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= 802.11 Reference Design: Frame Tx - Software =

Every packet provided by the upper level MAC for transmission initiates a new software Tx process in the lower level MAC. This process is illustrated and described below.

This process relies on other processes in the lower-level MAC:
 * {{{Frame Tx Hw}}}: see [wiki:../Tx_Hw Tx - Hardware]
 * {{{Frame Rx}}}: see [wiki:../Rx Rx]

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