Wireless Lans Part Ii: 802.11A/B/G/N/Ac

Wireless LANs
Part II: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Overview

1. IEEE 802.11 Amendments
2. Protocol Data Units (PDUs)
Raj Jain 3. IEEE 802.11abgn
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering 4. 802.11e: Enhanced DCF, Frame Bursting, Direct Link
Washington University in Saint Louis 5. IEEE 802.11n: STBC, Bonding, Aggregation
Saint Louis, MO 63130 6. IEEE 802.11ac: Beamforming, Multi-User MIMO
Jain@cse.wustl.edu
Note: This is 2nd in a series of class lectures on Wireless LANs.
Audio/Video recordings of this class lecture are available at:
http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse574-16/
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IEEE 802.11 Amendments IEEE 802.11 Amendments (Cont)

802.11a-1999: Higher Speed PHY Extension in the 802.11i-2004: MAC Enhancements for Enhanced Security.
5 GHz Band
802.11j-2004: 4.9-5 GHz operation in Japan.
802.11b-1999: Higher Speed PHY Extension in the 2.5 GHz
802.11k-2008: Radio Resource Measurement interface to
Band
higher layers.
802.11c: Bridge Operation (Added to IEEE 802.1D) 802.11m: Maintenance. Correct editorial and technical issues
802.11d-2001: Global Harmonization (PHYs for other in 802.11a/b/d/g/h.
countries.) 802.11n-2009: Enhancements for higher throughput (100+
802.11e-2005: Quality of Service. Mbps)
802.11F: Inter-Access Point Protocol (Withdrawn) 802.11p-2010: Inter-vehicle and vehicle-road side
802.11g-2003: Higher data rate extension in 2.4GHz band communication at 5.8GHz.
802.11h-2003: Dynamic Frequency Selection and transmit 802.11r-2008: Fast Roaming
power control to satisfy 5GHz band operation in Europe. 802.11s-2011: Extended Service Set (ESS) Mesh Networks.
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IEEE 802.11 Amendments (Cont) IEEE 802.11 Amendments (Cont)
802.11T: Performance Metrics 802.11af-2013: TV Whitespaces.
802.11u-2011: Inter-working with External Networks. 802.11ah: Sub 1 GHz for IoT. OFDM PHY in license-exempt
802.11v-2011: Wireless Network Management enhancements bands below 1 GHz, e.g., 868-868.6 MHz (Europe), 950 MHz -
for interface to upper layers. Extension to 802.11k. 958 MHz (Japan), 314-316 MHz, 430-434 MHz, 470-510
802.11w-2009: Protected Management Frames MHz, and 779-787 MHz (China), 917 - 923.5 MHz (Korea)
802.11y-2008: 2650-3700 MHz operation in USA and 902-928 MHz (USA). Coexistence with IEEE 802.15.4 and
802.11z-2010: Direct Datalink Setup (DLS) mechanism w IEEE P802.15.4g. Transmission range up to 1 km. Data rates >
Power Save.
100 kb/s. Expected August 2016.
IEEE Std P802.11-2012: Includes all amendments until 2011.
802.11aa-2012: Video Transport Streams P802.11Revmc: Maintenance. Expected September 2016.
802.11ac-2013: Very High Throughput <6GHz P802.11ai: Fast initial link set up. Fast AP detection, network
802.11ad-2012: Very High Throughput 60 GHz discovery, association, authentication, and IP address
802.11ae-2012: Prioritization of Management Frames assignment. Expected September 2016.
Ref: http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/Reports/802.11_Timelines.htm
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IEEE 802.11 Amendments (Cont) Protocol Data Units (PDUs)

Each layer has Service Data Units (SDUs) as input
P802.11aj: China millimeter wave. 59-64 GHz and 45 GHz. Each layer makes Protocol Data Units (PDUs) as output to
Expected June 2017. communicate with the corresponding layer at the other end
P802.11aq: Pre-association discovery. Expected Jan 2017. SDUs may be fragmented or aggregated to form a PDU
P802.11ak: Enhancements for transit links within bridged PDUs have a header specific to the layer SDU
networks. High-speed 802.11 links can be used as internal links
just like Ethernet in addition to access. Expected March 2017. Logical Link Control (LLC)
Datalink
Header Data
P802.11ax: High Efficiency WLAN. Expected March 2019. MSDU
P802.11ay: Next Generation 60 GHz. Expected Nov 2019. Media Access Control (MAC) MPDU PDU
P802.11az: Next generation positioning. Expected March PSDU

