Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of 802.11/MAC
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- Aug 2, 2013, 12:00:50 PM (11 years ago)
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802.11/MAC
v2 v3 3 3 [[TracNav(802.11/TOC)]] 4 4 = 802.11 Reference Design: MAC = 5 6 == Overview == 5 7 6 8 The MAC implementation is based on the DCF (distributed coordination function) protocol specified in section 9.3 of the 802.11-2012 standard. This design does not implement the PCF (point coordination function) in section 9.4 of the standard. … … 34 36 35 37 '''RTS/CTS:''' Support for the RTS/CTS handshake is not currently implemented (it will be soon) 38 39 == Architecture == 40 41 The MAC implementation is split into two pieces that each run on their own processor. 42 * The [wiki:./High High-level MAC] is responsible for inter-packet behaviors that are not time critical 43 * The [wiki:./Low Low-level MAC] is responsible for intra-packet behaviors that are time critical