IEEE 802.11s-2011

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IEEE Standard for Information Technology–Telecommunications and information exchange between systems–Local and metropolitan area networks–Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications Amendment 10: Mesh Networking

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Amendment Standard – Superseded. This amendment describes protocols for IEEE 802.11 stations to form self-configuring multi-hop networks that support both broadcast/multicast and unicast data delivery.

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PDF Pages	PDF Title
1	IEEE Std 802.11s-2011 Front Cover
3	Title page
6	Introduction Notice to users Laws and regulations Copyrights Updating of IEEE documents Errata
7	Interpretations Patents
8	Participants
12	Contents
24	List of figures
26	List of tables
29	Important Notice
30	1. Overview 1.2 Purpose 2. Normative references 3. Definitions 3.1 General definitions
33	3.2 Definitions specific to IEEE Std 802.11
34	4. Abbreviations and acronyms
35	5. General description 5.2 Components of the IEEE 802.11 architecture 5.2.2 STA membership in a BSS is dynamic 5.2.3 Distribution system (DS) concepts 5.2.3.1 Extended service set (ESS): The large coverage network 5.2.6 QoS BSS: The QoS network
36	5.2.9 High-throughput (HT) station (STA) 5.2.14 Mesh BSS: IEEE 802.11 wireless mesh network 5.2.14.1 General 5.2.14.2 Overview of the mesh BSS 5.2.14.3 Mesh STA
37	5.2.14.4 IEEE 802.11 components and mesh BSS
39	5.2.14.5 Introduction to mesh functions 5.2.14.5.1 Mesh discovery
40	5.2.14.5.2 Mesh peering management (MPM) 5.2.14.5.3 Mesh security 5.2.14.5.4 Mesh beaconing and synchronization 5.2.14.5.5 Mesh coordination function (MCF) 5.2.14.5.6 Mesh power management 5.2.14.5.7 Mesh channel switching 5.2.14.5.8 Frame addressing in an MBSS
41	5.2.14.5.9 Mesh path selection and forwarding 5.2.14.5.10 Interworking with the DS
42	5.2.14.5.11 Intra-mesh congestion control 5.2.14.5.12 Emergency service support in mesh BSS 5.3 Logical service interfaces 5.3.2 DSS 5.4 Overview of the services 5.4.1 Distribution of messages within a DS 5.4.1.1 Distribution
43	5.4.3 Access control and data confidentiality services 5.4.3.1 Authentication 5.4.3.2 Deauthentication
44	5.4.3.3 Data confidentiality 5.6a Differences between ESS and MBSS LANs 5.8 IEEE Std 802.11 and IEEE Std 802.1X-2004 5.8.2 Infrastructure functional model overview 5.8.2.1a AKM Operations with a Password or PSK
45	5.8.2.2 Alternate Ooperations with PSK 5.8.3 IBSS functional model description 5.8.3.2 Sample IBSS 4-Way Handshake
46	6. MAC service definition 6.1 Overview of MAC services 6.1.2 Security services 6.1.5 MAC data service architecture
47	7. Frame formats 7.1 MAC frame formats 7.1.1 Conventions 7.1.2 General frame format 7.1.3 Frame fields 7.1.3.1 Frame Control field 7.1.3.1.3 To DS and From DS fields 7.1.3.1.6 Power Management field
48	7.1.3.1.7 More Data field 7.1.3.5 QoS Control field
49	7.1.3.5.2 EOSP (end of service period) subfield
50	7.1.3.5.3 Ack Policy subfield 7.1.3.5.9 Mesh Control Present subfield 7.1.3.5.10 Mesh Power Save Level subfield
51	7.1.3.5.11 Receiver Service Period Initiated (RSPI) subfield 7.1.3.6 Frame Body field 7.1.3.6.1 General 7.1.3.6.2 Overhead for encryption 7.1.3.6.3 Mesh Control field
53	7.2 Format of individual frame types 7.2.1 Control frames 7.2.1.4 PS-Poll frame format 7.2.2 Data frames 7.2.2.1 Data frame format
54	7.2.2.2 A-MSDU format
55	7.2.3 Management frames
57	7.2.3.1 Beacon frame format
58	7.2.3.6 Reassociation Request frame format 7.2.3.8 Probe Request frame format 7.2.3.9 Probe Response frame format
59	7.2.3.10 Authentication frame format
61	7.2.3.12 Action frame format 7.3 Management frame body components 7.3.1 Fields that are not information elements 7.3.1.1 Authentication algorithm number field 7.3.1.4 Capability Information field
62	7.3.1.7 Reason Code field
63	7.3.1.8 AID field 7.3.1.9 Status Code field 7.3.1.11 Action field
64	7.3.1.35 Send-Confirm field 7.3.1.36 Anti-Clogging Token field 7.3.1.37 Scalar field 7.3.1.38 Element field 7.3.1.39 Confirm field
65	7.3.1.40 Finite Cyclic Group field
66	7.3.2 Information elements
67	7.3.2.1 SSID element 7.3.2.2 Supported Rates element 7.3.2.6 TIM element 7.3.2.9 Country element
68	7.3.2.13 ERP Information element 7.3.2.14 Extended Supported Rates element 7.3.2.16 Power Capability element 7.3.2.19 Supported Channels element 7.3.2.20 Channel Switch Announcement element
69	7.3.2.20a Secondary Channel Offset element 7.3.2.25 RSN element 7.3.2.25.2 AKM Suites
70	7.3.2.25.4 PMKID 7.3.2.53 Extended Channel Switch Announcement element 7.3.2.56 HT Capabilities element 7.3.2.56.1 HT Capabilities element structure
