776 | 8.4.2.92 Destination URI element |
777 | 8.4.2.93 U-APSD Coexistence element |
778 | 8.4.2.94 Interworking element |
779 | 8.4.2.95 Advertisement Protocol element |
781 | 8.4.2.96 Expedited Bandwidth Request element |
782 | 8.4.2.97 QoS Map Set element |
783 | 8.4.2.98 Roaming Consortium element |
784 | 8.4.2.99 Emergency Alert Identifier element 8.4.2.100 Mesh Configuration element |
788 | 8.4.2.101 Mesh ID element |
789 | 8.4.2.102 Mesh Link Metric Report element 8.4.2.103 Congestion Notification element |
790 | 8.4.2.104 Mesh Peering Management element |
791 | 8.4.2.105 Mesh Channel Switch Parameters element |
792 | 8.4.2.106 Mesh Awake Window element |
793 | 8.4.2.107 Beacon Timing element |
794 | 8.4.2.108 MCCAOP Setup Request element |
795 | 8.4.2.109 MCCAOP Setup Reply element |
796 | 8.4.2.110 MCCAOP Advertisement Overview element |
797 | 8.4.2.111 MCCAOP Advertisement element |
799 | 8.4.2.112 MCCAOP Teardown element 8.4.2.113 GANN element |
800 | 8.4.2.114 RANN element |
801 | 8.4.2.115 PREQ element |
803 | 8.4.2.116 PREP element |
805 | 8.4.2.117 PERR element |
806 | 8.4.2.118 PXU element |
807 | 8.4.2.119 PXUC element |
808 | 8.4.2.120 Authenticated Mesh Peering Exchange element |
809 | 8.4.2.121 MIC element 8.4.3 Information Subelements |
810 | 8.4.4 Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP) elements 8.4.4.1 General |
811 | 8.4.4.2 Query List ANQP-element 8.4.4.3 Capability List ANQP-element |
812 | 8.4.4.4 Venue Name ANQP-element |
813 | 8.4.4.5 Emergency Call Number ANQP-element 8.4.4.6 Network Authentication Type ANQP-element |
815 | 8.4.4.7 Roaming Consortium ANQP-element 8.4.4.8 Vendor Specific ANQP-element |
816 | 8.4.4.9 IP Address Type Availability ANQP-element |
817 | 8.4.4.10 NAI Realm ANQP-element |
820 | 8.4.4.11 3GPP Cellular Network ANQP-element |
821 | 8.4.4.12 AP Geospatial Location ANQP-element 8.4.4.13 AP Civic Location ANQP-element 8.4.4.14 AP Location Public Identifier URI ANQP-element |
822 | 8.4.4.15 Domain Name ANQP-element 8.4.4.16 Emergency Alert URI ANQP-element |
823 | 8.4.4.17 Emergency NAI ANQP-element 8.4.4.18 TDLS Capability ANQP-element |
824 | 8.4.4.19 Neighbor Report ANQP-element 8.5 Action frame format details 8.5.1 Introduction 8.5.2 Spectrum management Action frames 8.5.2.1 General |
825 | 8.5.2.2 Measurement Request frame format 8.5.2.3 Measurement Report frame format |
826 | 8.5.2.4 TPC Request frame format 8.5.2.5 TPC Report frame format 8.5.2.6 Channel Switch Announcement frame format |
827 | 8.5.3 QoS Action frame details 8.5.3.1 General 8.5.3.2 ADDTS Request frame format |
828 | 8.5.3.3 ADDTS Response frame format |
829 | 8.5.3.4 DELTS frame format |
830 | 8.5.3.5 Schedule frame format 8.5.3.6 QoS Map Configure frame format |
831 | 8.5.4 DLS Action frame details 8.5.4.1 General 8.5.4.2 DLS Request frame format |
832 | 8.5.4.3 DLS Response frame format |
833 | 8.5.4.4 DLS Teardown frame format 8.5.5 Block Ack Action frame details 8.5.5.1 General |
834 | 8.5.5.2 ADDBA Request frame format 8.5.5.3 ADDBA Response frame format |
835 | 8.5.5.4 DELBA frame format 8.5.6 Vendor-specific action details |
836 | 8.5.7 Radio Measurement action details 8.5.7.1 General 8.5.7.2 Radio Measurement Request frame format |
837 | 8.5.7.3 Radio Measurement Report frame format 8.5.7.4 Link Measurement Request frame format |
838 | 8.5.7.5 Link Measurement Report frame format |
840 | 8.5.7.6 Neighbor Report Request frame format |
841 | 8.5.7.7 Neighbor Report Response frame format 8.5.8 Public Action details 8.5.8.1 Public Action frames |
842 | 8.5.8.2 20/40 BSS Coexistence Management frame format 8.5.8.3 Measurement Pilot frame format |
844 | 8.5.8.4 DSE Enablement frame format |
845 | 8.5.8.5 DSE Deenablement frame format |
846 | 8.5.8.6 DSE Registered Location Announcement frame format 8.5.8.7 Extended Channel Switch Announcement frame format 8.5.8.8 DSE Measurement Request frame format |
847 | 8.5.8.9 DSE Measurement Report frame format |
849 | 8.5.8.10 DSE Power Constraint frame format |
850 | 8.5.8.11 Vendor Specific Public Action frame format 8.5.8.12 GAS Initial Request frame format |
851 | 8.5.8.13 GAS Initial Response frame format |
852 | 8.5.8.14 GAS Comeback Request frame format |
853 | 8.5.8.15 GAS Comeback Response frame format |
854 | 8.5.8.16 TDLS Discovery Response frame format |
855 | 8.5.8.17 Location Track Notification frame format |
856 | 8.5.9 FT Action frame details 8.5.9.1 General 8.5.9.2 FT Request frame |
857 | 8.5.9.3 FT Response frame |
858 | 8.5.9.4 FT Confirm frame |
859 | 8.5.9.5 FT Ack frame 8.5.10 SA Query Action frame details 8.5.10.1 General |
860 | 8.5.10.2 SA Query Request frame 8.5.10.3 SA Query Response frame |
861 | 8.5.11 Protected Dual of Public Action frames 8.5.12 HT Action frame details 8.5.12.1 HT Action field |
862 | 8.5.12.2 Notify Channel Width frame format 8.5.12.3 SM Power Save frame format |
863 | 8.5.12.4 PSMP frame format 8.5.12.5 Set PCO Phase frame format |
864 | 8.5.12.6 CSI frame format 8.5.12.7 Noncompressed Beamforming frame format |
865 | 8.5.12.8 Compressed Beamforming frame format 8.5.12.9 Antenna Selection Indices Feedback frame format |
866 | 8.5.13 TDLS Action field formats 8.5.13.1 General 8.5.13.2 TDLS Setup Request Action field format |
867 | 8.5.13.3 TDLS Setup Response Action field format |
869 | 8.5.13.4 TDLS Setup Confirm Action field format |
870 | 8.5.13.5 TDLS Teardown Action field format 8.5.13.6 TDLS Peer Traffic Indication Action field format |
871 | 8.5.13.7 TDLS Channel Switch Request Action field format 8.5.13.8 TDLS Channel Switch Response Action field format |
872 | 8.5.13.9 TDLS Peer PSM Request Action field format 8.5.13.10 TDLS Peer PSM Response Action field format |
873 | 8.5.13.11 TDLS Peer Traffic Response Action field format 8.5.13.12 TDLS Discovery Request Action field format |
874 | 8.5.14 WNM Action details 8.5.14.1 WNM Action fields |
875 | 8.5.14.2 Event Request frame format 8.5.14.3 Event Report frame format |
876 | 8.5.14.4 Diagnostic Request frame format 8.5.14.5 Diagnostic Report frame format 8.5.14.6 Location Configuration Request frame format |
877 | 8.5.14.7 Location Configuration Response frame format |
878 | 8.5.14.8 BSS Transition Management Query frame format |
879 | 8.5.14.9 BSS Transition Management Request frame format |
881 | 8.5.14.10 BSS Transition Management Response frame format |
882 | 8.5.14.11 FMS Request frame format |
883 | 8.5.14.12 FMS Response frame format 8.5.14.13 Collocated Interference Request frame format |
884 | 8.5.14.14 Collocated Interference Report frame format |
885 | 8.5.14.15 TFS Request frame format 8.5.14.16 TFS Response frame format |
886 | 8.5.14.17 TFS Notify frame format 8.5.14.18 WNM-Sleep Mode Request frame format |
887 | 8.5.14.19 WNM-Sleep Mode Response frame format |
889 | 8.5.14.20 TIM Broadcast Request frame format 8.5.14.21 TIM Broadcast Response frame format 8.5.14.22 QoS Traffic Capability Update frame format |
890 | 8.5.14.23 Channel Usage Request frame format |
891 | 8.5.14.24 Channel Usage Response frame format 8.5.14.25 DMS Request frame format |
892 | 8.5.14.26 DMS Response frame format 8.5.14.27 Timing Measurement Request frame format |
893 | 8.5.14.28 WNM-Notification Request frame format |
894 | 8.5.14.29 WNM-Notification Response frame format |
895 | 8.5.15 Unprotected WNM Action details 8.5.15.1 Unprotected WNM Action fields 8.5.15.2 TIM frame format |
896 | 8.5.15.3 Timing Measurement frame format |
897 | 8.5.16 Self-protected Action frame details 8.5.16.1 Self-protected Action fields 8.5.16.2 Mesh Peering Open frame format |
899 | 8.5.16.3 Mesh Peering Confirm frame format |
900 | 8.5.16.4 Mesh Peering Close frame format |
901 | 8.5.16.5 Mesh Group Key Inform frame format |
902 | 8.5.16.6 Mesh Group Key Acknowledge frame format 8.5.17 Mesh Action frame details 8.5.17.1 Mesh Action fields |
903 | 8.5.17.2 Mesh Link Metric Report frame format 8.5.17.3 HWMP Mesh Path Selection frame format |
904 | 8.5.17.4 Gate Announcement frame format |
905 | 8.5.17.5 Congestion Control Notification frame format 8.5.17.6 MCCA Setup Request frame format 8.5.17.7 MCCA Setup Reply frame format |
906 | 8.5.17.8 MCCA Advertisement Request frame format 8.5.17.9 MCCA Advertisement frame format |
907 | 8.5.17.10 MCCA Teardown frame format 8.5.17.11 TBTT Adjustment Request frame format |
908 | 8.5.17.12 TBTT Adjustment Response frame format |
909 | 8.5.18 Multihop Action frame details 8.5.18.1 Multihop Action fields 8.5.18.2 Proxy Update frame format 8.5.18.3 Proxy Update Confirmation frame format |
910 | 8.6 Aggregate MPDU (A-MPDU) 8.6.1 A-MPDU format |
911 | 8.6.2 MPDU delimiter CRC field |
912 | 8.6.3 A-MPDU contents |
916 | 9. MAC sublayer functional description 9.1 Introduction 9.2 MAC architecture 9.2.1 General 9.2.2 DCF |
917 | 9.2.3 PCF 9.2.4 Hybrid coordination function (HCF) 9.2.4.1 General |
918 | 9.2.4.2 HCF contention-based channel access (EDCA) |
919 | 9.2.4.3 HCF controlled channel access (HCCA) |
920 | 9.2.5 Mesh coordination function (MCF) 9.2.6 Combined use of DCF, PCF, and HCF 9.2.7 Fragmentation/defragmentation overview |
921 | 9.2.8 MAC data service |
922 | 9.3 DCF 9.3.1 General |
923 | 9.3.2 Procedures common to the DCF and EDCAF 9.3.2.1 CS mechanism 9.3.2.2 MAC-Level Acknowledgements |
924 | 9.3.2.3 IFS |
926 | 9.3.2.4 Setting and resetting the NAV |
927 | 9.3.2.5 RTS/CTS with fragmentation |
929 | 9.3.2.6 CTS procedure 9.3.2.7 Dual CTS protection |
931 | 9.3.2.8 ACK procedure |
932 | 9.3.2.9 BlockAck procedure 9.3.2.10 Duplicate detection and recovery |
934 | 9.3.2.11 NAV distribution 9.3.2.12 Operation of aSlotTime 9.3.3 Random backoff time |
936 | 9.3.4 DCF access procedure 9.3.4.1 Introduction 9.3.4.2 Basic access 9.3.4.3 Backoff procedure for DCF |
938 | 9.3.4.4 Recovery procedures and retransmit limits 9.3.4.5 Control of the channel |
940 | 9.3.5 Individually addressed MPDU transfer procedure 9.3.6 Group addressed MPDU transfer procedure |
941 | 9.3.7 DCF timing relations |
942 | 9.3.8 Signal Extension 9.3.9 Determination of PLME aCWmin characteristics 9.4 PCF 9.4.1 General |
943 | 9.4.2 CFP structure and timing |
945 | 9.4.3 PCF access procedure 9.4.3.1 General 9.4.3.2 Fundamental access 9.4.3.3 NAV operation during the CFP |
