Packet Ieee80211DataOrMgmtFrame

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

C++ definition

Common base class for 802.11 data and management frames

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Extends:

Name	Type	Description
Ieee80211TwoAddressFrame	packet	Format of a 802.11 frame with address1 and address2 present

Known subclasses:

Name	Type	Description
Ieee80211DataFrame	packet	Format of the 802.11 data frame
Ieee80211ManagementFrame	packet	Base class for 802.11 management frames (subclasses will add frame body contents)

Fields:

Name	Type	Description
byteLength
address3	MACAddress
fragmentNumber	short
sequenceNumber	uint16
transmitterAddress	MACAddress	aka address2
type	short	type and subtype
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:

//
// Common base class for 802.11 data and management frames
//
packet Ieee80211DataOrMgmtFrame extends Ieee80211TwoAddressFrame
{
    byteLength = LENGTH_MGMT / 8;
    MACAddress address3;
    short fragmentNumber;
    uint16 sequenceNumber;
}