IEEE P802.11n™/D1.0 Draft Amendment to STANDARD [FOR] Information Technology-Telecommunications and information exchange between systems-Local and Metropolitan networks-Specific requirements-Part. Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications: Enhancements for Higher Throughput
CONTENT1 S 2 1. Overview ....................................................................................................................................................2 3 2. Normative references..................................................................................................................................2 4 3. Definitions ..................................................................................................................................................2 5 4. Abbreviations and acronyms .......................................................................................................................3 6 5. General description.....................................................................................................................................6 7 5.3 Logical Service Interfaces ....................................................................................................................8 8 5.4 Overview of the services ....................................................................................................................10 9 5.6 Relationship between services ............................................................................................................10 10 6. MAC service definition .............................................................................................................................11 11 6.1 Overview of MAC services ................................................................................................................11 12 6.2 Detailed service specification .............................................................................................................13 13 7. Frame formats...........................................................................................................................................13 14 7.1 MAC frame formats...........................................................................................................................14 15 7.2 Format of individual frame types........................................................................................................22 16 7.3 Management frame body components ................................................................................................35 17 7.4 Action frame format details ................................................................................................................55 18 7.4A Aggregated MPDU frames ..............................................................................................................78 19 7.5 Frame usage.......................................................................................................................................81 20 8. Security.....................................................................................................................................................81 21 8.1 Framework.........................................................................................................................................81 22 8.2 Pre-RSNA security methods...............................................................................................................81 23 8.3 RSNA data confidentiality protocols..................................................................................................82 24 8.4 RSNA security association management ............................................................................................82 25 8.5 Keys and key distribution ...................................................................................................................82 26 8.6 Mapping EAPOL keys to IEEE 802.11 keys......................................................................................82 27 8.7 Per-frame pseudo-code .......................................................................................................................82 28 8.8 Security for HT STA ..........................................................................................................................82 29 9. MAC sublayer functional description........................................................................................................82 30 9.1 MAC architecture ...............................................................................................................................82 31 9.2 DCF ...................................................................................................................................................82 32 9.3 PCF....................................................................................................................................................85 33 9.4 Fragmentation....................................................................................................................................85 34 9.5 Defragmentation ................................................................................................................................86 35 9.6 Multirate support ...............................................................................................................................87 9.7 MSDU transmission restrictions.........................................................................................................1 89 2 9.8 Operation across regulatory domains..................................................................................................89 3 9.9 HCF ...................................................................................................................................................89 4 9.10 Block Acknowledgment (Block Ack)...............................................................................................91 5 9.11 No Acknowledgment (No Ack)........................................................................................................97 6 9.12 Frame exchange sequences...............................................................................................................97 7 9.13 Protection mechanism for non-ERP receivers ................................................................................104 8 9.14 Protection mechanisms for different HT PHY options...................................................................105 9 9.15 L-SIG TXOP Protection .................................................................................................................105 10 9.16 Protection mechanisms for Aggregation Exchange Sequences ......................................................107 11 9.17 Reverse direction ............................................................................................................................109 12 9.18 PSMP.............................................................................................................................................111 13 9.19 Link Adaptation.............................................................................................................................117 14 9.20 Transmit Beamforming...................................................................................................................119 15 9.21 Antenna Selection..........................................................................................................................125 16 9.22 Zero Length Frame as sounding frame ...........................................................................................128 17 9.23 40/20 Functional description ..........................................................................................................129 18 10. Layer management ...............................................................................................................................131 19 10.1 Overview of management model....................................................................................................131 20 10.2 Generic management primitives .....................................................................................................131 21 10.3 MLME SAP interface .....................................................................................................................131 22 10.4 PLME SAP interface ......................................................................................................................140 23 11. MLME..................................................................................................................................................142 24 11.1 Synchronization ..............................................................................................................................142 25 11.2 Power management........................................................................................................................143 26 11.3 Authentication and deauthentication...............................................................................................146 27 11.4 TS operation ..................................................................................................................................146 28 11.5 Block Ack operation .......................................................................................................................149 29 11.6 Higher layer timer synchronization ................................................................................................149 30 11.7 DLS operation................................................................................................................................149 31 11.8 TPC................................................................................................................................................149 32 11.9 DFS................................................................................................................................................149 33 11.10 Radio Measurement Procedures ...................................................................................................150 34 11.11 Usage of the Neighbor Report ......................................................................................................150 35 11.12 Link Measurement ........................................................................................................................150 36 11.13 Measurement pilot frame generation and usage ...........................................................................151 37 11.14 A-MPDU operation ......................................................................................................................151 38 11.15 40/20 MHz Operation ...................................................................................................................151 39 11.16 Phased Coexistence Operation......................................................................................................156 40 12. PHY service specification .....................................................................................................................158 41 13. PHY management.................................................................................................................................158 42 14. Frequency-Hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) PHY specification for the 2.4 GHz industrial, scientific, 43 and medical (ISM) band ..............................................................................................................................158 44 15. DSSS PHY specification for the 2.4 GHz band designated for ISM applications.................................159 16. Infrared (IR) PHY specification ............................................................................................................1 159 2 17. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) PHY specification for the 5 GHz band ............159 3 18. High Rate direct sequence spread spectrum (HR/DSSS) PHY specification ........................................159 4 19. ERP specification .................................................................................................................................159 5 20. High Throughput PHY specification .....................................................................................................159 6 20.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................159 7 20.2 High Throughput PHY specific service parameter list ...................................................................161 8 20.3 High Throughput PLCP sublayer ...................................................................................................168 9 20.4 High Throughput PLME.................................................................................................................237 10 20.5 High Throughput PMD sublayer ....................................................................................................242 11 20.6 Optional Features...........................................................................................................................253 12 20.7 Rate Dependent Parameters for High Throughput Modulation and Coding Schemes (MCS)........253 13 Annex A PICS............................................................................................................................................265 14 A.4 PICS proforma–IEEE Std 802.11, 2006 Edition9 ............................................................................265 15 Annex B......................................................................................................................................................274 16 Annex C (normative) Formal description of MAC operation.....................................................................275 17 C.3 State machines for MAC stations.....................................................................................................275 18 Annex D (normative) ASN.1 encoding of the MAC and PHY MIB...........................................................276 19 Annex E......................................................................................................................................................312 20 Annex F ......................................................................................................................................................313 21 Annex G .....................................................................................................................................................314 22 Annex H .....................................................................................................................................................315 23 Annex I .......................................................................................................................................................316 24 Annex J.......................................................................................................................................................317 |