2020. Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (PLCP) PPDU
Physical
Physical Medium Dependent (PMD)
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PLCP PDUs IEEE 802.11b-1999
Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum:
PMD includes scrambling (Randomization), coding (FEC),
Interleaving, symbol mapping and modulation. For Example: 0 1 Data Bits
0000
Scrambler
0110
Block Coder
011011
Interleaver
001011011010 Data
001100 Time
00 10 11 01 10 10 01001011011011010010 Chips = Code bits
Symbol Mapper Modulator Signal
2b/symbol 4-QAM Time
Complementary Code Keying (CCK):
PLCP adds a preamble and a header that helps receiving Phy to Multi-bit symbols with appropriate code to minimize errors
correctly decode the stream. For example: IEEE 802.11-1997: ½ rate binary convolution encoder, 1 bit/symbol, 11
Sync Start of Frame Delimiter (SFD) Length Signaling Header Error
chips/symbol, DQPSK = ½ ×1 × 1/11 × 2 × 22 = 2 Mb/s using 22 MHz
010101… 0000 1100 1011 1101 in Bytes (Data rate) Check (HEC) IEEE 802.11b-1999: ½ rate binary convolution encoder, 8 bit/symbol, 8
80b 18b 12b 4b 16b
chips/symbol, CCK = ½ ×8 × 1/8 × 1 × 22 = 11 Mb/s using 22 MHz
Preamble Header
Ref: P. Roshan and J. Leary, “802.11 Wireless LAN Fundamentals,” Cisco Press, 2003, ISBN:1587050773, Safari book Ref: P. Roshan and J. Leary, “802.11 Wireless LAN Fundamentals,” Cisco Press, 2003, ISBN:1587050773, Safari book
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IEEE802.11a-1999 IEEE 802.11g-2003

OFDM: 64 subcarriers in 20 MHz. 6 subcarriers at
each end are used as guard (i.e., not used), 4 as pilots, OFDM – Same as 802.11a 54 Mbps
leaving 48 for data 12 MHz for data
2.4 GHz band Cheaper than 802.11a
Fall back to 802.11b CCK
Coding b/Hz Mb/s FEC Net
BPSK 1 12 1/2 6 Mb/s
BPSK 1 12 3/4 9 Mb/s
QPSK 2 24 1/2 12 Mb/s
QPSK 2 24 3/4 18 Mb/s
16-QAM 4 48 1/2 24 Mb/s
16-QAM 4 48 3/4 36 Mb/s
64-QAM 6 72 2/3 48 Mb/s
64-QAM 6 72 3/4 54 Mb/s
5.4 GHz band Expensive at that time
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IEEE 802.11e-2005 (Enhanced QoS) Enhanced DCF
Backward compatible: Up to 4 queues. Each Q gets a different set of four Parameters:
Non-802.11e terminals can receive QoS enabled streams ¾ CWmin/CWmax
1. Hybrid Coordination Function (HCF) w two components ¾ Arbitrated Inter-Frame Spacing (AIFS) = DIFS
a. Contention Free Access: Hybrid Polling ¾ Transmit Opportunity (TXOP) duration
b. Contention-based Access: Enhanced DCF (EDCF) DIFS replaced by Arbitrated Inter-frame Spacing (AIFS)
2. Direct Link: Traffic sent directly between two stations
3. Frame bursting and Group Acknowledge
4. Multiple Priority levels Cwmin[1] Cwmin[2] Cwmin[3] Cwmin[4]
Cwmax[1] Cwmax[2] Cwmax[3] Cwmax[4]
5. Automatic Power Save Delivery AIFS[1] AIFS[2] AIFS[3] AIFS[4]
Beacon CFP CP Beacon CFP CP TXOP[1] TXOP[2] TXOP[3] TXOP[4]
BO[1] BO[2] BO[3] BO[4]
PCF DCF HCF EDCF HCF EDCF
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Frame Bursting Direct Link