71	7.3.2.56.2 HT Capabilities Info field 7.3.2.56.5 HT Extended Capabilities field 7.3.2.57 HT Operation element
72	7.3.2.92 Interworking information element
73	7.3.2.98 Mesh Configuration element 7.3.2.98.1 General 7.3.2.98.2 Active Path Selection Protocol Identifier
74	7.3.2.98.3 Active Path Selection Metric Identifier 7.3.2.98.4 Congestion Control Mode Identifier
75	7.3.2.98.5 Synchronization Method Identifier 7.3.2.98.6 Authentication Protocol Identifier 7.3.2.98.7 Mesh Formation Info
76	7.3.2.98.8 Mesh Capability
77	7.3.2.99 Mesh ID element 7.3.2.100 Mesh Link Metric Report element
78	7.3.2.101 Congestion Notification element
79	7.3.2.102 Mesh Peering Management element
80	7.3.2.103 Mesh Channel Switch Parameters element
81	7.3.2.104 Mesh Awake Window element 7.3.2.105 Beacon Timing element
83	7.3.2.106 MCCAOP Setup Request element 7.3.2.106.1 General 7.3.2.106.2 MCCAOP Reservation field
84	7.3.2.107 MCCAOP Setup Reply element
85	7.3.2.108 MCCAOP Advertisement Overview element
86	7.3.2.109 MCCAOP Advertisement element 7.3.2.109.1 General
87	7.3.2.109.2 MCCAOP Advertisement Element Information field 7.3.2.109.3 MCCAOP Reservation Report field
88	7.3.2.110 MCCAOP Teardown element 7.3.2.111 GANN element
89	7.3.2.112 RANN element
90	7.3.2.113 PREQ element
92	7.3.2.114 PREP element
94	7.3.2.115 PERR element
95	7.3.2.116 PXU element
96	7.3.2.117 PXUC element
97	7.3.2.118 Authenticated Mesh Peering Exchange element
98	7.3.2.119 MIC element 7.4 Action frame format details 7.4.1 Spectrum management action details 7.4.1.5 Channel Switch Announcement frame format
99	7.4.7 Public Action details 7.4.7.6 Extended Channel Switch Announcement frame format 7.4.14 Self-protected Action frame details 7.4.14.1 Self-protected Action fields
100	7.4.14.2 Mesh Peering Open frame format 7.4.14.2.1 Mesh Peering Open frame self protection 7.4.14.2.2 Mesh Peering Open frame details
102	7.4.14.3 Mesh Peering Confirm frame format 7.4.14.3.1 Mesh Peering Confirm frame self protection 7.4.14.3.2 Mesh Peering Confirm frame details
103	7.4.14.4 Mesh Peering Close frame format 7.4.14.4.1 Mesh Peering Close frame self protection 7.4.14.4.2 Mesh Peering Close frame details
104	7.4.14.5 Mesh Group Key Inform frame format 7.4.14.5.1 Mesh Group Key Inform frame self protection 7.4.14.5.2 Mesh Group Key Inform frame details 7.4.14.6 Mesh Group Key Acknowledge frame format 7.4.14.6.1 Mesh Group Key Acknowledge frame self protection
105	7.4.14.6.2 Mesh Group Key Acknowledge frame details 7.4.15 Mesh Action frame details 7.4.15.1 Mesh Action fields
106	7.4.15.2 Mesh Link Metric Report frame format 7.4.15.3 HWMP Mesh Path Selection frame format
107	7.4.15.4 Gate Announcement frame format 7.4.15.5 Congestion Control Notification frame format
108	7.4.15.6 MCCA Setup Request frame format 7.4.15.7 MCCA Setup Reply frame format
109	7.4.15.8 MCCA Advertisement Request frame format 7.4.15.9 MCCA Advertisement frame format
110	7.4.15.10 MCCA Teardown frame format 7.4.15.11 TBTT Adjustment Request frame format
111	7.4.15.12 TBTT Adjustment Response frame format 7.4.16 Multihop Action frame details 7.4.16.1 Multihop Action fields
112	7.4.16.2 Proxy Update frame format 7.4.16.3 Proxy Update Confirmation frame format
114	8. Security 8.1 Framework 8.1.1 Security methods 8.1.3 RSNA Establishment
115	8.1.6 Emergency service establishment in an RSN 8.2 Pre-RSNA security methods 8.2a Authentication using a password 8.2a.1 SAE overview
116	8.2a.2 Assumptions on SAE 8.2a.3 Representation of a password
117	8.2a.4 Finite cyclic groups 8.2a.4.1 General 8.2a.4.2 Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) groups 8.2a.4.2.1 ECC group definition
118	8.2a.4.2.2 Generation of the Password Element with ECC groups
119	8.2a.4.3 Finite field cryptography (FFC) groups 8.2a.4.3.1 FFC group definition 8.2a.4.3.2 Generation of the Password Element with FFC groups
120	8.2a.5 SAE protocol 8.2a.5.1 Message exchanges 8.2a.5.2 PWE and secret generation
121	8.2a.5.3 Construction of a Commit Message 8.2a.5.4 Processing of a peer’s Commit Message
122	8.2a.5.5 Construction of a Confirm Message 8.2a.5.6 Processing of a peer’s Confirm Message 8.2a.6 Anti-clogging tokens
123	8.2a.7 Framing of SAE 8.2a.7.1 General 8.2a.7.2 Data type conversion 8.2a.7.2.1 General 8.2a.7.2.2 Integer to octet string conversion 8.2a.7.2.3 Octet string to integer conversion 8.2a.7.2.4 Element to octet string conversion
124	8.2a.7.2.5 Octet string to element conversion 8.2a.7.3 Authentication transaction sequence number for SAE 8.2a.7.4 Encoding and decoding of Commit Messages 8.2a.7.5 Encoding and decoding of Confirm Messages 8.2a.7.6 Status codes
125	8.2a.8 SAE finite state machine 8.2a.8.1 General
126	8.2a.8.2 States 8.2a.8.2.1 Parent process states 8.2a.8.2.2 Protocol instance states 8.2a.8.3 Events and output 8.2a.8.3.1 Parent process events and output
