Ieee80211DataOrMgmtHeader¶

Namespace: inet

class Ieee80211DataOrMgmtHeader

Common base class for 802.11 data and management frames

Usage diagram¶

Inheritance diagram¶

Extends¶

Name	Type	Description
Ieee80211TwoAddressHeader	class	Format of a 802.11 frame with address1 and address2 present

Known subclasses¶

Name	Type	Description
Ieee80211DataHeader	class	Format of the 802.11 data frame
Ieee80211MgmtHeader	class	Base class for 802.11 management frames (subclasses will add frame body contents)

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

Properties¶

Name	Value	Description
beforeChange	handleChange()
descriptor	readonly
existingClass
packetData

Source code¶

//
// Common base class for 802.11 data and management frames
//
class Ieee80211DataOrMgmtHeader extends Ieee80211TwoAddressHeader
{
    chunkLength = LENGTH_MGMT - B(4);
    MacAddress address3;
    short fragmentNumber;
    SequenceNumberCyclic sequenceNumber;
}

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