Packet Mac80211Pkt

File: modules/messages/Mac80211Pkt.msg

Defines all fields of an 802.11 MAC frame

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Extends:

MacPkt (packet)

A basic MAC (Media Access Control) packet format definition

Fields:

Name	Type	Description
sequenceControl	int
duration	simtime_t	the expected remaining duration the current transaction (RTS->CTS->DATA->ACK) between two macs will occupy the channel
address4	int
fragmentation	int	part of the Frame Control field
destAddr	long	destination mac address
informationDS	int	part of the Frame Control field
srcAddr	long	source mac address
sequenceId	long	Sequence Number to detect duplicate messages
address3	int
retry	bool

Source code:

//
// Defines all fields of an 802.11 MAC frame
//
packet Mac80211Pkt extends MacPkt
{
    int address3;
    int address4;
    int fragmentation; //part of the Frame Control field
    int informationDS; //part of the Frame Control field
    int sequenceControl;
    bool retry;
    simtime_t duration; 	//the expected remaining duration the current transaction 
						//(RTS->CTS->DATA->ACK) between two macs will occupy the channel 
}