127	8.2a.8.3.2 Protocol instance events and output 8.2a.8.4 Timers 8.2a.8.5 Variables 8.2a.8.5.1 Parent process variables 8.2a.8.5.2 Protocol instance variables
128	8.2a.8.6 Behavior of state machine 8.2a.8.6.1 Parent process behavior
129	8.2a.8.6.2 Protocol instance behavior 8.2a.8.6.2a General 8.2a.8.6.2b Nothing state
130	8.2a.8.6.2c Committed state
131	8.2a.8.6.2d Confirmed state 8.2a.8.6.2e Accepted state
132	8.4 RSNA security association management 8.4.1 Security associations 8.4.1.1 Security association definitions 8.4.1.1.1 PMKSA
133	8.4.1.1.1a PMK-R0 security association 8.4.1.1.1b PMK-R1 security association 8.4.1.1.1c Mesh PMKSA 8.4.1.1.2a Mesh TKSA
134	8.4.1.1.3b Mesh GTKSA 8.4.1.2 Security association life cycle 8.4.1.2.1 Security association in an ESS
135	8.4.1.2.2 Security association in an IBSS
136	8.4.6 RSNA authentication in an ESS 8.4.6.2 Cached PMKSAs and RSNA key management 8.4.7 RSNA authentication in an IBSS
137	8.4.8 RSNA key management in an ESS 8.5 Keys and key distribution 8.5.1 Key hierarchy 8.5.1.5 FT key hierarchy 8.5.1.5.1 Overview
138	8.5.1.5.3 PMK-R0
139	8.5.3 4-Way Handshake 8.5.3.1 4-Way Handshake Message 1 8.5.6 RSNA Authenticator key management state machine 8.5.6.1 Authenticator state machine states 8.5.6.1.1 Authenticator state machine: 4-Way Handshake (per STA) 8.8 Keys and key derivation algorithm for the authenticated mesh peering exchange (AMPE) 8.8.1 Keys and key derivation algorithm
141	9. MAC sublayer functional description 9.1 MAC architecture 9.1.3 Hybrid coordination function (HCF)
142	9.1.3.1 HCF contention-based channel access (EDCA) 9.1.3a Mesh coordination function (MCF) 9.6 Multirate support 9.6.0c1 Basic Rate Set and Basic MCS Set for mesh STA
143	9.7d A-MPDU operation 9.7d.4 A-MPDU aggregation of group addressed data frames 9.9 HCF 9.9.1 HCF contention-based channel access (EDCA) 9.9.1.2 EDCA TXOPs
144	9.9a Mesh coordination function (MCF) 9.9a.1 General 9.9a.2 MCF contention-based channel access 9.9a.3 MCF controlled channel access (MCCA) 9.9a.3.1 General
145	9.9a.3.2 MCCA activation 9.9a.3.3 MCCAOP reservations
146	9.9a.3.4 Neighborhood MCCAOP periods at a mesh STA
147	9.9a.3.5 MCCA access fraction (MAF) 9.9a.3.6 MCCAOP setup procedure
148	9.9a.3.7 MCCAOP advertisement 9.9a.3.7.1 General
149	9.9a.3.7.2 Construction of an MCCAOP advertisement set
150	9.9a.3.7.3 Setting the MCCAOP advertisement set sequence number
151	9.9a.3.7.4 Advertisement procedure 9.9a.3.7.5 Receipt of an MCCAOP advertisement 9.9a.3.7.6 Complete update of the tracked MCCAOP reservations of a neighbor mesh STA
152	9.9a.3.7.7 Partial update of the tracked MCCAOP reservations of a neighbor mesh STA 9.9a.3.7.8 MCCAOP advertisement request procedure
153	9.9a.3.8 MCCAOP teardown 9.9a.3.8.1 Conditions that trigger an MCCAOP teardown 9.9a.3.8.2 MCCAOP teardown procedure
154	9.9a.3.9 Access during MCCAOPs 9.9a.3.9.1 Access by MCCAOP owners 9.9a.3.9.2 Access during an MCCAOP by mesh STAs that are not the MCCAOP owner
155	9.9a.3.10 Interaction with time synchronization 9.13 Protection mechanisms 9.13.2 Protection mechanisms for non-ERP receivers
156	9.13.3 Protection mechanisms for transmissions of HT PPDUs 9.13.3.1 General 9.13.3.4a Protection rules for an HT mesh STA in an MBSS
157	9.13.5 L-SIG TXOP protection 9.13.5.1 General rules 9.22 Mesh forwarding framework 9.22.1 General
158	9.22.2 Forwarding information 9.22.3 Frame addressing in an MBSS
160	9.22.4 Addressing and forwarding of individually addressed Mesh Data frames 9.22.4.1 At source mesh STAs (individually addressed)
161	9.22.4.2 At intermediate and destination mesh STAs (individually addressed)
162	9.22.5 Addressing and forwarding of group addressed Mesh Data frames 9.22.5.1 At source mesh STAs (group addressed) 9.22.5.2 At recipient mesh STAs (group addressed)
163	9.22.6 Addressing of Management frames and MMPDU forwarding 9.22.6.1 General 9.22.6.2 MMPDU forwarding using individually addressed Multihop Action frames
164	9.22.6.3 MMPDU forwarding using group addressed Multihop Action frames
165	9.22.7 Detection of duplicate MSDUs/MMPDUs 9.22.8 Mesh STAs that do not forward 9.22.9 Frame forwarding and unknown destination
167	10. Layer management 10.3 MLME SAP interface 10.3.2 Scan 10.3.2.1 MLME-SCAN.request 10.3.2.1.2 Semantics of the service primitive
168	10.3.2.2 MLME-SCAN.confirm 10.3.2.2.2 Semantics of the service primitive
169	10.3.3 Synchronization 10.3.3.1 MLME-JOIN.request 10.3.3.1.1 Function 10.3.4 Authenticate 10.3.4.1 MLME-AUTHENTICATE.request 10.3.4.1.2 Semantics of the service primitive
170	10.3.4.1.3 When generated 10.3.4.2 MLME-AUTHENTICATE.confirm 10.3.4.2.2 Semantics of the service primitive
171	10.3.4.3 MLME-AUTHENTICATE.indication 10.3.4.3.2 Semantics of the service primitive