EDCF parameters announced by access point in beacon frames Any station can transmit to any other station in the
Can not overbook higher priorities Need admission control same BSS No need to go through AP
EDCF allows multiple frame transmission
Max time = Transmission Opportunity (TXOP)
Voice/gaming has high priority but small burst size
Video/audio has lower priority but large burst size
Direct Link
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Automatic Power Save Delivery (APSD) Homework 6A
Fill in the blanks:
Unscheduled APSD (U-APSD):
1. 802.11a uses _________________ in _________________ GHz band.
¾ AP announces waiting frames in the beacon 2. 802.11b uses _________________ in _________________ GHz band.
3. 802.11g uses _________________ in _________________ GHz band.
¾ When stations wake-up they listen to beacon.
4. 802.11n is a _________________ band technology.
¾ Send a polling frame to AP. 5. _________________ specification deals with quality of service in 802.11 networks.
6. The key new concept that 802.11ac introduced is that of _________________.
¾ AP sends frames. 7. IP packets constitute _________________ for 802.11 MAC layer without LLC.
8. MPDUs from MAC layer are used to form _________________ and
Scheduled APSD (S-APSD): _________________ in the PHY layer.
¾ Station tells AP its wakeup schedule 9. _________________ is used to randomize bit stream before ECC coding.
10. _________________ combines the bits from several symbols to overcome burst
¾ AP sends frame on schedule. No need for polling. errors.
11. The code bits obtained by Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum are called
Pre-802.11e: AP announces in Beacon. STA polls. AP sends _________________.
one frame with more bit. STA polls. AP sends next frame… 12. IEEE 802.11e replaced DCF with _________________ and PCF with
_________________.
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IEEE 802.11n-2009 IEEE 802.11n-2009 (Cont)

1. MIMO (Multi-input Multi-Output): 5. Frame Aggregation: Pack multiple input frames in side a
frame Less overhead More throughput
n×m:k n transmitters, m receivers, k streams 6. Lower FEC Overhead: 5/6 instead of ¾
k is the number parallel radio chains inside < # of Antennas
7. Reduced Guard Interval: 400 ns instead of 800 ns
k times more throughput 8. Reduced Inter-Frame Spacing (SIFS=2 us, instead of 10 us)
E.g., 2×2:2, 2×3:2, 3×2:2, 4×4:4
9. Greenfield Mode: Optionally eliminate support for a/b/g
2. Diversity: More receive antennas than the number of streams. (shorter and higher rate preamble)
Select the best subset of antennas. 10. Dual Band: 2.4 and 5.8 GHz
3. Beam Forming: Focus the beam directly on the target antenna 11. Space-Time Block Code
4. MIMO Power Save: Use multiple antennas only when needed 12. Channel Bonding: Use two adjacent 20 MHz channels
13. More subcarriers: 52+4 instead of 48+4 with 20 MHz, 108+6
Inverse with 40MHz
Wireless Signal Processing Components
Discrete 54 Mbps with 64-QAM ¾ for 3200 Data+800 GI for a/g
Fourier
Transform
Wireless Signal Processing Components 4 Streams × 64-QAM × 5/6 FEC × 40 MHz w 400 ns 600 Mbps
4×(6/6)×[(5/6)/(3/4)]×(108/48)×[(3200+800)/(3200+400)]×54
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Guard Interval Space Time Block Codes (STBC)
Data GI Data GI Data GI Data GI Data GI Invented 1998 by Vahid Tarokh.
Transmit multiple redundant copies from multiple antennas
GI GI GI GI GI GI
Data Data Data Data Data Data Precisely coordinate distribution of symbols in space and time.
Rule of Thumb: Guard Interval = 4 × Multi-path delay spread Receiver combines multiple copies of the received signals
optimally to overcome multipath.
Initial 802.11a design assumed 200ns delay spread
Example: Two antennas: Two symbols in two slots Rate 1
800 ns GI + 3200 ns data 20% overhead
Most indoor environment have smaller 50-75 ns Antenna 1 Antenna 2
y
So if both sides agree, 400 ns can be used in 802.11n S= x+iy Slot 1 Time
S2 S1
400 ns GI + 3200 ns data 11% overhead x S1*
Slot 2 -S2*
S*= x-iy Space
S1* is complex conjugate of S1 columns are orthogonal
Ref: M. Gast, “802.11n: A Survival Guide,” O’Reilly, 2012, ISBN:978-1449312046, Safari Book
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802.11n Channel Bonding Frame Aggregation