946 | 9.4.4 PCF transfer procedure 9.4.4.1 General |
947 | 9.4.4.2 PCF transfers when the PC STA is transmitter or recipient |
948 | 9.4.4.3 Operation with overlapping point-coordinated BSSs 9.4.4.4 CFPMaxDuration limit |
949 | 9.4.4.5 CF usage rules 9.4.5 CF polling list 9.4.5.1 General |
950 | 9.4.5.2 Polling list processing 9.4.5.3 Polling list update procedure 9.5 Fragmentation |
951 | 9.6 Defragmentation |
952 | 9.7 Multirate support 9.7.1 Overview 9.7.2 Basic MCS Set field 9.7.3 Basic STBC MCS |
953 | 9.7.4 Basic Rate Set and Basic MCS Set for mesh STA 9.7.5 Rate selection for data and management frames 9.7.5.1 Rate selection for non-STBC Beacon and non-STBC PSMP frames 9.7.5.2 Rate selection for STBC group addressed data and management frames 9.7.5.3 Rate selection for other group addressed data and management frames |
954 | 9.7.5.4 Rate selection for polling frames 9.7.5.5 Rate selection for +CF-Ack frames 9.7.5.6 Rate selection for other data and management frames 9.7.6 Rate selection for control frames 9.7.6.1 General rules for rate selection for control frames |
955 | 9.7.6.2 Rate selection for control frames that initiate a TXOP |
956 | 9.7.6.3 Rate selection for CF_End frames 9.7.6.4 Rate selection for control frames that are not control response frames |
957 | 9.7.6.5 Rate selection for control response frames |
960 | 9.7.6.6 Channel Width selection for control frames 9.7.6.7 Control frame TXVECTOR parameter restrictions 9.7.7 Multiple BSSID Rate Selection 9.7.8 Modulation classes |
961 | 9.7.9 Non-HT basic rate calculation |
962 | 9.8 MSDU transmission restrictions |
963 | 9.9 HT Control field operation 9.10 Control Wrapper operation 9.11 A-MSDU operation |
964 | 9.12 A-MPDU operation 9.12.1 A-MPDU contents 9.12.2 A-MPDU length limit rules 9.12.3 Minimum MPDU Start Spacing field |
965 | 9.12.4 A-MPDU aggregation of group addressed data frames 9.12.5 Transport of A-MPDU by the PHY data service 9.13 PPDU duration constraint 9.14 LDPC operation |
966 | 9.15 STBC operation 9.16 Short GI operation 9.17 Greenfield operation 9.18 Operation across regulatory domains 9.18.1 General |
967 | 9.18.2 Operation upon entering a regulatory domain 9.18.3 Determination of hopping patterns for FH PHYs |
970 | 9.18.4 Hopping sequence generation using the Frequency Hopping and Hopping Pattern Table elements |
971 | 9.18.5 Operation with operating classes 9.18.6 Operation with coverage classes 9.19 HCF 9.19.1 General |
972 | 9.19.2 HCF contention-based channel access (EDCA) 9.19.2.1 Reference implementation 9.19.2.2 EDCA TXOPs |
973 | 9.19.2.3 Obtaining an EDCA TXOP |
975 | 9.19.2.4 Multiple frame transmission in an EDCA TXOP |
976 | 9.19.2.5 EDCA backoff procedure |
977 | 9.19.2.6 Retransmit procedures |
978 | 9.19.2.7 Truncation of TXOP |
979 | 9.19.3 HCCA 9.19.3.1 General |
980 | 9.19.3.2 HCCA procedure |
982 | 9.19.3.3 TXOP structure and timing |
983 | 9.19.3.4 NAV operation during a TXOP |
984 | 9.19.3.5 HCCA transfer rules |
986 | 9.19.4 Admission Control at the HC 9.19.4.1 General 9.19.4.2 Contention-based admission control procedures |
988 | 9.19.4.3 Controlled-access admission control |
990 | 9.20 Mesh coordination function (MCF) 9.20.1 General 9.20.2 MCF contention-based channel access 9.20.3 MCF controlled channel access (MCCA) 9.20.3.1 General |
991 | 9.20.3.2 MCCA activation 9.20.3.3 MCCAOP reservations |
993 | 9.20.3.4 Neighborhood MCCAOP periods at a mesh STA 9.20.3.5 MCCA access fraction (MAF) |
994 | 9.20.3.6 MCCAOP setup procedure |
995 | 9.20.3.7 MCCAOP advertisement |
999 | 9.20.3.8 MCCAOP teardown |
1000 | 9.20.3.9 Access during MCCAOPs |
1001 | 9.20.3.10 Interaction with time synchronization |
1002 | 9.21 Block Acknowledgment (Block Ack) 9.21.1 Introduction |
1003 | 9.21.2 Setup and modification of the Block Ack parameters 9.21.3 Data and acknowledgment transfer using immediate Block Ack policy and delayed Block Ack policy |
1006 | 9.21.4 Receive buffer operation |
1007 | 9.21.5 Teardown of the Block Ack mechanism 9.21.6 Selection of BlockAck and BlockAckReq variants 9.21.7 HT-immediate Block Ack extensions 9.21.7.1 Introduction to HT-immediate Block Ack extensions |
1008 | 9.21.7.2 HT-immediate Block Ack architecture |
1009 | 9.21.7.3 Scoreboard context control during full-state operation |
1010 | 9.21.7.4 Scoreboard context control during partial-state operation |
1011 | 9.21.7.5 Generation and transmission of BlockAck by an HT STA 9.21.7.6 Receive reordering buffer control operation |
1013 | 9.21.7.7 Originator’s behavior |
1014 | 9.21.7.8 Maintaining BlockAck state at the originator 9.21.7.9 Originator’s support of recipient’s partial state 9.21.8 HT-delayed Block Ack extensions 9.21.8.1 Introduction 9.21.8.2 HT-delayed Block Ack negotiation 9.21.8.3 Operation of HT-delayed Block Ack |
1015 | 9.21.9 Protected Block Ack Agreement 9.22 No Acknowledgment (No Ack) |
1016 | 9.23 Protection mechanisms 9.23.1 Introduction 9.23.2 Protection mechanism for non-ERP receivers |
1018 | 9.23.3 Protection mechanisms for transmissions of HT PPDUs 9.23.3.1 General |
1020 | 9.23.3.2 Protection rules for HT STA operating a direct link |
1021 | 9.23.3.3 RIFS protection 9.23.3.4 Use of OBSS Non-HT STAs Present field 9.23.3.5 Protection rules for an HT mesh STA in an MBSS |
1022 | 9.23.4 L_LENGTH and L_DATARATE parameter values for HT-mixed format PPDUs |
1024 | 9.23.5 L-SIG TXOP protection 9.23.5.1 General rules |
1025 | 9.23.5.2 L-SIG TXOP protection rules at the TXOP holder |
1026 | 9.23.5.3 L-SIG TXOP protection rules at the TXOP responder |
1027 | 9.23.5.4 L-SIG TXOP protection NAV update rule 9.24 MAC frame processing 9.24.1 Introduction 9.24.2 Revision level field processing 9.24.3 Duration/ID field processing 9.24.4 Response to an invalid Action frame 9.24.5 Operation of the Dialog Token field |
1028 | 9.24.6 Element parsing 9.24.7 Vendor specific element parsing 9.24.8 Extensible element parsing 9.24.9 Extensible subelement parsing 9.25 Reverse Direction Protocol 9.25.1 Reverse direction (RD) exchange sequence |
1029 | 9.25.2 Support for RD 9.25.3 Rules for RD initiator |
1030 | 9.25.4 Rules for RD responder |
1031 | 9.26 PSMP Operation 9.26.1 Frame transmission mechanism during PSMP 9.26.1.1 PSMP frame transmission (PSMP-DTT and PSMP-UTT) |
1032 | 9.26.1.2 PSMP downlink transmission (PSMP-DTT) 9.26.1.3 PSMP uplink transmission (PSMP-UTT) |
1035 | 9.26.1.4 PSMP burst |
1036 | 9.26.1.5 Resource allocation within a PSMP burst |
1037 | 9.26.1.6 PSMP-UTT retransmission 9.26.1.7 PSMP acknowledgment rules |
1039 | 9.26.1.8 PSMP group addressed transmission rules 9.26.2 Scheduled PSMP |
1040 | 9.26.3 Unscheduled PSMP 9.27 Sounding PPDUs |
1041 | 9.28 Link adaptation 9.28.1 Introduction 9.28.2 Link adaptation using the HT Control field |
1043 | 9.29 Transmit beamforming 9.29.1 General |
1044 | 9.29.2 Transmit beamforming with implicit feedback 9.29.2.1 General |
1045 | 9.29.2.2 Unidirectional implicit transmit beamforming |
1046 | 9.29.2.3 Bidirectional implicit transmit beamforming |
1047 | 9.29.2.4 Calibration |
1052 | 9.29.3 Explicit feedback beamforming |
1056 | 9.30 Antenna selection (ASEL) 9.30.1 Introduction 9.30.2 Procedure |
1060 | 9.31 Null data packet (NDP) sounding 9.31.1 NDP rules |
1061 | 9.31.2 Transmission of an NDP 9.31.3 Determination of NDP destination |
1062 | 9.31.4 Determination of NDP source 9.32 Mesh forwarding framework 9.32.1 General 9.32.2 Forwarding information |
1063 | 9.32.3 Frame addressing in an MBSS |
1064 | 9.32.4 Addressing and forwarding of individually addressed Mesh Data frames 9.32.4.1 At source mesh STAs (individually addressed) |
1065 | 9.32.4.2 At intermediate and destination mesh STAs (individually addressed) |
1066 | 9.32.5 Addressing and forwarding of group addressed Mesh Data frames 9.32.5.1 At source mesh STAs (group addressed) |
1067 | 9.32.5.2 At recipient mesh STAs (group addressed) |
1068 | 9.32.6 Addressing of Management frames and MMPDU forwarding 9.32.6.1 General 9.32.6.2 MMPDU forwarding using individually addressed Multihop Action frames 9.32.6.3 MMPDU forwarding using group addressed Multihop Action frames |
1069 | 9.32.7 Detection of duplicate MSDUs/MMPDUs 9.32.8 Mesh STAs that do not forward |
1070 | 9.32.9 Frame forwarding and unknown destination |
1071 | 10. MLME 10.1 Synchronization 10.1.1 General 10.1.2 Basic approach 10.1.2.1 TSF for infrastructure networks 10.1.2.2 TSF for an IBSS 10.1.2.3 TSF for an MBSS |
1072 | 10.1.3 Maintaining synchronization 10.1.3.1 General 10.1.3.2 Beacon generation in infrastructure networks 10.1.3.3 Beacon generation in an IBSS |
1073 | 10.1.3.4 Beacon generation in an MBSS 10.1.3.5 Beacon reception |
1074 | 10.1.3.6 Multiple BSSID procedure |
1075 | 10.1.3.7 TSF timer accuracy 10.1.4 Acquiring synchronization, scanning 10.1.4.1 General |
1076 | 10.1.4.2 Passive scanning 10.1.4.3 Active scanning |
1079 | 10.1.4.4 Initializing a BSS 10.1.4.5 Synchronizing with a BSS |
1080 | 10.1.4.6 Operation of Supported Rates and Extended Supported Rates elements |
1081 | 10.1.5 Adjusting STA timers 10.1.6 Timing synchronization for FH PHYs 10.1.7 Terminating a BSS 10.1.8 Supported rates and extended supported rates advertisement |
1082 | 10.2 Power management 10.2.1 Power management in an infrastructure network 10.2.1.1 General |
1083 | 10.2.1.2 STA Power Management modes 10.2.1.3 AP TIM transmissions |
1084 | 10.2.1.4 TIM types 10.2.1.5 Power management with APSD |
1087 | 10.2.1.6 AP operation during the CP |
1090 | 10.2.1.7 AP operation during the CFP |
1091 | 10.2.1.8 Receive operation for STAs in PS mode during the CP |
1092 | 10.2.1.9 Receive operation for STAs in PS mode during the CFP 10.2.1.10 Receive operation using APSD |
1093 | 10.2.1.11 STAs operating in the Active mode 10.2.1.12 AP aging function 10.2.1.13 PSMP power management |
1094 | 10.2.1.14 TDLS Peer Power Save Mode |
1096 | 10.2.1.15 TDLS Peer U-APSD |
1098 | 10.2.1.16 FMS power management |
1101 | 10.2.1.17 TIM Broadcast |
1103 | 10.2.1.18 WNM-Sleep mode |
1104 | 10.2.2 Power management in an IBSS 10.2.2.1 Introduction 10.2.2.2 Basic approach |
1106 | 10.2.2.3 Initialization of power management within an IBSS 10.2.2.4 STA power state transitions |
1107 | 10.2.2.5 ATIM and frame transmission |
1108 | 10.2.3 Power management in an MBSS 10.2.4 SM power save |