172	10.3.4.4 MLME-AUTHENTICATE.response 10.3.4.4.2 Semantics of the service primitive
173	10.3.5 Deauthenticate 10.3.5.1 MLME-DEAUTHENTICATE.request 10.3.5.1.3 When generated 10.3.10 Start 10.3.10.1 MLME-START.request 10.3.10.1.1 Function 10.3.10.1.2 Semantics of the service primitive
174	10.3.10.1.3 When generated
175	10.3.10.2 MLME-START.confirm 10.3.10.2.1 Function 10.3.10.2.3 When generated 10.3.10.2.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.15 Channel switch 10.3.15.1 MLME-CHANNELSWITCH.request 10.3.15.1.2 Semantics of the service primitive
176	10.3.15.1.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.15.3 MLME-CHANNELSWITCH.indication 10.3.15.3.2 Semantics of the service primitive
177	10.3.15.4 MLME-CHANNELSWITCH.response 10.3.15.4.2 Semantics of the service primitive
178	10.3.35 Extended channel switch announcement 10.3.35.1 MLME-EXTCHANNELSWITCH.request 10.3.35.1.1 Function 10.3.35.1.2 Semantics of the service primitive
179	10.3.35.1.3 When generated 10.3.35.3 MLME-EXTCHANNELSWITCH.indication 10.3.35.3.1 Function 10.3.35.3.2 Semantics of the service primitive
180	10.3.35.4 MLME-EXTCHANNELSWITCH.response 10.3.35.4.2 Semantics of the service primitive
181	10.3.77 Mesh peering management 10.3.77.1 Introduction 10.3.77.2 MLME-MESHPEERINGMANAGEMENT.request 10.3.77.2.1 Function 10.3.77.2.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.77.2.3 When generated
182	10.3.77.2.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.77.3 MLME-MESHPEERINGMANAGEMENT.confirm 10.3.77.3.1 Function 10.3.77.3.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.77.3.3 When generated 10.3.77.3.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.77.4 MLME-MESHPEERINGMANAGEMENT.indication 10.3.77.4.1 Function
183	10.3.77.4.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.77.4.3 When generated 10.3.77.4.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.77.5 MLME-MESHPEERINGMANAGEMENT.response 10.3.77.5.1 Function 10.3.77.5.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.77.5.3 When generated
184	10.3.77.5.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.78 Mesh power management 10.3.78.1 Introduction 10.3.78.2 MLME-MESHPOWERMGT.request 10.3.78.2.1 Function 10.3.78.2.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.78.2.3 When generated
185	10.3.78.2.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.78.3 MLME-MESHPOWERMGT.confirm 10.3.78.3.1 Function 10.3.78.3.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.78.3.3 When generated 10.3.78.3.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.79 Mesh neighbor offset synchronization 10.3.79.1 Introduction 10.3.79.2 MLME-MESHNEIGHBOROFFSETSYNCSTART.request 10.3.79.2.1 Function 10.3.79.2.2 Semantics of the service primitive
186	10.3.79.2.3 When generated 10.3.79.2.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.79.3 MLME-MESHNEIGHBOROFFSETSYNCSTART.confirm 10.3.79.3.1 Function 10.3.79.3.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.79.3.3 When generated 10.3.79.3.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.79.4 MLME-MESHNEIGHBOROFFSETCALCULATE.request 10.3.79.4.1 Function
187	10.3.79.4.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.79.4.3 When generated 10.3.79.4.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.79.5 MLME-MESHNEIGHBOROFFSETCALCULATE.confirm 10.3.79.5.1 Function
188	10.3.79.5.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.79.5.3 When generated 10.3.79.5.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.79.6 MLME-MESHNEIGHBOROFFSETSYNCSTOP.request 10.3.79.6.1 Function 10.3.79.6.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.79.6.3 When generated
189	10.3.79.6.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.79.7 MLME-MESHNEIGHBOROFFSETSYNCSTOP.confirm 10.3.79.7.1 Function 10.3.79.7.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.79.7.3 When generated 10.3.79.7.4 Effect of receipt
190	10.3.80 Mesh TBTT adjustment 10.3.80.1 Introduction 10.3.80.2 MLME-MESHTBTTADJUSTMENT.request 10.3.80.2.1 Function 10.3.80.2.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.80.2.3 When generated 10.3.80.2.4 Effect of receipt
191	10.3.80.3 MLME-MESHTBTTADJUSTMENT.confirm 10.3.80.3.1 Function 10.3.80.3.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.80.3.3 When generated 10.3.80.3.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.80.4 MLME-MESHTBTTADJUSTMENT.indication 10.3.80.4.1 Function
192	10.3.80.4.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.80.4.3 When generated 10.3.80.4.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.80.5 MLME-MESHTBTTADJUSTMENT.response 10.3.80.5.1 Function 10.3.80.5.2 Semantics of the service primitive
