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Contents
SECTION ONE
1. Introduction.............................................................................................................................
............ 1
1.1 Overview................................................................................................................................
. 1
1.1.1 Scope....................................................................................................................... 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 State diagram conventions ...................................................................................... 5
1.2.2 Service specification method and
notation ............................................................. 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
description 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 MA
C frame............................................................................................................... 54
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