1109 | 10.3 STA authentication and association 10.3.1 State variables |
1110 | 10.3.2 State transition diagram for nonmesh STAs 10.3.3 Frame filtering based on STA state |
1111 | 10.3.4 Authentication and deauthentication 10.3.4.1 General |
1112 | 10.3.4.2 Authentication—originating STA 10.3.4.3 Authentication—destination STA |
1113 | 10.3.4.4 Deauthentication—originating STA 10.3.4.5 Deauthentication—destination STA |
1114 | 10.3.5 Association, reassociation, and disassociation 10.3.5.1 General 10.3.5.2 Non-AP STA association initiation procedures |
1115 | 10.3.5.3 AP association receipt procedures |
1117 | 10.3.5.4 Non-AP STA reassociation initiation procedures |
1118 | 10.3.5.5 AP reassociation receipt procedures |
1119 | 10.3.5.6 Non-AP STA disassociation initiation procedures 10.3.5.7 Non-AP STA disassociation receipt procedure |
1120 | 10.3.5.8 AP disassociation initiation procedure 10.3.5.9 AP disassociation receipt procedure |
1121 | 10.3.6 Additional mechanisms for an AP collocated with a mesh STA 10.4 TS operation 10.4.1 Introduction |
1122 | 10.4.2 TSPEC construction 10.4.3 TS life cycle |
1123 | 10.4.4 TS setup |
1126 | 10.4.5 TS setup by resource request during a fast BSS transition 10.4.6 PSMP management |
1127 | 10.4.7 Failed TS setup 10.4.8 Data transfer |
1128 | 10.4.9 TS deletion |
1129 | 10.4.10 TS timeout |
1130 | 10.4.11 TS suspension 10.4.12 TS Reinstatement 10.5 Block Ack operation 10.5.1 Introduction 10.5.2 Setup and modification of the Block Ack parameters 10.5.2.1 General 10.5.2.2 Procedure at the originator |
1132 | 10.5.2.3 Procedure at the recipient |
1133 | 10.5.2.4 Procedure common to both originator and recipient 10.5.3 Teardown of the Block Ack mechanism 10.5.3.1 General 10.5.3.2 Procedure at the initiator of the Block Ack teardown |
1134 | 10.5.3.3 Procedure at the recipient of the DELBA frame 10.5.4 Error recovery upon a peer failure 10.6 Higher layer timer synchronization 10.6.1 Introduction |
1136 | 10.6.2 Procedure at the STA 10.7 DLS operation 10.7.1 General |
1137 | 10.7.2 DLS procedures 10.7.2.1 General 10.7.2.2 Setup procedure at the QoS STA |
1138 | 10.7.2.3 Setup procedure at the AP |
1139 | 10.7.2.4 Operation of the DLS Timeout Value field 10.7.3 Data transfer after setup 10.7.4 DLS teardown 10.7.4.1 General 10.7.4.2 STA-initiated DLS teardown procedure |
1141 | 10.7.4.3 Teardown procedure at the AP 10.7.4.4 AP-initiated DLS teardown procedure 10.7.5 Error recovery upon a peer failure 10.7.6 Secure DLS operation |
1142 | 10.8 TPC procedures 10.8.1 General |
1143 | 10.8.2 Association based on transmit power capability 10.8.3 Peering based on transmit power capability 10.8.4 Specification of regulatory and local maximum transmit power levels |
1144 | 10.8.5 Selection of a transmit power 10.8.6 Adaptation of the transmit power 10.9 DFS procedures 10.9.1 General |
1145 | 10.9.2 Association based on supported channels |
1146 | 10.9.3 Quieting channels for testing 10.9.4 Testing channels for radars 10.9.5 Discontinuing operations after detecting radars 10.9.6 Detecting radars 10.9.7 Requesting and reporting of measurements |
1148 | 10.9.8 Selecting and advertising a new channel 10.9.8.1 General 10.9.8.2 Selecting and advertising a new channel in an infrastructure BSS 10.9.8.3 Selecting and advertising a new channel in an IBSS |
1150 | 10.9.8.4 MBSS channel switching |
1152 | 10.9.8.5 HT-greenfield transmissions in operating classes with behavior limits set of 16 |
1153 | 10.9.9 Channel Switch Announcement element operation 10.10 Extended channel switching (ECS) 10.10.1 General 10.10.2 Advertising supported operating classes |
1154 | 10.10.3 Selecting and advertising a new channel and/or operating class 10.10.3.1 General 10.10.3.2 Selecting and advertising a new channel in an infrastructure BSS |
1155 | 10.10.3.3 Selecting and advertising a new channel in an IBSS 10.10.3.4 Selecting and advertising a new channel in an MBSS |
1156 | 10.11 Radio measurement procedures 10.11.1 General 10.11.2 Measurement on operating and nonoperating channels 10.11.3 Measurement start time |
1157 | 10.11.4 Measurement Duration |
1158 | 10.11.5 Station responsibility for conducting measurements 10.11.6 Requesting and reporting of measurements |
1161 | 10.11.7 Repeated measurement request frames 10.11.8 Triggered autonomous reporting |
1163 | 10.11.9 Specific measurement usage 10.11.9.1 Beacon Report |
1165 | 10.11.9.2 Frame Report |
1166 | 10.11.9.3 Channel Load Report |
1167 | 10.11.9.4 Noise Histogram Report |
1168 | 10.11.9.5 STA Statistics Report |
1169 | 10.11.9.6 Location Configuration Information Report |
1170 | 10.11.9.7 Measurement pause |
1171 | 10.11.9.8 Transmit Stream/Category Measurement Report |
1173 | 10.11.9.9 Location Civic report |
1174 | 10.11.9.10 Location Identifier Report |
1175 | 10.11.10 Usage of the neighbor report 10.11.10.1 General |
1176 | 10.11.10.2 Requesting a neighbor report 10.11.10.3 Receiving a neighbor report 10.11.11 Link Measurement 10.11.12 Measurement of the RPI histogram |
1177 | 10.11.13 Operation of the Max Transmit Power field 10.11.14 Multiple BSSID Set 10.11.15 Measurement Pilot generation and usage 10.11.15.1 General |
1178 | 10.11.15.2 Measurement Pilot generation by an AP |
1180 | 10.11.15.3 Measurement Pilot usage by a STA 10.11.16 Access Delay Measurement 10.11.17 BSS Available Admission Capacity |
1181 | 10.11.18 AP Channel Report 10.11.19 Multicast diagnostic reporting |
1182 | 10.12 DSE procedures 10.12.1 General |
1183 | 10.12.2 Enablement and deenablement 10.12.2.1 General 10.12.2.2 Enablement requester STA |
1184 | 10.12.2.3 Enablement responder STA 10.12.2.4 Deenablement requester STA |
1185 | 10.12.2.5 Deenablement responder STA 10.12.3 Registered STA operation 10.12.4 Enabling STA operation with DSE |
1186 | 10.12.5 Dependent STA operation with DSE |
1188 | 10.13 Group addressed robust management frame procedures 10.14 SA Query procedures 10.15 20/40 MHz BSS operation 10.15.1 Rules for operation in 20/40 MHz BSS |
1189 | 10.15.2 Basic 20/40 MHz BSS functionality 10.15.3 Channel selection methods for 20/40 MHz operation 10.15.3.1 General 10.15.3.2 Scanning requirements for a 20/40 MHz BSS |
1191 | 10.15.3.3 Channel management at the AP and in an IBSS |
1193 | 10.15.4 40 MHz PPDU transmission restrictions 10.15.4.1 Fields used to determine 40 MHz PPDU transmission restrictions |
1194 | 10.15.4.2 Infrastructure non-AP STA restrictions |
1195 | 10.15.4.3 AP restrictions |
1196 | 10.15.4.4 Restrictions on non-AP STAs that are not infrastructure BSS members 10.15.5 Scanning requirements for 40-MHz-capable STA |
1197 | 10.15.6 Exemption from OBSS scanning |
1198 | 10.15.7 Communicating 20/40 BSS coexistence information 10.15.8 Support of DSSS/CCK in 40 MHz 10.15.9 STA CCA sensing in a 20/40 MHz BSS |
1199 | 10.15.10 NAV assertion in 20/40 MHz BSS 10.15.11 Signaling 40 MHz intolerance 10.15.12 Switching between 40 MHz and 20 MHz |
1201 | 10.16 Phased coexistence operation (PCO) 10.16.1 General description of PCO |
1202 | 10.16.2 Operation at a PCO active AP |
1204 | 10.16.3 Operation at a PCO active non-AP STA 10.17 20/40 BSS Coexistence Management frame usage |
1205 | 10.18 RSNA A-MSDU procedures 10.19 Public Action frame addressing 10.20 STAs communicating data frames outside the context of a BSS |
1207 | 10.21 Timing Advertisement 10.21.1 Introduction 10.21.2 Timing advertisement frame procedures 10.21.3 UTC TSF Offset procedures 10.22 Tunneled direct-link setup 10.22.1 General |
1209 | 10.22.2 TDLS payload 10.22.3 TDLS Discovery 10.22.4 TDLS direct-link establishment |
1211 | 10.22.5 TDLS direct-link teardown |
1212 | 10.22.6 TDLS channel switching |
1214 | 10.22.6.1 General behavior on the off-channel |
1215 | 10.22.6.2 Setting up a 40 MHz direct link |
1216 | 10.22.6.3 TDLS channel switching and power saving 10.23 Wireless network management procedures 10.23.1 Wireless network management dependencies 10.23.2 Event request and report procedures 10.23.2.1 Event request and event report |
1218 | 10.23.2.2 Transition event request and report |
1219 | 10.23.2.3 RSNA event request and report 10.23.2.4 Peer-to-Peer Link event request and report |
1220 | 10.23.2.5 WNM Log event request and report 10.23.2.6 Vendor Specific event request and report 10.23.3 Diagnostic request and report procedures 10.23.3.1 Diagnostic request and diagnostic report |
1222 | 10.23.3.2 Configuration Profile report 10.23.3.3 Manufacturer information STA report 10.23.3.4 Association diagnostic |
1223 | 10.23.3.5 IEEE 802.1X authentication diagnostic |
1224 | 10.23.4 Location track procedures 10.23.4.1 Location track configuration procedures |
1226 | 10.23.4.2 Location track notification procedures |
1228 | 10.23.5 Timing measurement procedure |
1230 | 10.23.6 BSS transition management for network load balancing 10.23.6.1 BSS Transition capability 10.23.6.2 BSS transition management query |
1231 | 10.23.6.3 BSS transition management request |
1232 | 10.23.6.4 BSS transition management response |
1234 | 10.23.7 FMS multicast rate processing 10.23.8 Collocated interference reporting |
1235 | 10.23.9 QoS Traffic capability procedure |
1236 | 10.23.10 AC Station Count 10.23.11 TFS procedures 10.23.11.1 TFS capability |
1237 | 10.23.11.2 TFS non-AP STA operation 10.23.11.3 TFS AP operation |
1238 | 10.23.12 BSS Max idle period management 10.23.13 Proxy ARP (including Proxy Neighbor Discovery) service |
1239 | 10.23.14 Channel usage procedures |
1240 | 10.23.15 DMS procedures |
1242 | 10.23.16 WNM-Notification 10.24 WLAN interworking with external networks procedures 10.24.1 General 10.24.2 Interworking capabilities and information |
1243 | 10.24.3 Interworking procedures: generic advertisement service (GAS) 10.24.3.1 GAS Protocol |
1251 | 10.24.3.2 ANQP procedures |
1254 | 10.24.4 Interworking procedures: IEEE 802.21 MIH support |
1255 | 10.24.5 Interworking procedures: interactions with SSPN 10.24.5.1 General operation 10.24.5.2 Authentication and cipher suites selection with SSPN |
1256 | 10.24.5.3 Reporting and session control with SSPN |
1257 | 10.24.6 Interworking procedures: emergency services support |
1258 | 10.24.7 Interworking procedures: emergency alert system (EAS) support |