193	10.3.80.5.3 When generated 10.3.80.5.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.81 MCCA management interface 10.3.81.1 Introduction 10.3.81.2 MLME-ACTIVATEMCCA.request 10.3.81.2.1 Function 10.3.81.2.2 Semantics of the service primitive
194	10.3.81.2.3 When generated 10.3.81.2.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.81.3 MLME-ACTIVATEMCCA.confirm 10.3.81.3.1 Function 10.3.81.3.2 Semantics of the service primitive
195	10.3.81.3.3 When generated 10.3.81.3.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.81.4 MLME-MCCASETUP.request 10.3.81.4.1 Function 10.3.81.4.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.81.4.3 When generated 10.3.81.4.4 Effect of receipt
196	10.3.81.5 MLME-MCCASETUP.confirm 10.3.81.5.1 Function 10.3.81.5.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.81.5.3 When generated 10.3.81.5.4 Effect of receipt
197	10.3.81.6 MLME-MCCASETUP.indication 10.3.81.6.1 Function 10.3.81.6.2 Semantics of the service primitive
198	10.3.81.6.3 When generated 10.3.81.6.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.81.7 MLME-MCCASETUP.response 10.3.81.7.1 Function 10.3.81.7.2 Semantics of the service primitive
199	10.3.81.7.3 When generated 10.3.81.7.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.81.8 MLME-MCCAADVERTISEMENT.request 10.3.81.8.1 Function 10.3.81.8.2 Semantics of the service primitive
200	10.3.81.8.3 When generated 10.3.81.8.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.81.9 MLME-MCCAADVERTISEMENT.confirm 10.3.81.9.1 Function 10.3.81.9.2 Semantics of the service primitive
201	10.3.81.9.3 When generated 10.3.81.9.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.81.10 MLME-MCCAADVERTISEMENT.indication 10.3.81.10.1 Function 10.3.81.10.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.81.10.3 When generated 10.3.81.10.4 Effect of receipt
202	10.3.81.11 MLME-MCCAADVERTISEMENT.response 10.3.81.11.1 Function 10.3.81.11.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.81.11.3 When generated 10.3.81.11.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.81.12 MLME-MCCATEARDOWN.request 10.3.81.12.1 Function
203	10.3.81.12.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.81.12.3 When generated 10.3.81.12.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.81.13 MLME-MCCATEARDOWN.confirm 10.3.81.13.1 Function 10.3.81.13.2 Semantics of the service primitive
204	10.3.81.13.3 When generated 10.3.81.13.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.81.14 MLME-MCCATEARDOWN.indication 10.3.81.14.1 Function 10.3.81.14.2 Semantics of the service primitive
205	10.3.81.14.3 When generated 10.3.81.14.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.82 MBSS congestion control 10.3.82.1 Introduction 10.3.82.2 MLME-MBSSCONGESTIONCONTROL.request 10.3.82.2.1 Function 10.3.82.2.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.82.2.3 When generated
206	10.3.82.2.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.82.3 MLME-MBSSCONGESTIONCONTROL.confirm 10.3.82.3.1 Function 10.3.82.3.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.82.3.3 When generated 10.3.82.3.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.82.4 MLME-MBSSCONGESTIONCONTROL.indication 10.3.82.4.1 Function 10.3.82.4.2 Semantics of the service primitive
207	10.3.82.4.3 When generated 10.3.82.4.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.83 MBSS proxy update 10.3.83.1 Introduction 10.3.83.2 MLME-MBSSPROXYUPDATE.request 10.3.83.2.1 Function 10.3.83.2.2 Semantics of the service primitive
208	10.3.83.2.3 When generated 10.3.83.2.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.83.3 MLME-MBSSPROXYUPDATE.confirm 10.3.83.3.1 Function 10.3.83.3.2 Semantics of the service primitive
209	10.3.83.3.3 When generated 10.3.83.3.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.83.4 MLME-MBSSPROXYUPDATE.indication 10.3.83.4.1 Function 10.3.83.4.2 Semantics of the service primitive
210	10.3.83.4.3 When generated 10.3.83.4.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.83.5 MLME-MBSSPROXYUPDATE.response 10.3.83.5.1 Function 10.3.83.5.2 Semantics of the service primitive
211	10.3.83.5.3 When generated 10.3.83.5.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.84 MBSS mesh gate announcement 10.3.84.1 Introduction 10.3.84.2 MLME-MBSSGATEANNOUNCEMENT.request 10.3.84.2.1 Function 10.3.84.2.2 Semantics of the service primitive
212	10.3.84.2.3 When generated 10.3.84.2.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.84.3 MLME-MBSSGATEANNOUNCEMENT.confirm 10.3.84.3.1 Function 10.3.84.3.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.84.3.3 When generated 10.3.84.3.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.84.4 MLME-MBSSGATEANNOUNCEMENT.indication 10.3.84.4.1 Function 10.3.84.4.2 Semantics of the service primitive
