Packet Ieee80211ActionFrame

File: src/inet/linklayer/ieee80211/mac/Ieee80211Frame.msg

C++ definition

8.3.3.13 Action frame format -- mgmt frame with subtype action

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Extends:

Name	Type	Description
Ieee80211ManagementFrame	packet	Base class for 802.11 management frames (subclasses will add frame body contents)

Known subclasses:

Name	Type	Description
Ieee80211AddbaRequest	packet	Table 8-203—ADDBA Request frame Action field format -- 736p.
Ieee80211AddbaResponse	packet	(no description)
Ieee80211Delba	packet	8.5.5.4 DELBA frame format

Fields:

Name	Type	Description
type	short	type and subtype
category	short	TODO: subclasses will add action subfield contents short action @enum(WirelessNetworkManagementAction); // action TODO: remove it
byteLength
address3	MACAddress
fragmentNumber	short
sequenceNumber	uint16
transmitterAddress	MACAddress	aka address2
toDS	bool
fromDS	bool
retry	bool
moreFragments	bool
duration	simtime_t	TODO: rename to durationField (levy)
AID	short	"id" (Association ID) in the Duration/ID field (-1=no ID)
receiverAddress	MACAddress	aka address1
MACArrive	simtime_t	FIXME remove it, technical data, used inside of MAC module

Source code:

// 8.3.3.13 Action frame format -- mgmt frame with subtype action
packet Ieee80211ActionFrame extends Ieee80211ManagementFrame
{
    type = ST_ACTION;
    short category;
    // TODO: subclasses will add action subfield contents
    //short action @enum(WirelessNetworkManagementAction); // action TODO: remove it
}