1259 | 10.24.8 Interworking procedures: support for the advertisement of roaming consortiums 10.24.9 Interworking procedures: support for QoS mapping from external networks |
1261 | 11. Security 11.1 Framework 11.1.1 Classes of security algorithm 11.1.2 Security methods 11.1.3 RSNA equipment and RSNA capabilities 11.1.4 RSNA establishment |
1263 | 11.1.5 RSNA PeerKey Support 11.1.6 RSNA assumptions and constraints |
1264 | 11.1.7 Requirements for robust management frame protection 11.1.8 Emergency service establishment in an RSN |
1265 | 11.2 Pre-RSNA security methods 11.2.1 Status of Pre-RSNA security methods 11.2.2 Wired equivalent privacy (WEP) 11.2.2.1 WEP overview 11.2.2.2 WEP MPDU format |
1266 | 11.2.2.3 WEP state 11.2.2.4 WEP procedures |
1268 | 11.2.3 Pre-RSNA authentication 11.2.3.1 Overview 11.2.3.2 Open System authentication |
1269 | 11.2.3.3 Shared Key authentication |
1272 | 11.3 Authentication using a password 11.3.1 SAE overview |
1273 | 11.3.2 Assumptions on SAE 11.3.3 Representation of a password |
1274 | 11.3.4 Finite cyclic groups 11.3.4.1 General 11.3.4.2 Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) groups |
1276 | 11.3.4.3 Finite field cryptography (FFC) groups |
1277 | 11.3.5 SAE protocol 11.3.5.1 Message exchanges |
1278 | 11.3.5.2 PWE and secret generation 11.3.5.3 Construction of a Commit Message 11.3.5.4 Processing of a peer’s Commit Message |
1279 | 11.3.5.5 Construction of a Confirm Message 11.3.5.6 Processing of a peer’s Confirm Message 11.3.6 Anti-clogging tokens |
1280 | 11.3.7 Framing of SAE 11.3.7.1 General 11.3.7.2 Data type conversion |
1281 | 11.3.7.3 Authentication transaction sequence number for SAE 11.3.7.4 Encoding and decoding of Commit Messages |
1282 | 11.3.7.5 Encoding and decoding of Confirm Messages 11.3.7.6 Status codes 11.3.8 SAE finite state machine 11.3.8.1 General |
1283 | 11.3.8.2 States |
1284 | 11.3.8.3 Events and output 11.3.8.4 Timers |
1285 | 11.3.8.5 Variables 11.3.8.6 Behavior of state machine |
1289 | 11.4 RSNA confidentiality and integrity protocols 11.4.1 Overview 11.4.2 Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) 11.4.2.1 TKIP overview |
1291 | 11.4.2.2 TKIP MPDU formats |
1292 | 11.4.2.3 TKIP MIC |
1295 | 11.4.2.4 TKIP countermeasures procedures |
1299 | 11.4.2.5 TKIP mixing function |
1303 | 11.4.2.6 TKIP replay protection procedures 11.4.3 CTR with CBC-MAC Protocol (CCMP) 11.4.3.1 General |
1304 | 11.4.3.2 CCMP MPDU format |
1305 | 11.4.3.3 CCMP cryptographic encapsulation |
1308 | 11.4.3.4 CCMP decapsulation |
1310 | 11.4.4 Broadcast/Multicast Integrity Protocol (BIP) 11.4.4.1 BIP overview 11.4.4.2 BIP MMPDU format 11.4.4.3 BIP AAD construction |
1311 | 11.4.4.4 BIP replay protection 11.4.4.5 BIP transmission 11.4.4.6 BIP reception |
1312 | 11.5 RSNA security association management 11.5.1 Security associations 11.5.1.1 Security association definitions |
1317 | 11.5.1.2 TPKSA 11.5.1.3 Security association life cycle |
1320 | 11.5.2 RSNA selection 11.5.3 RSNA policy selection in an ESS |
1322 | 11.5.4 TSN policy selection in an ESS 11.5.5 RSNA policy selection in an IBSS and for DLS |
1323 | 11.5.6 TSN policy selection in an IBSS |
1324 | 11.5.7 RSNA policy selection in an MBSS 11.5.8 RSN management of the IEEE 802.1X Controlled Port |
1325 | 11.5.9 RSNA authentication in an ESS 11.5.9.1 General 11.5.9.2 Preauthentication and RSNA key management |
1326 | 11.5.9.3 Cached PMKSAs and RSNA key management 11.5.10 RSNA authentication in an IBSS |
1328 | 11.5.11 RSNA authentication in an MBSS 11.5.12 RSNA key management in an ESS |
1329 | 11.5.13 RSNA key management in an IBSS 11.5.14 RSNA key management in an MBSS |
1330 | 11.5.15 RSNA security association termination 11.5.16 Protection of robust management frames |
1331 | 11.5.17 Robust management frame selection procedure |
1332 | 11.6 Keys and key distribution 11.6.1 Key hierarchy 11.6.1.1 General |
1333 | 11.6.1.2 PRF |
1334 | 11.6.1.3 Pairwise key hierarchy |
1335 | 11.6.1.4 Group key hierarchy |
1336 | 11.6.1.5 Integrity group key hierarchy |
1337 | 11.6.1.6 PeerKey key hierarchy |
1338 | 11.6.1.7 FT key hierarchy |
1342 | 11.6.2 EAPOL-Key frames |
1350 | 11.6.3 EAPOL-Key frame construction and processing |
1351 | 11.6.4 EAPOL-Key frame notation |
1352 | 11.6.5 Nonce generation 11.6.6 4-Way Handshake 11.6.6.1 General |
1353 | 11.6.6.2 4-Way Handshake Message 1 |
1354 | 11.6.6.3 4-Way Handshake Message 2 |
1356 | 11.6.6.4 4-Way Handshake Message 3 |
1358 | 11.6.6.5 4-Way Handshake Message 4 |
1359 | 11.6.6.6 4-Way Handshake implementation considerations |
1360 | 11.6.6.7 Sample 4-Way Handshake 11.6.6.8 4-Way Handshake analysis |
1362 | 11.6.7 Group Key Handshake 11.6.7.1 General |
1363 | 11.6.7.2 Group Key Handshake Message 1 |
1364 | 11.6.7.3 Group Key Handshake Message 2 |
1365 | 11.6.7.4 Group Key Handshake implementation considerations 11.6.7.5 Sample Group Key Handshake |
1366 | 11.6.8 PeerKey Handshake 11.6.8.1 General 11.6.8.2 SMK Handshake |
1372 | 11.6.8.3 PeerKey setup and handshake error conditions 11.6.8.4 STKSA rekeying |
1373 | 11.6.8.5 Error Reporting |
1374 | 11.6.9 TDLS Peer Key security protocol 11.6.9.1 General |
1375 | 11.6.9.2 TDLS Peer Key Handshake |
1376 | 11.6.9.3 TDLS Peer Key Handshake security assumptions |
1377 | 11.6.9.4 TDLS Peer Key (TPK) Security Protocol Handshake messages |
1380 | 11.6.9.5 Supplicant state machine procedures |
1382 | 11.6.9.6 Supplicant PeerKey state machine states |
1384 | 11.6.9.7 Supplicant PeerKey state machine variables |
1385 | 11.6.10 RSNA Supplicant key management state machine 11.6.10.1 General 11.6.10.2 Supplicant state machine states |
1386 | 11.6.10.3 Supplicant state machine variables |
1387 | 11.6.11 RSNA Authenticator key management state machine 11.6.11.1 General |
1390 | 11.6.11.2 Authenticator state machine states |
1391 | 11.6.11.3 Authenticator state machine variables |
1393 | 11.6.11.4 Authenticator state machine procedures 11.7 Mapping EAPOL keys to IEEE 802.11 keys 11.7.1 Mapping PTK to TKIP keys 11.7.2 Mapping GTK to TKIP keys 11.7.3 Mapping PTK to CCMP keys |
1394 | 11.7.4 Mapping GTK to CCMP keys 11.7.5 Mapping GTK to WEP-40 keys 11.7.6 Mapping GTK to WEP-104 keys 11.7.7 Mapping IGTK to BIP keys 11.8 Per-frame pseudo-code 11.8.1 WEP frame pseudo-code |
1396 | 11.8.2 RSNA frame pseudo-code 11.8.2.1 General 11.8.2.2 Per-MSDU/Per-A-MSDU Tx pseudo-code |
1397 | 11.8.2.3 Per-MMPDU Tx pseudo-code |
1398 | 11.8.2.4 Per-MPDU Tx pseudo-code |
1399 | 11.8.2.5 Per-MPDU Tx pseudo-code for MMPDU 11.8.2.6 Per-MPDU Rx pseudo-code |
1400 | 11.8.2.7 Per-MPDU Rx pseudo-code for an MMPDU |
1403 | 11.8.2.8 Per-MSDU/Per-A-MSDU Rx pseudo-code |
1404 | 11.8.2.9 Per-MMPDU Rx pseudo-code |
1405 | 11.9 Authenticated mesh peering exchange (AMPE) |
1406 | 12. Fast BSS transition 12.1 Overview 12.2 Key holders 12.2.1 Introduction |
1407 | 12.2.2 Authenticator key holders |
1408 | 12.2.3 Supplicant key holders 12.3 Capability and policy advertisement |
1409 | 12.4 FT initial mobility domain association 12.4.1 Overview 12.4.2 FT initial mobility domain association in an RSN |
1412 | 12.4.3 FT initial mobility domain association in a non-RSN |
1413 | 12.5 FT Protocol 12.5.1 Overview 12.5.2 Over-the-air FT Protocol authentication in an RSN |
1414 | 12.5.3 Over-the-DS FT Protocol authentication in an RSN |
1417 | 12.5.4 Over-the-air FT Protocol authentication in a non-RSN |
1418 | 12.5.5 Over-the-DS FT Protocol authentication in a non-RSN |
1419 | 12.6 FT Resource Request Protocol 12.6.1 Overview 12.6.2 Over-the-air fast BSS transition with resource request |
1421 | 12.6.3 Over-the-DS fast BSS transition with resource request |
1423 | 12.7 FT reassociation 12.7.1 FT reassociation in an RSN |
1425 | 12.7.2 FT reassociation in a non-RSN |
1426 | 12.8 FT authentication sequence 12.8.1 Overview |
1427 | 12.8.2 FT authentication sequence: contents of first message 12.8.3 FT authentication sequence: contents of second message |
1428 | 12.8.4 FT authentication sequence: contents of third message 12.8.5 FT authentication sequence: contents of fourth message |
1430 | 12.9 FT security architecture state machines 12.9.1 Introduction 12.9.2 R0KH state machine 12.9.2.1 General |
1431 | 12.9.2.2 R0KH state machine states |
1432 | 12.9.2.3 R0KH state machine variables 12.9.2.4 R0KH state machine procedures 12.9.3 R1KH state machine 12.9.3.1 General |
1434 | 12.9.3.2 R1KH state machine states |
1435 | 12.9.3.3 R1KH state machine variables |
1436 | 12.9.3.4 R1KH state machine procedures 12.9.4 S0KH state machine 12.9.4.1 General |
1437 | 12.9.4.2 S0KH state machine states 12.9.4.3 S0KH state machine variables 12.9.4.4 S0KH state machine procedures 12.9.5 S1KH state machine 12.9.5.1 General |
1440 | 12.9.5.2 S1KH state machine states |
1441 | 12.9.5.3 S1KH state machine variables 12.9.5.4 S1KH state machine procedures 12.10 Remote request broker (RRB) communication 12.10.1 Overview |
1442 | 12.10.2 Remote request broker (RRB) 12.10.3 Remote Request/Response frame definition |
1443 | 12.11 Resource request procedures 12.11.1 General |
1444 | 12.11.2 Resource information container (RIC) |
1446 | 12.11.3 Creation and handling of a resource request 12.11.3.1 FTO procedures |
1447 | 12.11.3.2 AP procedures |
1450 | 13. MLME mesh procedures 13.1 Mesh STA dependencies 13.2 Mesh discovery 13.2.1 General 13.2.2 Mesh identifier |
1451 | 13.2.3 Mesh profile 13.2.4 Mesh STA configuration 13.2.5 Supplemental information for the mesh discovery |
1452 | 13.2.6 Scanning mesh BSSs 13.2.7 Candidate peer mesh STA 13.2.8 Establishing or becoming a member of a mesh BSS |
1453 | 13.2.9 Establishing mesh peerings |
1454 | 13.3 Mesh peering management (MPM) 13.3.1 General |
1455 | 13.3.2 State variable management 13.3.3 Mesh authentication |
1456 | 13.3.4 Mesh peering instance controller 13.3.4.1 Overview 13.3.4.2 Creating a new mesh peering instance |
1457 | 13.3.4.3 Deleting mesh peering instances 13.3.5 Mesh peering instance selection |
1458 | 13.3.6 Mesh peering open 13.3.6.1 Generating Mesh Peering Open frames 13.3.6.2 Mesh Peering Open frame processing |
1459 | 13.3.7 Mesh peering confirm 13.3.7.1 Generating Mesh Peering Confirm frames 13.3.7.2 Mesh Peering Confirm frame processing 13.3.8 Mesh peering close 13.3.8.1 Generating Mesh Peering Close frames 13.3.8.2 Mesh Peering Close frame processing 13.4 Mesh peering management finite state machine (MPM FSM) 13.4.1 General 13.4.2 States |