213	10.3.84.4.3 When generated 10.3.84.4.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.85 Mesh link metric 10.3.85.1 Introduction 10.3.85.2 MLME-MESHLINKMETRICREAD.request 10.3.85.2.1 Function 10.3.85.2.2 Semantics of the service primitive
214	10.3.85.2.3 When generated 10.3.85.2.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.85.3 MLME-MESHLINKMETRICREAD.confirm 10.3.85.3.1 Function 10.3.85.3.2 Semantics of the service primitive
215	10.3.85.3.3 When generated 10.3.85.3.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.85.4 MLME-MESHLINKMETRICREPORT.request 10.3.85.4.1 Function 10.3.85.4.2 Semantics of the service primitive
216	10.3.85.4.3 When generated 10.3.85.4.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.85.5 MLME-MESHLINKMETRICREPORT.confirm 10.3.85.5.1 Function 10.3.85.5.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.85.5.3 When generated
217	10.3.85.5.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.85.6 MLME-MESHLINKMETRICREPORT.indication 10.3.85.6.1 Function 10.3.85.6.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.85.6.3 When generated 10.3.85.6.4 Effect of receipt
218	10.3.86 HWMP mesh path selection 10.3.86.1 Introduction 10.3.86.2 MLME-HWMPMESHPATHSELECTION.request 10.3.86.2.1 Function 10.3.86.2.2 Semantics of the service primitive
219	10.3.86.2.3 When generated 10.3.86.2.4 Effect of receipt 10.3.86.3 MLME-HWMPMESHPATHSELECTION.confirm 10.3.86.3.1 Function 10.3.86.3.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.86.3.3 When generated 10.3.86.3.4 Effect of receipt
220	10.3.86.4 MLME-HWMPMESHPATHSELECTION.indication 10.3.86.4.1 Function 10.3.86.4.2 Semantics of the service primitive 10.3.86.4.3 When generated
221	10.3.86.4.4 Effect of receipt
222	11. MLME 11.1 Synchronization 11.1.1 Basic approach 11.1.1.3 TSF for an MBSS 11.1.2 Maintaining synchronization 11.1.2.2a Beacon generation in an MBSS 11.1.2.3 Beacon reception 11.1.3 Acquiring synchronization, scanning
223	11.1.3.2 Active scanning 11.1.3.2.1 Sending a probe response
224	11.2 Power management 11.2.2a Power management in an MBSS 11.3 STA authentication and association
225	11.3.1 Authentication and deauthentication 11.3.1.1 Authentication—originating STA 11.3.1.2 Authentication—destination STA
226	11.3.1.3 Deauthentication—originating STA 11.3.1.4 Deauthentication—destination STA 11.3.3 Additional mechanisms for an AP collocated with a mesh STA 11.7 DLS operation 11.8 TPC procedures
227	11.8.1a Peering based on transmit power capability 11.8.2 Specification of regulatory and local maximum transmit power levels
228	11.9 DFS procedures 11.9.2 Quieting channels for testing 11.9.6 Requesting and reporting of measurements 11.9.7 Selecting and advertising a new channel 11.9.7.2a MBSS channel switching 11.9.7.2a.1 General
229	11.9.7.2a.2 Initiating MBSS channel switch 11.9.7.2a.3 Processing channel switch announcement
230	11.9.7.2a.4 Channel switch across a regulatory class 11.9a Extended channel switching (ECS) 11.9a.1 General
231	11.9a.3 Selecting and advertising a new channel and/or regulatory class 11.9a.3.3 Selecting and advertising a new channel in an MBSS 11.19 STAs communicating data frames outside the context of a BSS 11.21 Tunneled direct-link setup 11.21.1 General 11.23 WLAN interworking with external networks procedures 11.23.2 Interworking capabilities and information
232	11.23.6 Interworking procedures: emergency services support
233	11A. Fast BSS transition 11A.2 Key holders 11A.2.2 Authenticator key holders 11A.2.3 Supplicant key holders 11A.4 FT initial mobility domain association 11A.4.2 FT initial mobility domain association in an RSN
234	11A.5 FT Protocol 11A.5.3 Over-the-DS FT Protocol authentication in an RSN 11A.8 FT authentication sequence 11A.8.4 FT authentication sequence: contents of third message 11A.8.5 FT authentication sequence: contents of fourth message
235	11C. MLME mesh procedures 11C.1 Mesh STA dependencies 11C.2 Mesh discovery 11C.2.1 General 11C.2.2 Mesh identifier
236	11C.2.3 Mesh profile 11C.2.4 Mesh STA configuration 11C.2.5 Supplemental information for the mesh discovery
237	11C.2.6 Scanning mesh BSSs 11C.2.7 Candidate peer mesh STA 11C.2.8 Establishing or becoming a member of a mesh BSS
238	11C.2.9 Establishing mesh peerings 11C.3 Mesh peering management (MPM) 11C.3.1 General
240	11C.3.2 State variable management 11C.3.3 Mesh authentication
241	11C.3.4 Mesh peering instance controller 11C.3.4.1 Overview 11C.3.4.2 Creating a new mesh peering instance
242	11C.3.4.3 Deleting mesh peering instances 11C.3.5 Mesh peering instance selection
243	11C.3.6 Mesh peering open 11C.3.6.1 Generating Mesh Peering Open frames 11C.3.6.2 Mesh Peering Open frame processing
