Ieee80211TwoAddressHeader¶

Namespace: inet

class Ieee80211TwoAddressHeader

Format of a 802.11 frame with address1 and address2 present

Usage diagram¶

Inheritance diagram¶

Extends¶

Name	Type	Description
Ieee80211OneAddressHeader	class	Format of a 802.11 frame with address1 present, like ACK and CTS

Known subclasses¶

Name	Type	Description
Ieee80211BlockAck	class	8.3.1.9 BlockAck frame format – 410p.
Ieee80211BlockAckReq	class	8.3.1.8 BlockAckReq frame format
Ieee80211DataOrMgmtHeader	class	Common base class for 802.11 data and management frames
Ieee80211RtsFrame	class	Format of the 802.11 RTS frame

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)

Properties¶

Name	Value	Description
beforeChange	handleChange()
descriptor	readonly
existingClass
packetData

Source code¶

//
// Format of a 802.11 frame with address1 and address2 present
//
class Ieee80211TwoAddressHeader extends Ieee80211OneAddressHeader
{
    chunkLength = LENGTH_RTS - B(4);
    MacAddress transmitterAddress; // aka address2 (TA)
}

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