Packet Ieee80211ManagementFrame

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

C++ definition

Base class for 802.11 management frames (subclasses will add frame body contents)

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Extends:

Name	Type	Description
Ieee80211DataOrMgmtFrame	packet	Common base class for 802.11 data and management frames

Known subclasses:

Name	Type	Description
Ieee80211ActionFrame	packet	8.3.3.13 Action frame format -- mgmt frame with subtype action
Ieee80211AssociationRequestFrame	packet	Association request frame format (management frame + body)
Ieee80211AssociationResponseFrame	packet	Association response frame format (management frame + body)
Ieee80211AuthenticationFrame	packet	Authentication frame format (management frame + body)
Ieee80211BeaconFrame	packet	Beacon frame format (management frame + body)
Ieee80211DeauthenticationFrame	packet	De-authentication frame format (management frame + body)
Ieee80211DisassociationFrame	packet	Dis-association frame format (management frame + body) (same as De-authentication)
Ieee80211ProbeRequestFrame	packet	Probe request frame format (management frame + body)
Ieee80211ProbeResponseFrame	packet	Probe response frame format (management frame + body); same as Beacon
Ieee80211ReassociationRequestFrame	packet	Re-association request frame format (management frame + body) (same as association)
Ieee80211ReassociationResponseFrame	packet	Re-association response frame format (management frame + body)

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:

//
// Base class for 802.11 management frames (subclasses will add frame body contents)
//
packet Ieee80211ManagementFrame extends Ieee80211DataOrMgmtFrame
{
}