1. Mesh Frame Types & Subtypes
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Mesh Frame Types & Subtypes
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Jan Kruys e.a. Cisco Systems
John Doe, Some Company

2. Month Year
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January 2007
Abstract
This slide deck summarizes a self-contained set of frame types/subtypes for mesh operations
The reason for proposing this set is that the current approach mixes legacy types and new types; this leads to potential confusion and maintenance issues for the standard but it has no advantages
The proposed set decouples all mesh related subtypes and categories from the access (=legacy) mode of the standard
Jan Kruys e.a. Cisco Systems
John Doe, Some Company

3. General format/coding
January 2007
General format/coding
Type
Subtype
Category
Description of subtype 11
0000
nnnn
Discovery and peer link set-up
0001
Default Routing and Route Maintenance
0010
Mesh Security/EMSA
0011
Mesh Management
1000
n.a.
Mesh Data
1001
Mesh Data + CF Ack
other ..
reserved
Jan Kruys e.a. Cisco Systems

4. Categories for Discovery & Peer Link Setup
January 2007
Categories for Discovery & Peer Link Setup
Type
Subtype
Category
Description 11
0000
Mesh beacon
0001
Mesh probe
0011
Mesh probe response
0100
Peer Link Open
0101
Peer Link Confirm
0110
Peer Link Probe
0111
Peer Link Close
1000
Portal Announcement
other
reserved
Jan Kruys e.a. Cisco Systems

5. Categories for Routing and Route Maintenance
January 2007
Categories for Routing and Route Maintenance
Type
Subtype
Category
Description 11
0001
0000
RREQ
RREP
0010
RERR
0011
RANN
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6. Categories for Mesh Security
January 2007
Categories for Mesh Security
Type
Subtype
Category
Description 11
0010
0000
Key Holder Association
0001
Key Pull
Key Push
0011
Key Delete
0100
EAP Transport
other
reserved
Jan Kruys e.a. Cisco Systems

7. Categories for Mesh Management
January 2007
Categories for Mesh Management
Type
Subtype
Category
Description 11
0011
0000
General Management
0001
Congestion Management
0010
Synchronization/Power Save
Connectivity Report
0100
Baseline *)
other
reserved
*): can be used to transport baseline management frames over multiple hops
Jan Kruys e.a. Cisco Systems

8. Other Subtypes Type Subtype Category Description 11 1000 n.a.
January 2007
Other Subtypes
Type
Subtype
Category
Description 11
1000
n.a.
Mesh Data
1001
Mesh Data + CF Ack
1010
0000
Aggregated Mesh Data
0001
other
reserved
Jan Kruys e.a. Cisco Systems