Ieee80211ActionFrame¶

Namespace: inet

class Ieee80211ActionFrame

8.3.3.13 Action frame format – mgmt frame with subtype action

Inheritance 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
id	int
mutable	bool
complete	bool
correct	bool
properlyRepresented	bool
chunkLength	b
rawBin	string[]
rawHex	string[]
regionTags	SharingRegionTagSet::TagBaseRegionTag[]
chunkLength
type	Ieee80211FrameType	type and subtype
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
chunkLength
transmitterAddress	MacAddress	aka address2 (TA)
chunkLength
address3	MacAddress
fragmentNumber	short
sequenceNumber	SequenceNumberCyclic
type
category	short
blockAckAction	uint8_t	TODO subclasses will add action subfield contents WirelessNetworkManagementAction action; // action TODO remove it

Properties¶

Name	Value	Description
beforeChange	handleChange()
descriptor	readonly
existingClass
packetData

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