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1. Medium Access Control Onno W. Purbo
Onno@indo.net.id
2. Main Channel Access Mechanism TDMA
CSMA/CA
Polling
3. TDMA Access Mechanism
4. TDMA OK for phone
Predictable
Tight / fix length
Not OK for data
Bursty traffic unpredictable
5. CSMA/CA access mechanism
6. CSMA/CA Listen before talk.
Contention (wait a random amount of time).
Collision avoidance.
Slotted
50 us – FH
20 us – DS
7. Polling channel access mechanism
8. Polling Semi TDMA, semi CSMA/CA
Base station keeps control
No fix length packet
9. MAC Techniques
10. MAC retransmission Positive acknowledgement
Retransmission
11. MAC retransmission in CSMA/CA
12. Fragmentation Smaller packet ? higher reliability.
Reassembly
13. RTS/CTS & hidden nodes
14. RTS/CTS hidden node
15. Network Topology
16. Ad-hoc network
17. Access Point & Roaming
18. Roaming, Access Point &MAC Forwading
19. Scanning Scanning required for many functions.
Finding and joining a network.
Finding a new AP while roaming.
Initializing an independent BSS (ad hoc) network.
802.11 MAC uses a common mechanism for all PHY.
Single or multi channel.
Passive or active scanning.
Passive scanning
Find networks simply by listening for Beacon.
20. Scanning .. Active Scanning
On each channel
Send a probe, wait for a probe responds.
Beacon or Probe Response contains information necessary to join a network.
21. Active Scanning Example Steps to association
Station sends Probe
22. Active Scanning Example Steps to association
Station sends Probe
APs send Probe Response.
23. Active Scanning Example Steps to association
Station sends Probe
APs send Probe Response.
Station selects best AP.
24. Active Scanning Example Steps to association
Station sends Probe
APs send Probe Response.
Station selects best AP.
Station sends Association Request to selected AP.
25. Active Scanning Example Steps to association
Station sends Probe
APs send Probe Response.
Station selects best AP.
Station sends Association Request to selected AP.
AP sends Association Response.
26. MAC Management Frame Beacon
Timestamp, Beacon Interval, Capabilities, ESSID, Supported Rates, parameters.
Traffic indication map.
Probe
ESSID, Capabilities, Supported Rates.
Probe Responds
Timestamp, Beacon Interval, Capabilities, ESSID, Supported Rates, parameters.
Same for Beacon except for TIM.
27. MAC Management Frame .. Association Request
Capability, Listen Interval, ESSID, Supported Rates.
Association Responds
Capability, Status Code, Station ID, Supported Rates.
Reassociation Request
Capability, Listen Interval, ESSID, Supported Rates, Current AP Address.
28. MAC Management Frame .. Reassociation Response
Capability, Status Code, Station ID, Supported Rates.
Dissociation
Reason Code
Authentication
Algorithm, Sequence, Status, Challenge Text.
Deauthentication
Reason