1. Mesh Frame Formats Date: 2007-05-14 Authors: May 2007 March 2007
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Mesh Frame Formats
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2. March 2007
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Abstract
Many comments were raised during LB93 about the definition of new frame format types and subtypes in D This presentation identifies possible resolutions to comments classified under the General identifiers G11.
Ideally, mesh frames should be compatible with frames and features from other task groups, e.g. TGn, TGv, TGw.
This presentation addresses all of the above
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Guenael Strutt, Motorola et al.

3. Proposed Resolution of General Comments on Frame Formats (11-07/799)
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Proposed Resolution of General Comments on Frame Formats (11-07/799)
CIDs in General Category G11:
Need clarification on compatibility of mesh data frame type with existing data subtypes
1672, 2235, 3467, 3601, 4468, 4893
Clarification of extended frame type vs. mesh management frame type vs. using existing frame types
42, 1234, 1582, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2024, 2031, 2055, 2278, 3674, 3675, 3676, 3722, 3723, 3724, 3760, 3761, 3764, 3765, 4470, 4471, 4770
Mesh Management Frame and Mesh Action Data Unit needs clarification
6, 312, 313, 316, 317, 318, 319, 324, 1937, 1939, 2057, 2619, 2900, 3535, 3747,
4018, 4081, 4197, 4894, 4939, 5197
Incomplete frame descriptions
1805, 1936, 3605, 3666
Action encapsulation frame needs clarification
3547
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4. Proposed Management Frames for Mesh
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Proposed Management Frames for Mesh
Action frame
SUBTYPE
MAC HEADER
PAYLOAD
MGMT 00
ACTION 1101
ADDR1 RA=DA
ADDR2 TA=SA
BSSID 00
CATEGORY X
ACTION Y
Fields/IEs related to this Category/Action
TYPE
ACTION FIELD
Path Request Peer Link Open Mesh Channel Switch Link Metric Report Portal Announcement etc.
FIXED LENGTH
TYPE
SUBTYPE
MAC HEADER
PAYLOAD
MGMT 00
MH ACTION 1111
ADDR1 RA
ADDR2 TA
ADDR3 DA
ADDR4 SA
TTL
CATEGORY X
ACTION Y
Fields/IEs related to this Category/Action
MULTIHOP INFO FIELD
ACTION FIELD
Multihop Action frame
Mesh Key Holder Security Establishment PMK-MA Delivery Push etc.
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Guenael Strutt, Motorola et al.

5. Proposed Data Frames for Mesh
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Proposed Data Frames for Mesh
Reuse existing data types/subtypes with ToDS/FromDS bits set to 1/1:
Mesh data frames are only exchanged between peer MPs with an established mesh link
Assures forward compatibility with data frame changes that other task groups might come with – e.g. TGn aggregation.
Compatibility with legacy/non-standard implementations
No incompatibilities with legacy BSS/IBSS STA or AP implementations since they use different values for ToDS/FromDS
Some non-standard WDS implementations may automatically attempt to communicate with any nearby device discovered sending 4-address broadcast/multicast data frames (so-called “Lazy WDS” scheme)
MPs ignore 4-address data frames transmitted by legacy/non-standard WDS devices, since they do not establish a mesh link
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Guenael Strutt, Motorola et al.

6. Second contribution (11-07/800): Reorganization of Action Types
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Second contribution (11-07/800): Reorganization of Action Types
Category
Action(s)
Mesh PLM
Peer Link Open
Peer Link Confirm
Peer Link Close
Mesh HWMP
Path Request
Path Reply
Path Error
Root Announcement
Mesh Security
Mesh Key Holder Security Establishment
PMK-MA delivery push
PMK-MA confirm
PMK-MA request
PMK-MA delivery pull
PMK-MA delete
Mesh EAP encapsulation
Etc… …
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Guenael Strutt, Motorola et al.

7. May 2007
Motion #1
Moved, to accept the submission contained in document 11-07/799r1 to resolve the CIDs listed on slide 3 of 11-07/550r4, and instruct the editor to incorporate the changes into the draft
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8. May 2007
Motion #2
Moved, to accept the submission contained in document 11-07/800r1, and instruct the editor to incorporate the changes into the draft
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9. References doc.: IEEE 802.11-07-0023r23 (Issue Identifier G11)
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References
doc.: IEEE r23 (Issue Identifier G11)
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