Two adjacent 20 MHz channels used Frame Bursting: Transmit multiple PDUs together
OFDM: 52+4 instead of 48+4 with 20 MHz,
108+6 with 40MHz (No guard subcarriers between two bands) PDU PDU PDU PDU PDU PDU
Primary 20 MHz channel: Used with stations not capable of Frame Fragmentation: SDU fragment in a PDU
channel bonding CTS CTS CTS
Secondary 20 MHz channel: Just below or just above primary. SDU1 Frag1 SDU1 Frag2 SDU1 Frag3
802.11n 802.11n Frame Aggregation: Multiple SDUs in one PDU

Channel 2 Channel 6 All SDUs must have the same transmitter and receiver address
802.11g 802.11g 802.11g
PDU
Header
Channel 1 Channel 6 Channel 11 SDU1 SDU2 SDU3 SDU4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Ref: M. Gast, “802.11n: A Survival Guide,” O’Reilly, 2012, ISBN:978-1449312046, Safari Book Can combine any 2 or all of the above
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802.11n Frame Aggregation 802.11n MAC Frame
IP Datagram 1 IP Datagram 2 IP Datagram 3 Frame Duration/ Seq QoS High Thr Info
Adr 1 Adr 2 Adr 3 Adr 4 CRC
Control ID Control CTL CTL <7955B
Subframe Hdr MSDU Padding 16b 16b 48b 48b 48b 16b 48b 16b 32b 32b
MAC MSDU MSDU MSDU FCS

Link Adaptation Calibration Rsvd CSI NDP Rsvd AC RDG/
Header Subframe 1 Subframe 2 Subframe n Control Pos | Seq More
A-MSDU 16b 2b 2b 2b 2b 1b 5b 1b 1b
MPDU Delimiter MPDU Padding
Rsvd TRQ MAI MFSI MFB/ASELC
PHY MPDU MPDU MPDU 1b 1b 4b 3b 7b
Header Subframe 1 Subframe 2 Subframe m For first RTS, SIFS is used in stead of DIFS.
PSDU = A-MPDU Thus 11n stations have priority over 11abg
PPDU 802.11n introduced a “High Throughput Control” field to
Ref: D. Skordoulis, et al., “IEEE 802.11n MAC Frame Aggregation Mechanisms for Next-Generation High-Throughput WLANs,”
IEEE Wireless Magazine, February 2008, http://tinyurl.com/k2gvl2g
exchange channel state information
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IEEE 802.11ac Beamforming

Supports 80 MHz and 80+80 MHz channels Direct energy towards the receiver
5 GHz only. No 2.4 GHz. Requires an antenna array to alter direction per frame
256-QAM 3/4 and 5/6: 8/6 times 64-QAM 1.33X A.k.a. Smart Antenna
8 Spatial streams: 2X
Implicit: Channel estimation using packet loss
Multi-User MIMO
Explicit: Transmitter and receiver collaborate for
Null Data Packet (NDP) explicit beamforming only
channel estimation
Less pilots: 52+4 (20 MHz), 108+6 (40 MHz), 234+8 (80
MHz), 468+16 (160 MHz). Note 468/52 = 9X
MAC enhancements for high-speed. HT Control field redefined
96.3 Mbps for 1 stream, 20 MHz, 256-QAM, 5/6, Short GI
8 streams and 160 MHz = 8×9×96.3Mbps = 6.9333 Gbps
Ref: M. Gast, “802.11ac: A Survival Guide,” O’Reilly, July 2013, ISBN:978-1449343149, Safari Book
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Multi-User MIMO Beamforming with Multi-User MIMO
MIMO: Multiple uncorrelated spatial beams
Multiple antenna’s separated by O/4 Single User MIMO: Colors represent transmission signals
Cannot put too many antennas on a small device O/4 not frequency.
MU-MIMO: Two single-antenna users can act as one multi-
antenna device. The users do not really need to know each other.
Simultaneous communication with two users on the same
frequency at the same time.
P x
U1 Multi User MIMO:
Frequency
P P x P
P P x P
Time
U2
MIMO MU-MIMO P x
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Primary and Non-Primary Channels Summary

