Ieee80211ActionFrame

class

8.3.3.13 Action frame format -- mgmt frame with subtype action

Inheritance diagram

The following diagram shows inheritance relationships for this type. Unresolved types are missing from the diagram.

Extends

Name	Type	Description
Ieee80211MgmtHeader	class	Base class for 802.11 management frames (subclasses will add frame body contents)

Known subclasses

Name	Type	Description
Ieee80211AddbaRequest	class	8.5.5.2 ADDBA Request frame format
Ieee80211AddbaResponse	class	8.5.5.3 ADDBA Response frame format
Ieee80211Delba	class	8.5.5.4 DELBA frame format

Fields

Name	Type	Description
type	Ieee80211FrameType	type and subtype
category	short
blockAckAction	uint8_t	TODO: subclasses will add action subfield contents WirelessNetworkManagementAction action; // action TODO: remove it
chunkLength	b
address3	MacAddress
fragmentNumber	short
sequenceNumber	SequenceNumber
transmitterAddress	MacAddress	aka address2 (TA)
toDS	bool
fromDS	bool
moreFragments	bool
retry	bool
powerMgmt	bool	unused
moreData	bool	unused
protectedFrame	bool	unused
order	bool	unused
durationField	simtime_t	"duration" in the Duration/ID field (-1=no duration)
AID	short	"id" (Association ID) in the Duration/ID field (-1=no ID)
receiverAddress	MacAddress	aka address1 (RA)
MACArrive	simtime_t	FIXME remove it, technical data, used inside of MAC module
mutable	bool
complete	bool
correct	bool
properlyRepresented	bool
rawBin	string[]
rawHex	string[]
tags	RegionTagSet::cObjectRegionTag[]

Source code

// 8.3.3.13 Action frame format -- mgmt frame with subtype action
class Ieee80211ActionFrame extends Ieee80211MgmtHeader
{
    type = ST_ACTION;
    short category;
    uint8_t blockAckAction;
    // TODO: subclasses will add action subfield contents
    //WirelessNetworkManagementAction action; // action TODO: remove it
}

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