1460 | 13.4.3 Events and actions |
1461 | 13.4.4 Timers |
1462 | 13.4.5 State transitions |
1463 | 13.4.6 IDLE state |
1464 | 13.4.7 OPN_SNT state 13.4.8 CNF_RCVD state |
1465 | 13.4.9 OPN_RCVD state |
1466 | 13.4.10 ESTAB state 13.4.11 HOLDING state 13.5 Authenticated mesh peering exchange (AMPE) 13.5.1 Overview |
1467 | 13.5.2 Security capabilities selection 13.5.2.1 Instance Pairwise Cipher Suite selection 13.5.2.2 Group cipher suite selection |
1468 | 13.5.3 Construction and processing AES-SIV-protected Mesh Peering Management frames |
1469 | 13.5.4 Distribution of group transient keys in an MBSS 13.5.5 Mesh Peering Management frames for AMPE 13.5.5.1 General 13.5.5.2 Mesh peering open for AMPE |
1470 | 13.5.5.3 Mesh peering confirm for AMPE 13.5.5.4 Mesh peering close for AMPE |
1471 | 13.5.6 AMPE finite state machine 13.5.6.1 Overview 13.5.6.2 Additional events and actions to MPM FSM |
1472 | 13.5.6.3 State transitions |
1474 | 13.5.7 Keys and key derivation algorithm for the authenticated mesh peering exchange (AMPE) |
1475 | 13.6 Mesh group key handshake 13.6.1 General 13.6.2 Protection on mesh group key handshake frames |
1476 | 13.6.3 Mesh Group Key Inform frame construction and processing |
1477 | 13.6.4 Mesh Group Key Acknowledge frame construction and processing |
1478 | 13.6.5 Mesh group key implementation considerations 13.7 Mesh security 13.8 Mesh path selection and metric framework 13.8.1 General 13.8.2 Extensible path selection framework |
1479 | 13.8.3 Link metric reporting 13.9 Airtime link metric |
1480 | 13.10 Hybrid wireless mesh protocol (HWMP) 13.10.1 General |
1481 | 13.10.2 Terminology |
1483 | 13.10.3 On-demand path selection mode |
1484 | 13.10.4 Proactive tree building mode 13.10.4.1 General 13.10.4.2 Proactive PREQ mechanism 13.10.4.3 Proactive RANN mechanism |
1485 | 13.10.5 Collocated STAs 13.10.6 Parameters for extensible path selection framework 13.10.7 Addressing of HWMP Mesh Path Selection frame |
1487 | 13.10.8 General rules for processing HWMP elements 13.10.8.1 General 13.10.8.2 HWMP propagation 13.10.8.3 HWMP sequence numbering |
1488 | 13.10.8.4 Forwarding information |
1489 | 13.10.8.5 Repeated attempts at path discovery |
1490 | 13.10.8.6 Limiting the rate of HWMP SN increments 13.10.9 Path request (PREQ) 13.10.9.1 General 13.10.9.2 Function 13.10.9.3 Conditions for generating and sending a PREQ element |
1498 | 13.10.9.4 PREQ element processing |
1500 | 13.10.10 Path reply (PREP) 13.10.10.1 General 13.10.10.2 Function 13.10.10.3 Conditions for generating and sending a PREP element |
1503 | 13.10.10.4 PREP element processing |
1504 | 13.10.11 Path error (PERR) 13.10.11.1 General 13.10.11.2 Function 13.10.11.3 Conditions for generating and sending a PERR element |
1508 | 13.10.11.4 PERR element processing 13.10.12 Root announcement (RANN) 13.10.12.1 General |
1509 | 13.10.12.2 Function 13.10.12.3 Conditions for generating and sending a RANN element |
1510 | 13.10.12.4 RANN element reception |
1511 | 13.10.13 Considerations for support of STAs without mesh functionality 13.11 Interworking with the DS 13.11.1 Overview of interworking between a mesh BSS and a DS |
1512 | 13.11.2 Gate announcement (GANN) 13.11.2.1 General 13.11.2.2 Function 13.11.2.3 Conditions for generating and sending a GANN element |
1513 | 13.11.2.4 GANN element processing |
1514 | 13.11.3 Data forwarding at proxy mesh gates 13.11.3.1 General 13.11.3.2 Forwarding of MSDUs from the MBSS to the DS 13.11.3.3 Forwarding of MSDUs from the DS to the MBSS |
1516 | 13.11.4 Proxy information and proxy update 13.11.4.1 General 13.11.4.2 Proxy information |
1517 | 13.11.4.3 Proxy update (PXU) |
1519 | 13.11.4.4 Proxy update confirmation (PXUC) |
1520 | 13.11.5 Mesh STA collocation 13.12 Intra-mesh congestion control 13.12.1 General 13.12.2 Congestion control signaling protocol |
1521 | 13.13 Synchronization and beaconing in MBSSs 13.13.1 TSF for MBSSs 13.13.2 Extensible synchronization framework 13.13.2.1 General 13.13.2.2 Neighbor offset synchronization method |
1524 | 13.13.3 Beaconing 13.13.3.1 Beacon generation in MBSSs 13.13.3.2 Beacon reception for mesh STA 13.13.4 Mesh beacon collision avoidance (MBCA) 13.13.4.1 Overview |
1525 | 13.13.4.2 Beacon timing advertisement |
1528 | 13.13.4.3 TBTT selection 13.13.4.4 TBTT adjustment |
1530 | 13.13.4.5 Frame transmission across reported TBTT 13.13.4.6 Delayed beacon transmissions 13.14 Power save in a mesh BSS 13.14.1 General |
1531 | 13.14.2 Mesh power modes 13.14.2.1 General 13.14.2.2 Peer-specific mesh power modes |
1532 | 13.14.2.3 Nonpeer mesh power modes 13.14.3 Mesh power mode indications and transitions 13.14.3.1 General |
1533 | 13.14.3.2 Transition to a higher activity level 13.14.3.3 Transition to a lower activity level 13.14.4 TIM transmissions in an MBSS 13.14.5 TIM types |
1534 | 13.14.6 Mesh awake window 13.14.7 Power save support |
1535 | 13.14.8 Operation in peer-specific and nonpeer mesh power modes 13.14.8.1 General 13.14.8.2 Operation in active mode 13.14.8.3 Operation in deep sleep mode for nonpeer mesh STAs |
1536 | 13.14.8.4 Operation in light sleep mode for a mesh peering 13.14.8.5 Operation in deep sleep mode for a mesh peering 13.14.8.6 Conditions for Doze state |
1537 | 13.14.9 Mesh peer service periods 13.14.9.1 General 13.14.9.2 Initiation of a mesh peer service period |
1538 | 13.14.9.3 Operation during a mesh peer service period 13.14.9.4 Termination of a mesh peer service period |
1539 | 13.14.10 MCCA use by power saving mesh STA |
1540 | 14. Frequency-Hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) PHY specification for the 2.4 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band 14.1 Status of the Frequency Hopping PHY 14.2 Overview 14.2.1 Overview of FHSS PHY 14.2.2 FHSS PHY functions 14.2.2.1 General 14.2.2.2 PLCP sublayer 14.2.2.3 PLME 14.2.2.4 PMD sublayer |
1541 | 14.2.3 Service specification method and notation 14.3 FHSS PHY-specific service parameter lists 14.3.1 Overview 14.3.2 TXVECTOR parameters 14.3.2.1 General 14.3.2.2 TXVECTOR LENGTH |
1542 | 14.3.2.3 TXVECTOR DATARATE 14.3.3 RXVECTOR parameters 14.3.3.1 General 14.3.3.2 TRXVECTOR LENGTH 14.3.3.3 RXVECTOR RSSI 14.4 FHSS PLCP sublayer 14.4.1 Overview 14.4.2 State diagram notation |
1544 | 14.4.3 PLCP frame format 14.4.3.1 General 14.4.3.2 PLCP Preamble field 14.4.3.3 PLCP Header field |
1545 | 14.4.3.4 PLCP data whitener |
1546 | 14.4.4 PLCP state machines 14.4.4.1 General 14.4.4.2 Transmit PLCP |
1550 | 14.4.4.3 CS/CCA procedure |
1553 | 14.4.4.4 Receive PLCP |
1556 | 14.5 PLME SAP layer management 14.5.1 Overview 14.5.2 FH PHY specific MLME procedures 14.5.2.1 Overview 14.5.2.2 FH synchronization 14.5.3 FH PLME state machines 14.5.3.1 Overview 14.5.3.2 PLME state machine |
1558 | 14.5.3.3 PLME management primitives |
1559 | 14.6 FHSS PMD sublayer services 14.6.1 Scope and field of application 14.6.2 Overview of services 14.6.3 Overview of interactions 14.6.4 Basic service and options 14.6.4.1 General 14.6.4.2 PMD_SAP peer-to-peer service primitives |
1560 | 14.6.4.3 PMD_SAP sublayer-to-sublayer service primitives 14.6.4.4 PMD_SAP service primitives parameters 14.6.5 PMD_SAP detailed service specification 14.6.5.1 Introduction 14.6.5.2 PMD_DATA.request |
1561 | 14.6.5.3 PMD_DATA.indication 14.6.5.4 PMD_TXRX.request |
1562 | 14.6.5.5 PMD_PA_RAMP.request 14.6.5.6 PMD_ANTSEL.request |
1563 | 14.6.5.7 PMD_TXPWRLVL.request |
1564 | 14.6.5.8 PMD_FREQ.request 14.6.5.9 PMD_RSSI.indication |
1565 | 14.6.5.10 PMD_PWRMGMT.request 14.7 FHSS PMD sublayer, 1.0 Mb/s 14.7.1 1 Mb/s PMD operating specifications, general 14.7.2 Regulatory requirements |
1566 | 14.7.3 Operating frequency range 14.7.4 Number of operating channels 14.7.5 Operating channel center frequency |
1569 | 14.7.6 Occupied channel bandwidth 14.7.7 Minimum hop rate 14.7.8 Hop sequences |
1571 | 14.7.9 Unwanted emissions 14.7.10 Modulation |
1573 | 14.7.11 Channel data rate 14.7.12 Channel switching/settling time 14.7.13 Receive to transmit switch time 14.7.14 PMD transmit specifications 14.7.14.1 Introduction 14.7.14.2 Nominal transmit power 14.7.14.3 Transmit power levels 14.7.14.4 Transmit power level control 14.7.14.5 Transmit spectrum shape |
1574 | 14.7.14.6 Transmit center frequency tolerance 14.7.14.7 Transmitter ramp periods 14.7.15 PMD receiver specifications 14.7.15.1 Introduction 14.7.15.2 Input signal range 14.7.15.3 Receive center frequency acceptance range 14.7.15.4 CCA power threshold |
1575 | 14.7.15.5 Receiver sensitivity 14.7.15.6 Intermodulation 14.7.15.7 Desensitization (Dp) 14.7.15.8 Receiver radiation |
1576 | 14.8 FHSS PMD sublayer, 2.0 Mb/s 14.8.1 Overview 14.8.2 4GFSK modulation |
1577 | 14.8.3 Frame structure for HS FHSS PHY 14.8.4 Channel data rate |
1578 | 14.8.5 Input dynamic range 14.8.6 Receiver sensitivity 14.8.7 IMp 14.8.8 Dp 14.9 FHSS PHY MIB 14.9.1 FH PHY attributes |
1580 | 14.9.2 FH PHY attribute definitions 14.9.2.1 dot11PHYType 14.9.2.2 dot11RegDomainsImplementedValue |
1581 | 14.9.2.3 dot11CurrentRegDomain 14.9.2.4 dot11CurrentPowerState 14.9.2.5 dot11SupportedDataRatesTX 14.9.2.6 dot11SupportedDataRatesRX 14.9.2.7 aMPDUMaxLength |
1582 | 14.9.2.8 dot11TxAntennaImplemented 14.9.2.9 dot11CurrentTxAntenna 14.9.2.10 dot11RxAntennaImplemented |
1583 | 14.9.2.11 dot11DiversitySupportImplemented 14.9.2.12 dot11DiversitySelectionRxImplemented 14.9.2.13 dot11NumberSupportedPowerLevelsImplemented 14.9.2.14 dot11TxPowerLevel1-8 |
1584 | 14.9.2.15 dot11CurrentTxPowerLevel 14.9.2.16 dot11HopTime 14.9.2.17 dot11CurrentChannelNumber 14.9.2.18 dot11MaxDwellTime 14.9.2.19 dot11CurrentSet 14.9.2.20 dot11CurrentPattern |
1585 | 14.9.2.21 dot11CurrentIndex 14.9.2.22 dot11CurrentPowerState 14.10 FH PHY characteristics |
1587 | 15. Infrared (IR) PHY specification 15.1 Status of the Infrared PHY 15.2 Overview 15.2.1 General |
1588 | 15.2.2 Scope 15.2.3 IR PHY functions 15.2.3.1 General 15.2.3.2 PLCP sublayer 15.2.3.3 PMD sublayer 15.2.3.4 PLME 15.2.4 Service specification method and notation |
1589 | 15.3 IR PLCP sublayer 15.3.1 General 15.3.2 Overview 15.3.3 PLCP frame format 15.3.4 PLCP modulation and rate change |