244	11C.3.7 Mesh peering confirm 11C.3.7.1 Generating Mesh Peering Confirm frames 11C.3.7.2 Mesh Peering Confirm frame processing 11C.3.8 Mesh peering close 11C.3.8.1 Generating Mesh Peering Close frames 11C.3.8.2 Mesh Peering Close frame processing
245	11C.4 Mesh peering management finite state machine (MPM FSM) 11C.4.1 General 11C.4.2 States 11C.4.3 Events and actions
246	11C.4.4 Timers
247	11C.4.5 State transitions
249	11C.4.6 IDLE state
250	11C.4.7 OPN_SNT state 11C.4.8 CNF_RCVD state
251	11C.4.9 OPN_RCVD state
252	11C.4.10 ESTAB state 11C.4.11 HOLDING state 11C.5 Authenticated mesh peering exchange (AMPE) 11C.5.1 Overview
253	11C.5.2 Security capabilities selection 11C.5.2.1 Instance Pairwise Cipher Suite selection 11C.5.2.2 Group cipher suite selection
254	11C.5.3 Construction and processing AES-SIV-protected Mesh Peering Management frames
255	11C.5.4 MGTK distribution 11C.5.5 Mesh Peering Management frames for AMPE 11C.5.5.1 General 11C.5.5.2 Mesh peering open for AMPE 11C.5.5.2.1 Generating Mesh Peering Open frames for AMPE 11C.5.5.2.2 Processing Mesh Peering Open frames for AMPE
256	11C.5.5.3 Mesh peering confirm for AMPE 11C.5.5.3.1 Generating Mesh Peering Confirm frames for AMPE 11C.5.5.3.2 Processing Mesh Peering Confirm frames for AMPE 11C.5.5.4 Mesh peering close for AMPE 11C.5.5.4.1 Generating Mesh Peering Close frames for AMPE
257	11C.5.5.4.2 Processing Mesh Peering Close frames for AMPE 11C.5.6 AMPE finite state machine 11C.5.6.1 Overview 11C.5.6.2 Additional events and actions to MPM FSM
258	11C.5.6.3 State transitions
260	11C.6 Mesh group key handshake 11C.6.1 General
261	11C.6.2 Protection on mesh group key handshake frames
262	11C.6.3 Mesh Group Key Inform frame construction and processing 11C.6.4 Mesh Group Key Acknowledge frame construction and processing
263	11C.6.5 Mesh group key implementation considerations 11C.7 Mesh path selection and metric framework 11C.7.1 General
264	11C.7.2 Extensible path selection framework 11C.7.3 Link metric reporting 11C.8 Airtime link metric
266	11C.9 Hybrid wireless mesh protocol (HWMP) 11C.9.1 General 11C.9.2 Terminology
268	11C.9.3 On-demand path selection mode
269	11C.9.4 Proactive tree building mode 11C.9.4.1 General 11C.9.4.2 Proactive PREQ mechanism
270	11C.9.4.3 Proactive RANN mechanism 11C.9.5 Collocated STAs 11C.9.6 Parameters for extensible path selection framework
271	11C.9.7 Addressing of HWMP Mesh Path Selection frame
272	11C.9.8 General rules for processing HWMP elements 11C.9.8.1 General 11C.9.8.2 HWMP propagation 11C.9.8.3 HWMP sequence numbering
273	11C.9.8.4 Forwarding information
275	11C.9.8.5 Repeated attempts at path discovery 11C.9.8.6 Limiting the rate of HWMP sequence number increments 11C.9.9 Path request (PREQ) 11C.9.9.1 General 11C.9.9.2 Function 11C.9.9.3 Conditions for generating and sending a PREQ
283	11C.9.9.4 PREQ processing 11C.9.9.4.1 General 11C.9.9.4.2 Acceptance criteria 11C.9.9.4.3 Effect of receipt
284	11C.9.10 Path reply (PREP) 11C.9.10.1 General
285	11C.9.10.2 Function 11C.9.10.3 Conditions for generating and sending a PREP
288	11C.9.10.4 PREP processing 11C.9.10.4.1 General 11C.9.10.4.2 Acceptance criteria 11C.9.10.4.3 Effect of receipt
289	11C.9.11 Path error (PERR) 11C.9.11.1 General 11C.9.11.2 Function 11C.9.11.3 Conditions for generating and sending a PERR
292	11C.9.11.4 PERR processing 11C.9.11.4.1 General 11C.9.11.4.2 Acceptance criteria
293	11C.9.11.4.3 Effect of receipt 11C.9.12 Root announcement (RANN) 11C.9.12.1 General 11C.9.12.2 Function
294	11C.9.12.3 Conditions for generating and sending a RANN
295	11C.9.12.4 RANN reception 11C.9.12.4.1 General 11C.9.12.4.2 Acceptance criteria 11C.9.12.4.3 Effect of receipt
296	11C.9.13 Considerations for support of STAs without mesh functionality 11C.10 Interworking with the DS 11C.10.1 Overview of interworking between a mesh BSS and a DS
297	11C.10.2 Gate announcement protocol 11C.10.2.1 General 11C.10.2.2 Function 11C.10.2.3 Conditions for generating and sending a GANN
298	11C.10.2.4 GANN processing 11C.10.2.4.1 General 11C.10.2.4.2 Acceptance criteria 11C.10.2.4.3 Effect of receipt
299	11C.10.3 Data forwarding at proxy mesh gates 11C.10.3.1 General 11C.10.3.2 Forwarding of MSDUs from the MBSS to the DS 11C.10.3.3 Forwarding of MSDUs from the DS to the MBSS
301	11C.10.4 Proxy information and proxy update 11C.10.4.1 General 11C.10.4.2 Proxy information
302	11C.10.4.3 Proxy update (PXU) 11C.10.4.3.1 General 11C.10.4.3.2 Function 11C.10.4.3.3 Conditions for generating and sending a PXU 11C.10.4.3.4 Effect of receipt of a PXU
304	11C.10.4.4 Proxy Update Confirmation (PXUC) 11C.10.4.4.1 General 11C.10.4.4.2 Function 11C.10.4.4.3 Conditions for generating and sending a PXUC 11C.10.4.4.4 Effect of receipt of PXUC 11C.10.5 Mesh STA collocation
305	11C.11 Intra-mesh congestion control 11C.11.1 General 11C.11.2 Congestion control signaling protocol
