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Contents
SECTION ONE
1. Introduction...................................................................................................................................
...... 1
1.1 Overview................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1.1 S
cope....................................................................................................................... 1
1.1.2 Basic concepts......
................................................................................................... 1
1.1.3 Architectural perspectives....................................................................................... 2
1.1.4 Layer interfaces....................................................................................................... 5
1.1.5 Application areas .................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Notation ......................................................................................................................
............ 5
1.2.1 S
tate diagram conventions ...................................................................................... 5
1.2.2 Service specification method and n
otation ............................................................. 6
1.2.3 Physical Layer and media notation......................................................................... 7
1.2.4 Physical Layer message notation............................................................................ 8
1.2.5 Hexadecimal notation ............................................................................................. 8
1.3 Normative references..........................................................................................................
.... 8
1.4 Definitions ....
........................................................................................................................ 15
1.5 Abbreviations
........................................................................................................................ 39
2. Media Access Control (MAC) service
specification .......................
................................................. 45
2.1 Scope and field of application .............................................................................................. 45
2.2 Overview of the service .......................................................................................................
. 45
2.2.1 General des
cription of services provided by the layer.......................................... 45
2.2.2 Model used for the service specification ....
.......................................................... 45
2.2.3 Overview of interactions....................................................................................... 45
2.2.4 Basic services........................................................................................................ 46
2.3 Detailed service specification ............................................................................................... 46
2.3.1 MA_DATA.request .............................................................................................. 46
2.3.2
MA_DATA.indication.......
................................................................................... 47
3. Media Access Control (MAC) frame and packet specifications
................
...................................... 49
3.1 Overview............................................................................................................................... 49
3.1.1 Packet format
........................................................................................................ 49
3.1.2 Service interface mappings........
........................................................................... 50
3.2 Elements of the MAC frame and packet................................
............................................... 50
3.2.1 Preamble field ....................................................................................................... 50
3.2.2 Start Frame Delimiter (SFD) field...
..................................................................... 50
3.2.3 Address fields ....................................................................................................... 50
3.2.4 Destination Address field...................................................................................... 51
3.2.5 Source Address field............................................................................................. 52
3.2.6 Length/Type field ................................................................................................. 52
3.2.7 MAC Client Data field.......................................................................................... 52
3.2.8 Pad field ................................................................................................................ 53
3.2.9 Frame Check Sequence (FCS) field...................................................................... 53
3.2.10 Extension field ...................................................................................................... 53
3.3 Order of bit transmission .....................................................................................................
. 54
3.4 Invalid MAC frame
............................................................................................................... 54