1590 | 15.3.5 PLCP field definitions 15.3.5.1 PLCP SYNC field 15.3.5.2 PLCP SFD field 15.3.5.3 PLCP DR field 15.3.5.4 PLCP DCLA field |
1591 | 15.3.5.5 PLCP LENGTH field 15.3.5.6 PLCP CRC field 15.3.5.7 PSDU field 15.3.6 PLCPs 15.3.6.1 Transmit PLCP |
1592 | 15.3.6.2 Receive PLCP 15.3.6.3 CCA procedure 15.3.6.4 PMD_SAP peer-to-peer service primitive parameters |
1593 | 15.4 IR PMD sublayer 15.4.1 General 15.4.2 Overview 15.4.3 PMD operating specifications, general 15.4.3.1 General 15.4.3.2 Modulation and channel data rates |
1594 | 15.4.3.3 Octet partition and PPM symbol generation procedure 15.4.3.4 Operating environment |
1595 | 15.4.4 PMD transmit specifications 15.4.4.1 Introduction 15.4.4.2 Transmitted peak optical power 15.4.4.3 Basic pulse shape and parameters |
1596 | 15.4.4.4 Emitter radiation pattern mask |
1598 | 15.4.4.5 Optical emitter peak wavelength 15.4.4.6 Transmit spectrum mask 15.4.5 PMD receiver specifications 15.4.5.1 Introduction 15.4.5.2 Receiver sensitivity |
1599 | 15.4.5.3 Receiver dynamic range 15.4.5.4 Receiver field of view (FOV) 15.4.6 ED, CS, and CCA definitions 15.4.6.1 ED signal 15.4.6.2 CS signal |
1600 | 15.4.6.3 CCA 15.4.6.4 CHNL_ID 15.5 PHY attributes |
1602 | 16. DSSS PHY specification for the 2.4 GHz band designated for ISM applications 16.1 Overview 16.1.1 General 16.1.2 Scope 16.1.3 DSSS PHY functions 16.1.3.1 General 16.1.3.2 PLCP sublayer 16.1.3.3 PMD sublayer 16.1.3.4 PLME |
1603 | 16.1.4 Service specification method and notation 16.2 DSSS PLCP sublayer 16.2.1 Overview 16.2.2 PLCP frame format 16.2.3 PLCP field definitions 16.2.3.1 General 16.2.3.2 PLCP SYNC field |
1604 | 16.2.3.3 PLCP SFD 16.2.3.4 PLCP IEEE 802.11 SIGNAL field 16.2.3.5 PLCP IEEE 802.11 SERVICE field 16.2.3.6 PLCP LENGTH field 16.2.3.7 PLCP CRC field |
1606 | 16.2.4 PLCP/DSSS PHY data scrambler and descrambler 16.2.5 PLCP data modulation and modulation rate change 16.2.6 Transmit PLCP |
1608 | 16.2.7 Receive PLCP |
1611 | 16.3 DSSS PLME 16.3.1 PLME_SAP sublayer management primitives 16.3.2 DSSS PHY MIB |
1612 | 16.3.3 DS PHY characteristics |
1613 | 16.4 DSSS PMD sublayer 16.4.1 Scope and field of application 16.4.2 Overview of service |
1614 | 16.4.3 Overview of interactions 16.4.4 Basic service and options 16.4.4.1 General 16.4.4.2 PMD_SAP peer-to-peer service primitives 16.4.4.3 PMD_SAP peer-to-peer service primitive parameters |
1616 | 16.4.4.4 PMD_SAP sublayer-to-sublayer service primitives 16.4.4.5 PMD_SAP service primitive parameters |
1617 | 16.4.5 PMD_SAP detailed service specification 16.4.5.1 Introduction 16.4.5.2 PMD_DATA.request 16.4.5.3 PMD_DATA.indication |
1618 | 16.4.5.4 PMD_TXSTART.request 16.4.5.5 PMD_TXEND.request 16.4.5.6 PMD_ANTSEL.request |
1619 | 16.4.5.7 PMD_ANTSEL.indication 16.4.5.8 PMD_TXPWRLVL.request |
1620 | 16.4.5.9 PMD_RATE.request |
1621 | 16.4.5.10 PMD_RATE.indication 16.4.5.11 PMD_RSSI.indication |
1622 | 16.4.5.12 PMD_SQ.indication 16.4.5.13 PMD_CS.indication |
1623 | 16.4.5.14 PMD_ED.indication 16.4.5.15 PMD_ED.request |
1624 | 16.4.5.16 PHY-CCA.indication 16.4.5.17 PMD_RCPI.indication |
1625 | 16.4.6 PMD operating specifications, general 16.4.6.1 General 16.4.6.2 Operating frequency range 16.4.6.3 Channel Numbering of operating channels |
1626 | 16.4.6.4 Spreading sequence 16.4.6.5 Modulation and channel data rates 16.4.6.6 Transmit and receive in-band and out-of-band spurious emissions 16.4.6.7 TX-to-RX turnaround time |
1627 | 16.4.6.8 RX-to-TX turnaround time 16.4.6.9 Slot time 16.4.6.10 Transmit and receive antenna port impedance 16.4.7 PMD transmit specifications 16.4.7.1 Introduction 16.4.7.2 Transmit power levels 16.4.7.3 Minimum transmitted power level 16.4.7.4 Transmit power level control 16.4.7.5 Transmit spectrum mask |
1628 | 16.4.7.6 Transmit center frequency tolerance 16.4.7.7 Chip clock frequency tolerance 16.4.7.8 Transmit power-on and power-down ramp |
1629 | 16.4.7.9 RF carrier suppression 16.4.7.10 Transmit modulation accuracy |
1631 | 16.4.7.11 Time of Departure accuracy |
1632 | 16.4.8 PMD receiver specifications 16.4.8.1 Introduction 16.4.8.2 Receiver minimum input level sensitivity 16.4.8.3 Receiver maximum input level 16.4.8.4 Receiver adjacent channel rejection 16.4.8.5 CCA |
1633 | 16.4.8.6 Received Channel Power Indicator Measurement |
1634 | 17. High Rate direct sequence spread spectrum (HR/DSSS) PHY specification 17.1 Overview 17.1.1 General 17.1.2 Scope |
1635 | 17.1.3 High Rate PHY functions 17.1.3.1 General 17.1.3.2 PLCP sublayer 17.1.3.3 PMD sublayer 17.1.3.4 PLME 17.1.4 Service specification method and notation 17.2 High Rate PLCP sublayer 17.2.1 Overview |
1636 | 17.2.2 PPDU format 17.2.2.1 General 17.2.2.2 Long PPDU format 17.2.2.3 Short PPDU format |
1637 | 17.2.3 PPDU field definitions 17.2.3.1 General 17.2.3.2 Long PLCP SYNC field 17.2.3.3 Long PLCP SFD 17.2.3.4 Long PLCP SIGNAL field |
1638 | 17.2.3.5 Long PLCP SERVICE field 17.2.3.6 Long PLCP LENGTH field |
1640 | 17.2.3.7 PLCP CRC (CRC-16) field |
1642 | 17.2.3.8 Long PLCP data modulation and modulation rate change 17.2.3.9 Short PLCP synchronization (shortSYNC) 17.2.3.10 Short PLCP SFD field (shortSFD) |
1643 | 17.2.3.11 Short PLCP SIGNAL field (shortSIGNAL) 17.2.3.12 Short PLCP SERVICE field (shortSERVICE) 17.2.3.13 Short PLCP LENGTH field (shortLENGTH) 17.2.3.14 Short CRC-16 field (shortCRC) 17.2.3.15 Short PLCP data modulation and modulation rate change 17.2.4 PLCP/High Rate PHY data scrambler and descrambler |
1644 | 17.2.5 Transmit PLCP |
1646 | 17.2.6 Receive PLCP |
1649 | 17.3 High Rate PLME 17.3.1 PLME_SAP sublayer management primitives 17.3.2 High Rate PHY MIB |
1650 | 17.3.3 DS PHY characteristics |
1651 | 17.3.4 High Rate TXTIME calculation 17.3.5 Vector descriptions |
1652 | 17.4 High Rate PMD sublayer 17.4.1 Scope and field of application |
1653 | 17.4.2 Overview of service 17.4.3 Overview of interactions 17.4.4 Basic service and options 17.4.4.1 General 17.4.4.2 PMD_SAP peer-to-peer service primitives |
1654 | 17.4.4.3 PMD_SAP sublayer-to-sublayer service primitives 17.4.5 PMD_SAP detailed service specification 17.4.5.1 Introduction 17.4.5.2 PMD_DATA.request |
1655 | 17.4.5.3 PMD_DATA.indication 17.4.5.4 PMD_MODULATION.request |
1656 | 17.4.5.5 PMD_PREAMBLE.request |
1657 | 17.4.5.6 PMD_PREAMBLE.indication 17.4.5.7 PMD_TXSTART.request |
1658 | 17.4.5.8 PMD_TXEND.request 17.4.5.9 PMD_ANTSEL.request 17.4.5.10 PMD_TXPWRLVL.request |
1659 | 17.4.5.11 PMD_RATE.request |
1660 | 17.4.5.12 PMD_RSSI.indication 17.4.5.13 PMD_SQ.indication |
1661 | 17.4.5.14 PMD_CS.indication |
1662 | 17.4.5.15 PMD_ED.indication 17.4.5.16 PMD_ED.request |
1663 | 17.4.5.17 PMD_RCPI.indication 17.4.6 PMD operating specifications, general 17.4.6.1 General |
1664 | 17.4.6.2 Operating frequency range 17.4.6.3 Channel Numbering of operating channels 17.4.6.4 Modulation and channel data rates |
1665 | 17.4.6.5 Spreading sequence and modulation for 1 Mb/s and 2 Mb/s 17.4.6.6 Spreading sequences and modulation for CCK modulation at 5.5 Mb/s and 11 Mb/s |
1667 | 17.4.6.7 DSSS/PBCC data modulation and modulation rate (optional) |
1670 | 17.4.6.8 Channel Agility (optional) |
1673 | 17.4.6.9 Transmit and receive in-band and out-of-band spurious emissions 17.4.6.10 TX-to-RX turnaround time 17.4.6.11 RX-to-TX turnaround time 17.4.6.12 Slot time 17.4.6.13 Channel switching/settling time 17.4.6.14 Transmit and receive antenna port impedance 17.4.7 PMD transmit specifications 17.4.7.1 Introduction 17.4.7.2 Transmit power levels |
1674 | 17.4.7.3 Transmit power level control 17.4.7.4 Transmit spectrum mask 17.4.7.5 Transmit center frequency tolerance 17.4.7.6 Chip clock frequency tolerance |
1675 | 17.4.7.7 Transmit power-on and power-down ramp 17.4.7.8 RF carrier suppression |
1676 | 17.4.7.9 Transmit modulation accuracy |
1678 | 17.4.7.10 Time of Departure accuracy 17.4.8 PMD receiver specifications 17.4.8.1 Introduction 17.4.8.2 Receiver minimum input level sensitivity 17.4.8.3 Receiver maximum input level |
1679 | 17.4.8.4 Receiver adjacent channel rejection 17.4.8.5 CCA |
1680 | 17.4.8.6 Received Channel Power Indicator Measurement |
1681 | 18. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) PHY specification 18.1 Introduction 18.1.1 General 18.1.2 Scope 18.1.3 OFDM PHY functions 18.1.3.1 General 18.1.3.2 PLCP sublayer |
1682 | 18.1.3.3 PMD sublayer 18.1.3.4 PLME 18.1.3.5 Service specification method 18.2 OFDM PHY specific service parameter list 18.2.1 Introduction 18.2.2 TXVECTOR parameters 18.2.2.1 General 18.2.2.2 TXVECTOR LENGTH 18.2.2.3 TXVECTOR DATARATE |
1683 | 18.2.2.4 TXVECTOR SERVICE 18.2.2.5 TXVECTOR TXPWR_LEVEL 18.2.2.6 TIME_OF_DEPARTURE_REQUESTED 18.2.3 RXVECTOR parameters 18.2.3.1 General |
1684 | 18.2.3.2 RXVECTOR LENGTH 18.2.3.3 RXVECTOR RSSI |
1685 | 18.2.3.4 DATARATE 18.2.3.5 SERVICE 18.2.3.6 RXVECTOR RCPI 18.2.4 TXSTATUS parameters 18.2.4.1 General 18.2.4.2 TXSTATUS TIME_OF_DEPARTURE |
1686 | 18.2.4.3 TXSTATUS TIME_OF_DEPARTURE_ClockRate 18.3 OFDM PLCP sublayer 18.3.1 Introduction 18.3.2 PLCP frame format 18.3.2.1 General 18.3.2.2 Overview of the PPDU encoding process |
1688 | 18.3.2.3 Modulation-dependent parameters 18.3.2.4 Timing related parameters |
1689 | 18.3.2.5 Mathematical conventions in the signal descriptions |
1691 | 18.3.2.6 Discrete time implementation considerations 18.3.3 PLCP preamble (SYNC) |
1693 | 18.3.4 SIGNAL field 18.3.4.1 General 18.3.4.2 RATE field |
1694 | 18.3.4.3 PLCP LENGTH field 18.3.4.4 Parity (P), Reserved (R), and SIGNAL TAIL fields 18.3.5 DATA field 18.3.5.1 General 18.3.5.2 SERVICE field 18.3.5.3 PPDU TAIL field 18.3.5.4 Pad bits (PAD) |
1695 | 18.3.5.5 PLCP DATA scrambler and descrambler 18.3.5.6 Convolutional encoder |
1696 | 18.3.5.7 Data interleaving |
1698 | 18.3.5.8 Subcarrier modulation mapping |
1701 | 18.3.5.9 Pilot subcarriers 18.3.5.10 OFDM modulation |
1702 | 18.3.6 CCA 18.3.7 PLCP data modulation and modulation rate change |
1703 | 18.3.8 PMD operating specifications (general) 18.3.8.1 General 18.3.8.2 Outline description |
1704 | 18.3.8.3 Regulatory requirements 18.3.8.4 Operating channel frequencies |