306	11C.12 Synchronization and beaconing in MBSSs 11C.12.1 TSF for MBSSs 11C.12.2 Extensible synchronization framework 11C.12.2.1 General 11C.12.2.2 Neighbor offset synchronization method 11C.12.2.2.1 General
307	11C.12.2.2.2 Timing offset calculation 11C.12.2.2.3 Clock drift adjustment
308	11C.12.3 Beaconing 11C.12.3.1 Beacon generation in MBSSs
309	11C.12.3.2 Beacon reception for mesh STA 11C.12.4 Mesh beacon collision avoidance (MBCA) 11C.12.4.1 Overview
310	11C.12.4.2 Beacon timing advertisement 11C.12.4.2.1 General 11C.12.4.2.2 Calculation of neighbor STA’s TBTT 11C.12.4.2.3 Beacon timing information
311	11C.12.4.2.4 Maintenance of the status number 11C.12.4.2.5 Transmitter’s procedure
312	11C.12.4.2.6 Receiver’s procedure
313	11C.12.4.3 TBTT selection 11C.12.4.4 TBTT adjustment 11C.12.4.4.1 Self-determined TBTT adjustment 11C.12.4.4.2 Requested TBTT adjustment
314	11C.12.4.4.3 TBTT scanning and adjustment procedures 11C.12.4.5 Frame transmission across reported TBTT
315	11C.12.4.6 Delayed beacon transmissions 11C.13 Power save in a mesh BSS 11C.13.1 General 11C.13.2 Mesh power modes 11C.13.2.1 General
316	11C.13.2.2 Peer-specific mesh power modes
317	11C.13.2.3 Non-peer mesh power modes 11C.13.3 Mesh power mode indications and transitions 11C.13.3.1 General
318	11C.13.3.2 Transition to a higher activity level 11C.13.3.3 Transition to a lower activity level 11C.13.4 TIM transmissions in an MBSS 11C.13.5 TIM types 11C.13.6 Mesh awake window
319	11C.13.7 Power save support
320	11C.13.8 Operation in peer-specific and non-peer mesh power modes 11C.13.8.1 General 11C.13.8.2 Operation in active mode 11C.13.8.3 Operation in deep sleep mode for non-peer mesh STAs
321	11C.13.8.4 Operation in light sleep mode for a mesh peering 11C.13.8.5 Operation in deep sleep mode for a mesh peering 11C.13.8.6 Conditions for Doze state
322	11C.13.9 Mesh peer service periods 11C.13.9.1 General 11C.13.9.2 Initiation of a mesh peer service period
323	11C.13.9.3 Operation during a mesh peer service period 11C.13.9.4 Termination of a mesh peer service period
324	11C.13.10 MCCA use by power saving mesh STA
325	Annex A (normative) Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma A.2 Abbreviations and special symbols A.2.2 General abbreviations for Item and Supported columns
326	A.4 PICS proforma—IEEE Std 802.11-2007 A.4.3 IUT configuration A.4.4 MAC protocol A.4.4.1 MAC protocol capabilities A.4.4.4 MAC addressing functions
327	A.4.14 QoS base functionality
328	A.4.15 QoS enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) A.4.16 QoS hybrid coordination function (HCF) controlled channel access (HCCA) A.4.23 Mesh protocol capabilities A.4.23.1 General mesh support
332	A.4.23.2 HWMP path selection protocol capabilities
333	Annex D (normative) ASN.1 encoding of the MAC and PHY MIB
361	Annex H (informative) RSNA reference implementation and test vectors H.10 SAE test vector
363	Annex P (informative) Bibliography P.1 General
364	Annex S (informative) Frame exchange sequences S.2 Basic sequences S.3 EDCA and HCCA sequences
365	Annex X (informative) Interworking with external networks X.4 Interworking with external networks and emergency call support X.4.4 Access to emergency services in an RSN
366	Annex Y (informative) Mesh BSS operation Y.1 Clarification of Mesh Data frame format Y.2 Operational considerations for interworking Y.2.1 Formation and maintenance of the IEEE 802.1D spanning tree Y.3 Power save parameters selection Y.3.1 General
367	Y.3.2 Selecting the mesh power mode based on traffic load Y.3.3 Scanning of mesh BSSs Y.3.4 Default parameters
368	Y.3.5 MSDU forwarding in an MBSS containing mesh STAs in light or deep sleep mode Y.3.6 Synchronization maintenance of mesh STAs in deep sleep mode Y.4 SIV key wrapping test vector
370	Y.5 Airtime link metric usage example Y.6 Generation of proactive PREPs in proactive PREQ mechanism of HWMP Y.6.1 General Y.6.2 Additions to forwarding information
371	Y.6.3 Actions when sending data frames as source mesh STA Y.6.4 Actions on receipt of proactive PREQ Y.6.5 Generation of proactive PREPs Y.7 Generation of PREQs in proactive RANN mechanism of HWMP Y.7.1 General Y.7.2 Additions to forwarding information
372	Y.7.3 Actions when sending data frames as source mesh STA Y.7.4 Actions on receipt of proactive RANN Y.7.5 Actions on receipt of PREP Y.8 Informative references

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Standard Title	IEEE Standard for Information Technology–Telecommunications and information exchange between systems–Local and metropolitan area networks–Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications Amendment 10: Mesh Networking
Published Code	IEEE
Publication Date	2011
Pages Count	372

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