Beacons on primary channel
AP supports a mixture of single-band and multi-band stations
AP can change channel width on a frame by frame basis 1. Each layer has SDU, PDU which can be Aggregated,
Stations need 160 MHz only some time Fragmented or transmitted in Burst.
Two networks can share the same 160 MHz 2. 802.11a/g use OFDM with 64 subcarriers in 20 MHz. 48 Data,
Stations check that entire bandwidth is available before using it 4 Pilot, 12 guard.
20 MHz 20 MHz 20 MHz 20 MHz 20 MHz 20 MHz
3. 802.11e adds frame bursting, direct link, APSD, and 4 queues
Pri Sec Pri Sec Sec Pri
with different AIFS and TXOP durations. QoS field in frames.
40 MHz 40 MHz 40 MHz 40 MHz 40 MHz 40 MHz 4. 802.11n adds MIMO, aggregation, dual band, STBC, and
Secondary Primary Secondary Primary Secondary Primary channel bonding. HT Control field in frames.
80 MHz 80 MHz 80 MHz 80 MHz 5. IEEE 802.11ac supports multi-user MIMO with 80+80 MHz
Secondary Primary Primary Primary channels with 256-QAM and 8 streams to give 6.9 Gbps
160 MHz 160 MHz Primary 6. Multi-User MIMO allows several users to be combined in a
Primary 160 MHz Primary
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Homework 6B Reading List
A. Given that 802.11ac Phy rate for 20MHz BPSK 1/2 1. M. Gast, "802.11n: A Survival Guide," O'Reilly,
channel with short GI is 7.22 Mbps, compute what 2012, ISBN:978-1449312046, Safari Book
would be the rate for 160 MHz 256-QAM ¾ with 2. M. Gast, “802.11ac: A Survival Guide,” O’Reilly,
short GI? July 2013, ISBN:978-1449343149, Safari Book
3. P. Roshan and J. Leary, "802.11 Wireless LAN
Fundamentals," Cisco Press, 2003,
ISBN:1587050773, Safari book
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Wikipedia Links Wikipedia Links (Cont)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenfield_project
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11a-1999 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guard_interval
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11b-1999 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11_(legacy_mode)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11e-2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-density_parity-check_code
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11g-2003 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIMO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11n-2009 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precoding
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_beamformer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Interframe_Space
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamforming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_antenna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_bonding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ac
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_code_keying http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial_multiplexing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_prefix http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-user_MIMO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCF_Interframe_Space http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STBC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_error_correction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame-bursting
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_aggregation
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References References (Cont)
D. Skordoulis, et al., "IEEE 802.11n MAC Frame Aggregation Mechanisms IEEE 802.11e, “Medium Access Control Enhancements for Quality of
for Next-Generation High-Throughput WLANs," IEEE Wireless Magazine, Service”,
February 2008, http://tinyurl.com/k2gvl2g http://people.cs.nctu.edu.tw/~yctseng/WirelessNet2010-02-nctu/ieee802-
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/Reports/802.11_Timelines.htm 11e.ppt
Yang Xiao, "IEEE 802.11e QoS provisioning at the MAC layer", Volume:
11 Issue: 3, Pages: 72-79, IEEE Wireless Communications, 2004, Rohde & Schwarz, “IEEE 802.11n/IEEE 802.11ac Digital Standard for
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/7742/29047/01308952.pdf R&S Signal Generators: Operating Manual,”
Yang Xiao, "IEEE 802.11n enhancements for higher throughput in wireless http://www.rohde-
LANs", Volume: 12, Issue: 6, Pages: 82-91, IEEE Wireless schwarz.de/file/RS_SigGen_IEEE80211n_ac_Operating_en_16.pdf
Communications, 2005,
http://www.cs.mun.ca/~yzchen/papers/papers/mac/80211n_intro_xiao_j200
5.pdf
J. M. Gilbert, Won-Joon Choi and Qinfang Sun, "MIMO technology for
advanced wireless local area networks", 42nd Design Automation
Conference, 2005, pp. 413-415,
http://dent.cecs.uci.edu/~papers/dac05/papers/2005/dac05/pdffiles/p413.pdf
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Acronyms Acronyms (Cont)