1705 | 18.3.8.5 Transmit and receive in-band and out-of-band spurious emissions 18.3.8.6 TX RF delay 18.3.8.7 Slot time 18.3.8.8 Transmit and receive antenna port impedance 18.3.9 PMD transmit specifications 18.3.9.1 General 18.3.9.2 Transmit power levels 18.3.9.3 Transmit spectrum mask |
1706 | 18.3.9.4 Transmission spurious |
1707 | 18.3.9.5 Transmit center frequency tolerance 18.3.9.6 Symbol clock frequency tolerance 18.3.9.7 Modulation accuracy |
1708 | 18.3.9.8 Transmit modulation accuracy test |
1709 | 18.3.9.9 Time of Departure accuracy |
1710 | 18.3.10 PMD receiver specifications 18.3.10.1 Introduction 18.3.10.2 Receiver minimum input sensitivity |
1711 | 18.3.10.3 Adjacent channel rejection 18.3.10.4 Nonadjacent channel rejection |
1712 | 18.3.10.5 Receiver maximum input level 18.3.10.6 CCA requirements 18.3.10.7 Received Channel Power Indicator Measurement |
1713 | 18.3.11 Transmit PLCP |
1716 | 18.3.12 Receive PLCP |
1717 | 18.4 OFDM PLME 18.4.1 PLME_SAP sublayer management primitives |
1718 | 18.4.2 OFDM PHY MIB |
1720 | 18.4.3 OFDM TXTIME calculation 18.4.4 OFDM PHY characteristics |
1722 | 18.5 OFDM PMD sublayer 18.5.1 Scope and field of application 18.5.2 Overview of service 18.5.3 Overview of interactions 18.5.4 Basic service and options 18.5.4.1 General 18.5.4.2 PMD_SAP peer-to-peer service primitives |
1723 | 18.5.4.3 PMD_SAP sublayer-to-sublayer service primitives 18.5.4.4 PMD_SAP service primitive parameters |
1724 | 18.5.5 PMD_SAP detailed service specification 18.5.5.1 Introduction 18.5.5.2 PMD_DATA.request 18.5.5.3 PMD_DATA.indication |
1725 | 18.5.5.4 PMD_TXSTART.request 18.5.5.5 PMD_TXEND.request |
1726 | 18.5.5.6 PMD_TXPWRLVL.request 18.5.5.7 PMD_RATE.request |
1727 | 18.5.5.8 PMD_RSSI.indication 18.5.5.9 PMD_RCPI.indication |
1729 | 19. Extended Rate PHY (ERP) specification 19.1 Overview 19.1.1 General 19.1.2 Introduction 19.1.3 Operational modes |
1730 | 19.1.4 Scope 19.1.5 ERP functions |
1731 | 19.2 PHY-specific service parameter list |
1733 | 19.3 Extended Rate PLCP sublayer 19.3.1 Introduction 19.3.2 PPDU format 19.3.2.1 General |
1734 | 19.3.2.2 Long preamble PPDU format |
1736 | 19.3.2.3 Short preamble PPDU format 19.3.2.4 ERP-OFDM PPDU format 19.3.2.5 DSSS-OFDM long preamble PPDU format |
1737 | 19.3.2.6 DSSS-OFDM PLCP length field calculation |
1738 | 19.3.2.7 Short DSSS-OFDM PLCP PPDU format 19.3.3 PLCP data modulation and rate change 19.3.3.1 Long and short preamble formats |
1739 | 19.3.3.2 ERP-PBCC 22 Mb/s and 33 Mb/s formats |
1741 | 19.3.3.3 ERP-OFDM format 19.3.3.4 Long and short DSSS-OFDM PLCP format |
1742 | 19.3.4 PLCP transmit procedure 19.3.5 CCA 19.3.6 PLCP receive procedure |
1743 | 19.4 ERP PMD operating specifications (general) 19.4.1 Introduction 19.4.2 Regulatory requirements 19.4.3 Operating channel frequencies 19.4.4 Transmit and receive in-band and out-of-band spurious emissions 19.4.5 Slot time 19.4.6 SIFS value 19.4.7 CCA performance |
1744 | 19.4.8 PMD transmit specifications 19.4.8.1 General 19.4.8.2 Transmit power levels 19.4.8.3 Transmit center frequency tolerance 19.4.8.4 Symbol clock frequency tolerance 19.4.8.5 Time of Departure accuracy |
1745 | 19.5 ERP operation specifications 19.5.1 General 19.5.2 Receiver minimum input level sensitivity 19.5.3 Adjacent channel rejection 19.5.4 Receive maximum input level capability 19.5.5 Transmit spectral mask 19.6 ERP-PBCC operation specifications 19.6.1 General |
1746 | 19.6.2 Receiver minimum input level sensitivity 19.6.3 Receiver adjacent channel rejection 19.7 DSSS-OFDM operation specifications 19.7.1 General 19.7.2 Overview 19.7.3 Single carrier to multicarrier transition requirements 19.7.3.1 General |
1747 | 19.7.3.2 Spectral binding requirement |
1753 | 19.7.3.3 Sample-power matching requirement 19.7.3.4 Transition time alignment |
1755 | 19.7.3.5 Single carrier termination 19.7.3.6 Transition carrier frequency requirement |
1756 | 19.7.3.7 Transition carrier phase requirement |
1757 | 19.7.3.8 Transmit modulation accuracy requirement 19.8 ERP PLME 19.8.1 PLME SAP 19.8.2 MIB |
1759 | 19.8.3 TXTIME 19.8.3.1 General 19.8.3.2 ERP-OFDM TXTIME calculations |
1760 | 19.8.3.3 ERP-PBCC TXTIME calculations 19.8.3.4 DSSS-OFDM TXTIME calculations |
1761 | 19.8.4 ERP-OFDM PLCP PSDU definition |
1762 | 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 General 19.9.4.2 PMD_SAP peer-to-peer service primitives |
1763 | 19.9.4.3 PMD_SAP sublayer-to-sublayer service primitives 19.9.4.4 PMD_SAP service primitive parameters |
1765 | 19.9.5 PMD_SAP detailed service specification 19.9.5.1 Introduction 19.9.5.2 PMD_DATA.request 19.9.5.3 PMD_DATA.indication 19.9.5.4 PMD_MODULATION.request 19.9.5.5 PMD_PREAMBLE.request |
1766 | 19.9.5.6 PMD_TXSTART.request 19.9.5.7 PMD_TXEND.request 19.9.5.8 PMD_ANTSEL.request 19.9.5.9 PMD_TXPRWLVL.request 19.9.5.10 PMD_RATE.request 19.9.5.11 PMD_RSSI.indication 19.9.5.12 PMD_SQ.indication 19.9.5.13 PMD_CS.indication 19.9.5.14 PMD_ED.indication 19.9.5.15 PMD_RCPI.indication |
1767 | 20. High Throughput (HT) PHY specification 20.1 Introduction 20.1.1 Introduction to the HT PHY 20.1.2 Scope 20.1.3 HT PHY functions 20.1.3.1 General |
1768 | 20.1.3.2 HT PLCP sublayer 20.1.3.3 HT PMD sublayer 20.1.3.4 PHY management entity (PLME) 20.1.3.5 Service specification method 20.1.4 PPDU formats |
1769 | 20.2 HT PHY service interface 20.2.1 Introduction 20.2.2 TXVECTOR and RXVECTOR parameters |
1776 | 20.2.3 Effect of CH_BANDWIDTH, CH_OFFSET, and MCS parameters on PPDU format |
1777 | 20.2.4 Support for NON_HT formats |
1779 | 20.2.5 TXSTATUS parameters 20.3 HT PLCP sublayer 20.3.1 Introduction 20.3.2 PPDU format |
1781 | 20.3.3 Transmitter block diagram |
1782 | 20.3.4 Overview of the PPDU encoding process |
1786 | 20.3.5 Modulation and coding scheme (MCS) |
1787 | 20.3.6 Timing-related parameters |
1789 | 20.3.7 Mathematical description of signals |
1791 | 20.3.8 Transmission in the upper/lower 20 MHz of a 40 MHz channel |
1792 | 20.3.9 HT preamble 20.3.9.1 Introduction 20.3.9.2 HT-mixed format preamble 20.3.9.3 Non-HT portion of the HT-mixed format preamble |
1796 | 20.3.9.4 HT portion of HT-mixed format preamble |
1805 | 20.3.9.5 HT-greenfield format preamble |
1808 | 20.3.10 Transmission of NON_HT format PPDUs with more than one antenna 20.3.11 Data field 20.3.11.1 General 20.3.11.2 SERVICE field 20.3.11.3 Scrambler |
1809 | 20.3.11.4 Coding 20.3.11.5 Encoder parsing operation for two BCC FEC encoders 20.3.11.6 Binary convolutional coding and puncturing 20.3.11.7 LDPC codes |
1814 | 20.3.11.8 Data interleaver |
1816 | 20.3.11.9 Constellation mapping |
1818 | 20.3.11.10 Pilot subcarriers |
1820 | 20.3.11.11 OFDM modulation |
1824 | 20.3.11.12 Non-HT duplicate transmission |
1825 | 20.3.12 Beamforming 20.3.12.1 General |
1826 | 20.3.12.2 Implicit feedback beamforming |
1828 | 20.3.12.3 Explicit feedback beamforming |
1833 | 20.3.13 HT Preamble format for sounding PPDUs 20.3.13.1 General 20.3.13.2 Sounding with a NDP |
1834 | 20.3.13.3 Sounding PPDU for calibration 20.3.13.4 Sounding PPDU for channel quality assessment |
1835 | 20.3.14 Regulatory requirements 20.3.15 Channel numbering and channelization 20.3.15.1 General 20.3.15.2 Channel allocation in the 2.4 GHz Band |
1836 | 20.3.15.3 Channel allocation in the 5 GHz band 20.3.15.4 40 MHz channelization 20.3.16 Transmit and receive in-band and out-of-band spurious transmissions 20.3.17 Transmitter RF delay 20.3.18 Slot time 20.3.19 Transmit and receive port impedance |
1837 | 20.3.20 PMD transmit specification 20.3.20.1 Transmit spectrum mask |
1839 | 20.3.20.2 Spectral flatness 20.3.20.3 Transmit power 20.3.20.4 Transmit center frequency tolerance 20.3.20.5 Packet alignment |
1840 | 20.3.20.6 Symbol clock frequency tolerance 20.3.20.7 Modulation accuracy |
1842 | 20.3.20.8 Time of Departure accuracy 20.3.21 HT PMD receiver specification 20.3.21.1 Receiver minimum input sensitivity |
1843 | 20.3.21.2 Adjacent channel rejection 20.3.21.3 Nonadjacent channel rejection |
1844 | 20.3.21.4 Receiver maximum input level 20.3.21.5 CCA sensitivity |
1845 | 20.3.21.6 Received channel power indicator (RCPI) measurement 20.3.21.7 Reduced interframe space (RIFS) |
1846 | 20.3.22 PLCP transmit procedure |
1848 | 20.3.23 PLCP receive procedure |
1853 | 20.4 HT PLME 20.4.1 PLME_SAP sublayer management primitives |
1854 | 20.4.2 PHY MIB |
1858 | 20.4.3 TXTIME calculation |
1859 | 20.4.4 PHY characteristics |
1860 | 20.5 HT PMD sublayer 20.5.1 Scope and field of application 20.5.2 Overview of service |
1861 | 20.5.3 Overview of interactions 20.5.4 Basic service and options 20.5.4.1 Status of service primitives 20.5.4.2 PMD_SAP peer-to-peer service primitives 20.5.4.3 PMD_SAP sublayer-to-sublayer service primitives |
1862 | 20.5.4.4 PMD_SAP service primitive parameters |
1863 | 20.5.5 PMD_SAP detailed service specification 20.5.5.1 Introduction to PMD_SAP service specification 20.5.5.2 PMD_DATA.request 20.5.5.3 PMD_DATA.indication |
1864 | 20.5.5.4 PMD_TXSTART.request 20.5.5.5 PMD_TXEND.request |
1865 | 20.5.5.6 PMD_TXEND.confirm 20.5.5.7 PMD_TXPWRLVL.request |
1866 | 20.5.5.8 PMD_RSSI.indication 20.5.5.9 PMD_RCPI.indication |
1867 | 20.5.5.10 PMD_TX_PARAMETERS.request 20.5.5.11 PMD_CBW_OFFSET.indication |
1868 | 20.5.5.12 PMD_CHAN_MAT.indication 20.5.5.13 PMD_FORMAT.indication |
1869 | 20.6 Parameters for HT MCSs |
1879 | Annex A (informative) Bibliography |
1883 | Annex B (normative) Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma B.1 Introduction B.2 Abbreviations and special symbols B.2.1 Symbols for Status column B.2.2 General abbreviations for Item and Support columns |
1884 | B.3 Instructions for completing the PICS proforma B.3.1 General structure of the PICS proforma |
1885 | B.3.2 Additional information B.3.3 Exception information B.3.4 Conditional status |
1886 | B.4 PICS proforma—IEEE Std 802.11-2012 B.4.1 Implementation identification |
1887 | B.4.2 Protocol summary B.4.3 IUT configuration |
1888 | B.4.4 MAC protocol B.4.4.1 MAC protocol capabilities |
1896 | B.4.4.2 MAC frames |
1897 | B.4.4.3 Frame exchange sequences |
1898 | B.4.4.4 MAC addressing functions B.4.5 Frequency hopping (FH) PHY functions |
1901 | B.4.6 Direct sequence PHY functions |
1904 | B.4.7 IR baseband PHY functions |
1907 | B.4.8 OFDM PHY functions |
1917 | B.4.9 High Rate, direct sequence PHY functions |
1921 | B.4.10 Regulatory Domain Extensions |
