Used in 802.11 infrastructure mode: handles management frames for a station (STA).

Relies on the MAC layer (Ieee80211Mac) for reception and transmission of frames.

Author: Andras Varga

Inheritance diagram

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Parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
interfaceTableModule	string		The path to the InterfaceTable module
numChannels	int	1	number of channels to scan
macModule	string		The path to the MAC module

Properties

Name	Value	Description
display	i=block/cogwheel

Gates

Name	Direction	Size	Description
upperLayerIn	input
upperLayerOut	output
macIn	input
macOut	output
agentIn	input		used for attaching an agent algorithm
agentOut	output		used for attaching an agent algorithm

Signals

Name	Type	Unit
NF_L2_ASSOCIATED	inet::InterfaceEntry
NF_L2_BEACON_LOST	inet::InterfaceEntry

Source code

//
// Used in 802.11 infrastructure mode: handles management frames for a station (STA).
//
// Relies on the MAC layer (~Ieee80211Mac) for reception and transmission of frames.
//
// @author Andras Varga
//
simple Ieee80211MgmtSTA like IIeee80211Mgmt
{
    parameters:
        string interfaceTableModule;   // The path to the InterfaceTable module
        int numChannels = default(1);  // number of channels to scan
        string macModule;               // The path to the MAC module
        @display("i=block/cogwheel");
        @signal[NF_L2_ASSOCIATED](type=inet::InterfaceEntry);
        @signal[NF_L2_BEACON_LOST](type=inet::InterfaceEntry);
    gates:
        input upperLayerIn;
        output upperLayerOut;
        input macIn @labels(Ieee80211Frame);
        output macOut @labels(Ieee80211Frame);
        input agentIn;   // used for attaching an agent algorithm
        output agentOut; // used for attaching an agent algorithm
}

File: src/inet/linklayer/ieee80211/mgmt/Ieee80211MgmtSTA.ned

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