AC Access Point Constraint CTL Control
AIFS Arbitrated Inter-Frame Spacing CTS Clear to send
AP Access Point CW Contention Window
AP Access Point CWmax Maximum Contention Window
APSD Automatic Power Save Delivery CWmin Minimum Contention Window
ASELC Antenna Selection Command/Data DCF Distributed Coordination Function
BCC Binary Convolution Code DIFS DCF Interframe Spacing
BO Backoff DLS Direct Datalink Setup
BPSK Binary Phase Shift Keying DQPSK Differential Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
BSS Basic Service Set EDCA Enhanced Distributed Coordination Access
CCK Complementary Code Keying EDCF Enhanced Distributed Coordination Function
CFP Contention Free Period EOSP End of Service Period
CP Contention Period ESS Extended Service Set
CRC Cyclic Redundancy Check FCS Frame Check Sequence
CSD Cyclic Shift Diversity GHz Giga Hertz
CSI Channel State Information GI Guard Interval
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Acronyms (Cont) Acronyms (Cont)
HCF Hybrid Coordination Function MHz Mega Hertz
HEC Header Error Check MIMO Multiple Input Multiple Output
HT High Throughput MPDU MAC Protcol Data Unit
ID Identifier MRQ MCS feedback request
IDFT Inverse Discrete Fourier Transform MRS MRQ Sequence Identifier
IEEE Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers MSDU MAC Service Data Unit
IP Internet Protocol MU-MIMO Multi-User MIMO
LAN Local Area Network NDP Null Data Packet
LDPC Low Density Parity Check Code OFDM Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
LLC Logical Link Control PCF Point Coordination Function
MAC Media Access Control PDU Protocol Data Unit
MAI MCS Request/Antenna Selection Indication PHY Physical Layer
MCS Modulation and Coding Scheme PLCP Physical Layer Convergence Procedure
MFB MCS Feedback PMD Physical Medium Dependent
MFS MFB Sequence Identifier PPDU PLCP Protocol Data Unit
MFSI MFB Sequence Identifier PSDU PLCP Service Data Unit
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Acronyms (Cont) Acronyms (Cont)

QAM Quadrature Amplitude Modulation U-APSD Unscheduled Automatic Power Save Delivery
QoS Quality of Service VHT Very High Throughput
QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying WLANs Wireless Local Area Network
RDG Reverse Direction Grant
RIFS Reduced Inter-Frame Spacing
S-APSD Scheduled Automatic Power Save Delivery
SDU Service Data Unit
SFD Start of Frame Delimiter
SIFS Short Interframe Spacing
STA Station
STBC Space Time Block Code
STBC Space Time Block Codes
TID Traffic Identifier
TRQ Training Request
TV Television
TXOP Transmission Opportunity
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Part II: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Overview

IEEE 802.11 Amendments IEEE 802.11 Amendments (Cont)

IEEE 802.11 Amendments (Cont) Protocol Data Units (PDUs)

 P802.11az: Next generation positioning. Expected March PSDU

Physical Medium Dependent (PMD)

IEEE802.11a-1999 IEEE 802.11g-2003

a. Contention Free Access: Hybrid Polling ¾ Transmit Opportunity (TXOP) duration

Frame Bursting Direct Link

IEEE 802.11n-2009 IEEE 802.11n-2009 (Cont)

802.11n Channel Bonding Frame Aggregation

802.11n 802.11n  Frame Aggregation: Multiple SDUs in one PDU

MAC MSDU MSDU MSDU FCS

IEEE 802.11ac Beamforming

Primary and Non-Primary Channels Summary

Wikipedia Links Wikipedia Links (Cont)

Acronyms Acronyms (Cont)

Acronyms (Cont) Acronyms (Cont)

Introduction to Vehicular Wireless Networks,

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