1922 | B.4.11 ERP functions |
1926 | B.4.12 Spectrum management extensions |
1928 | B.4.13 Operating Classes extensions B.4.14 QoS base functionality |
1929 | B.4.15 QoS enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) |
1930 | B.4.16 QoS hybrid coordination function (HCF) controlled channel access (HCCA) B.4.17 Radio Management extensions |
1935 | B.4.18 DSE functions |
1936 | B.4.19 High-throughput (HT) features B.4.19.1 HT MAC features |
1939 | B.4.19.2 HT PHY features |
1943 | B.4.20 Tunneled direct-link setup extensions |
1944 | B.4.21 WNM extensions |
1947 | B.4.22 Interworking (IW) with external networks extensions |
1948 | B.4.23 Mesh protocol capabilities B.4.23.1 General mesh support |
1951 | B.4.23.2 HWMP path selection protocol capabilities |
1953 | Annex C (normative) ASN.1 encoding of the MAC and PHY MIB C.1 General C.2 Guidelines for 802.11 MIB Authors/Editors C.3 MIB Detail |
2385 | Annex D (normative) Regulatory references D.1 External regulatory references |
2387 | D.2 Radio performance specifications D.2.1 Transmit and receive in-band and out-of-band spurious emissions D.2.2 Transmit power levels D.2.3 Transmit spectrum mask |
2389 | D.2.4 Transmit Mask M |
2390 | D.2.5 CCA-ED threshold |
2391 | Annex E (normative) Country elements and operating classes E.1 Country information and operating classes |
2400 | E.2 Band-specific operating requirements E.2.1 General E.2.2 3650–3700 MHz in the United States |
2401 | E.2.3 5.9 GHz band in the United States (5.850–5.925 GHz) E.2.4 5.9 GHz band in Europe (5.855–5.925 GHz) |
2402 | Annex F (normative) HT LDPC matrix definitions |
2405 | Annex G (normative) Frame exchange sequences G.1 General |
2407 | G.2 Basic sequences |
2408 | G.3 EDCA and HCCA sequences |
2410 | G.4 HT sequences |
2418 | Annex H (normative) Usage of Ethertype 89-0d |
2419 | Annex I (informative) Hopping sequences |
2432 | Annex J (informative) Formal description of a subset of MAC operation J.1 Status of this annex J.2 Overview |
2435 | J.3 Introduction to the MAC formal description J.3.1 Fundamental assumptions J.3.2 Notation conventions |
2436 | J.3.3 Modeling techniques |
2437 | J.4 Data type and operator definitions for the MAC state machines |
2485 | J.5 State machines for MAC STAs |
2562 | J.6 State machines for MAC AP |
2633 | Annex K (informative) High Rate PHY/FH interoperability K.1 Status of this Annex K.2 General |
2634 | Annex L (informative) Examples of encoding a frame for OFDM PHYs L.1 Example 1 – BCC encoding L.1.1 Introduction |
2635 | L.1.2 The message for the BCC example |
2636 | L.1.3 Generation of the preamble L.1.3.1 Generation of the short sequences |
2639 | L.1.3.2 Generation of the long sequences |
2641 | L.1.4 Generation of the SIGNAL field L.1.4.1 SIGNAL field bit assignment L.1.4.2 Coding the SIGNAL field bits |
2642 | L.1.4.3 Interleaving the SIGNAL field bits L.1.4.4 SIGNAL field frequency domain |
2644 | L.1.4.5 SIGNAL field time domain |
2645 | L.1.5 Generating the DATA bits for the BCC example L.1.5.1 Delineating, SERVICE field prepending, and zero padding |
2646 | L.1.5.2 Scrambling the BCC example |
2649 | L.1.6 Generating the first DATA symbol for the BCC example L.1.6.1 Coding the DATA bits |
2650 | L.1.6.2 Interleaving the DATA bits |
2653 | L.1.6.3 Mapping into symbols |
2654 | L.1.7 Generating the additional DATA symbols L.1.8 The entire packet for the BCC example |
2663 | L.2 Generating encoded DATA bits—LDPC example 1 L.2.1 The message for LDPC example 1 |
2664 | L.2.2 Prepending the SERVICE field for LDPC example 1 |
2666 | L.2.3 Scrambling LDPC example 1 |
2667 | L.2.4 Inserting shortening bits for LDPC example 1 |
2669 | L.2.5 Encoding data for LDPC example 1 |
2672 | L.2.6 Removing shortening bits and puncturing for LDPC example 1 |
2674 | L.3 Generating encoded DATA bits—LDPC example 2 L.3.1 The message for LDPC example 2 |
2676 | L.3.2 Prepending the SERVICE field for LDPC example 2 |
2677 | L.3.3 Scrambling LDPC example 2 |
2679 | L.3.4 Inserting the shortening bits for LDPC example 2 |
2681 | L.3.5 Encoding the data for LDPC example 2 |
2685 | L.3.6 Removing shortening bits and repetition for LDPC example 2 |
2690 | Annex M (informative) RSNA reference implementations and test vectors M.1 TKIP temporal key mixing function reference implementation and test vector M.1.1 TKIP temporal key mixing function reference implementation |
2700 | M.1.2 Test vectors |
2702 | M.2 Michael reference implementation and test vectors M.2.1 Michael test vectors M.2.1.1 Introduction M.2.1.2 Block function M.2.1.3 Michael |
2703 | M.2.2 Sample code for Michael |
2710 | M.3 PRF reference implementation and test vectors M.3.1 PRF reference code |
2711 | M.3.2 PRF test vectors M.4 Suggested pass-phrase-to-PSK mapping M.4.1 Introduction |
2712 | M.4.2 Reference implementation |
2714 | M.4.3 Test vectors M.5 Suggestions for random number generation M.5.1 General M.5.2 Software sampling |
2715 | M.5.3 Hardware-assisted solution |
2716 | M.6 Additional test vectors M.6.1 Notation |
2717 | M.6.2 WEP cryptographic encapsulation |
2718 | M.6.3 TKIP test vector M.6.4 CCMP test vector |
2719 | M.6.5 PRF test vectors |
2721 | M.7 Key hierarchy test vectors for pairwise keys M.7.1 General M.7.2 CCMP pairwise key derivation |
2722 | M.7.3 TKIP pairwise key derivation M.8 Test vectors for AES-128-CMAC M.9 Management frame protection test vectors M.9.1 BIP with broadcast Deauthentication frame |
2723 | M.9.2 CCMP with unicast Deauthentication frame |
2724 | M.10 SAE test vector |
2726 | Annex N (informative) Admission control N.1 Example use of TSPEC for admission control |
2727 | N.2 Recommended practices for contention-based admission control N.2.1 Use of ACM (admission control mandatory) subfield N.2.2 Deriving medium time |
2728 | N.3 Guidelines and reference design for sample scheduler and admission control unit N.3.1 Guidelines for deriving service schedule parameters N.3.2 TSPEC construction |
2730 | N.3.3 Reference design for sample scheduler and admission control unit |
2731 | N.3.3.1 Sample scheduler |
2732 | N.3.3.2 Admission control unit |
2734 | Annex O (informative) An example of encoding a TIM virtual bit map O.1 Introduction O.2 Examples |
2737 | O.3 Sample C code |
2744 | Annex P (informative) Integration function P.1 Introduction P.2 Ethernet V2.0/IEEE 802.3 LAN integration function P.3 Example |
2746 | P.4 Integration service versus bridging |
2747 | Annex Q (informative) AP functional description Q.1 Introduction Q.2 Terminology |
2751 | Q.3 Primary ACM_STA functions Q.4 Primary AP functions |
2753 | Q.5 Primary DS functions Q.6 Primary portal function Q.7 AU example |
2754 | Annex R (informative) DS SAP specification R.1 Introduction |
2755 | R.2 SAP primitives R.2.1 General R.2.2 MSDU transfer R.2.2.1 General R.2.2.2 DS-UNITDATA.request |
2756 | R.2.2.3 DS-UNITDATA.indication R.2.3 Mapping updates R.2.3.1 General R.2.3.2 DS-STA-NOTIFY.request |
2758 | Annex S (informative) Additional HT information S.1 Waveform generator tool S.2 A-MPDU deaggregation |
2760 | S.3 Example of an RD exchange sequence |
2761 | S.4 Illustration of determination of NDP addresses |
2762 | S.5 20/40 MHz BSS establishment and maintenance S.5.1 Signaling 20/40 MHz BSS capability and operation S.5.2 Establishing a 20/40 MHz BSS |
2763 | S.5.3 Monitoring channels for other BSS operation |
2765 | Annex T (informative) Location and Time Difference accuracy test T.1 Location via Time Difference of arrival T.2 Time Difference of departure accuracy test |
2768 | Annex U (informative) Example use of the Destination URI for Event and Diagnostic Reports U.1 Destination URI payload U.2 Use of HTTP (or HTTPS) for Destination URI of Event and Diagnostic Reports |
2770 | Annex V (informative) Interworking with external networks V.1 General V.2 Network discovery and selection V.2.1 General V.2.2 Airport |
2771 | V.2.3 Shopping |
2772 | V.2.4 Sales meeting V.2.5 Museum |
2773 | V.2.6 Emergency call |
2774 | V.2.7 Emergency alert V.3 QoS mapping guidelines for interworking with external networks V.3.1 General |
2775 | V.3.2 Determination of the mapping for a STA V.3.3 Example of QoS mapping from different networks |
2777 | V.4 Interworking and SSPN interface support V.4.1 General |
2778 | V.4.2 SSPN interface parameters |
2779 | V.4.2.1 Non-AP STA MAC V.4.2.2 Non-AP STA user ID V.4.2.3 Non-AP STA interworking capability V.4.2.4 Link layer encryption method |
2780 | V.4.2.5 Authorized priority V.4.2.6 Authorized maximum rate V.4.2.7 Authorized service access type V.4.2.8 Authorized delay V.4.2.9 Authorized service access information |
2781 | V.4.2.10 Non-AP STA transmission count V.4.2.11 Non-AP STA location information V.4.2.12 Non-AP STA State Information V.5 Interworking with external networks and emergency call support V.5.1 General |
2782 | V.5.2 Background on emergency call support over IEEE 802.11 infrastructure V.5.3 System aspects for emergency call support |
2784 | V.5.4 Description of the Expedited Bandwidth Request element V.5.5 Access to emergency services in an RSN |
2785 | V.6 Peer information |
2786 | Annex W (informative) Mesh BSS operation W.1 Clarification of Mesh Data frame format W.2 Operational considerations for interworking W.2.1 Formation and maintenance of the IEEE 802.1D spanning tree W.3 Power save parameters selection W.3.1 General |
2787 | W.3.2 Selecting the mesh power mode based on traffic load W.3.3 Scanning of mesh BSSs W.3.4 Default parameters |
2788 | W.3.5 MSDU forwarding in an MBSS containing mesh STAs in light or deep sleep mode W.3.6 Synchronization maintenance of mesh STAs in deep sleep mode W.4 SIV key wrapping test vector |
2790 | W.5 Airtime link metric usage example W.6 Generation of proactive PREPs in proactive PREQ mechanism of HWMP W.6.1 General |
2791 | W.6.2 Additions to forwarding information W.6.3 Actions when sending data frames as source mesh STA W.6.4 Actions on receipt of proactive PREQ W.6.5 Generation of proactive PREPs |
2792 | W.7 Generation of PREQs in proactive RANN mechanism of HWMP W.7.1 General W.7.2 Additions to forwarding information W.7.3 Actions when sending data frames as source mesh STA W.7.4 Actions on receipt of proactive RANN |
2793 | W.7.5 Actions on receipt of PREP |