1、 Reference numberISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-11:2012(E)IEEE 2012INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO/IEC/IEEE8802-11First edition2012-11-01Information technology Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN medium access con
2、trol (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications Technologies de linformation Tlcommunications et change dinformation entre systmes Rseaux locaux et mtropolitains Exigences spcifiques Partie 11: Spcifications du contrle daccs du milieu sans fil (MAC) et de la couche physique (PHY) ISO/IEC/IEEE 880
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17、ion of ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-11 cancels and replaces ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005, which has been technically revised. It also incorporates the Amendments ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005/Amd.4:2006, ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005/Amd.5:2006 and ISO/IEC 8802-11:2005/Amd.6:2006. ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802 consists of the following parts, unde
18、r the general title 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 Part 15-4: Wireless medium access control (MAC)
19、 and physical layer (PHY) specifications for low-rate wireless personal area networks (WPANs) iiiCopyright 2012 IEEE. All rights reserved.ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-11:2012(E)iv Copyright 2012 IEEE. All rights reserved.(blank page) g3g3g3g3Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer
20、(PHY) Specifications g3Sponsored by the LAN/MAN Standards Committee g3IEEE 3 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016-5997 USA 29 March 2012 IEEE Computer Society IEEE Std 802.11-22012(Revision of IEEE Std 802.11-2007)g3IEEE Standard for Information technologyTelecommunications and information exchange betwee
21、n systems Local and metropolitan area networks Specific requirements ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-11:2012(E)Copyright 2012 IEEE. All rights reserved. vISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-11:2012(E)(blank page) vi Copyright 2012 IEEE. All rights reserved.IEEE Std 802.11-2012(Revision ofIEEE Std 802.11-2007)IEEE Standard for Info
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37、 Association.ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-11:2012(E)xCopyright 2012 IEEE. All rights reserved.IntroductionThis introduction is not part of IEEE Std 802.11-2012, IEEE Standard for Information technologyTelecommunications and information exchange between systemsLocal and metropolitan area networkSpecificrequirem
38、entsPart 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications.This revision gives users, in one document, the IEEE 802.11 standard for wireless local area networks(WLANS) with all the amendments that have been published to date. Incorporating published amendmentsThe o
39、riginal standard was published in 1999 and reaffirmed in 2003. A revision was published in 2007,which incorporated into the 1999 edition the following amendments: IEEE Std 802.11a-1999,IEEE Std 802.11b-1999, IEEE Std 802.11b-1999/Corrigendum 1-2001, IEEE Std 802.11d-2001, IEEEStd 802.11g-2003, IEEE
40、Std 802.11h-2003, IEEE Std 802.11i-2004, IEEE Std 802.11j-2004 andIEEE Std 802.11e-2005. The current revision, IEEE Std 802.11-2012, incorporates the following amendments into the 2007 revision: IEEE Std 802.11k-2008: Radio Resource Measurement of Wireless LANs (Amendment 1) IEEE Std 802.11r-2008: F
41、ast Basic Service Set (BSS) Transition (Amendment 2) IEEE Std 802.11y-2008: 36503700 MHz Operation in USA (Amendment 3) IEEE Std 802.11w-2009: Protected Management Frames (Amendment 4) IEEE Std 802.11n-2009: Enhancements for Higher Throughput (Amendment 5) IEEE Std 802.11p-2010: Wireless Access in V
42、ehicular Environments (Amendment 6) IEEE Std 802.11z-2010: Extensions to Direct-Link Setup (DLS) (Amendment 7) IEEE Std 802.11v-2011: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Network Management (Amendment 8) IEEE Std 802.11u-2011: Interworking with External Networks (Amendment 9) IEEE Std 802.11s-2011: Mesh Networking
43、(Amendment 10)As a result of publishing this revision, all of the previously published amendments and revisions are nowretired. Technical corrections, clarifications, and enhancementsIn addition, this revision specifies technical corrections and clarifications to IEEE Std 802.11 as well asenhancemen
44、ts to the existing medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) functions. Suchenhancements include incorporated interpretation requests.Revised clause and annex numberingIn IEEE Std 802.11-2012, the order of clauses and annexes has also been revised. The result of this revisedorder on the n
45、umbering of clauses and annexes is summarized in Figure A.ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-11:2012(E)xiCopyright 2012 IEEE. All rights reserved.Clause 1Clause 2Clause 3Clause 4Clause 5Clause 6Clause 7Clause 8Clause 9Clause 10Clause 11Clause 12Clause 13Clause 14Clause 15Clause 16Clause 17Clause 18Clause 19802.11n:
46、Clause 20Annex AAnnex BAnnex CAnnex DAnnex EAnnex FAnnex GAnnex HAnnex IAnnex JAnnex KAnnex LAnnex MAnnex OAnnex P802.11k: Annex Q802.11n: Annex R802.11n: Annex S802.11n: Annex T802.11z: Annex U802.11v: Annex V802.11v: Annex WClause 1Clause 2Clause 3Clause 4Clause 5Clause 6Clause 7Clause 8Clause 9Cl
47、ause 10Clause 11Clause 12Clause 13Clause 14Clause 15Clause 16Clause 17Clause 18Clause 19Clause 20Annex AAnnex BAnnex CAnnex DAnnex EAnnex FAnnex GAnnex HAnnex IAnnex JAnnex KAnnex LAnnex MAnnex OAnnex PAnnex QAnnex RAnnex SAnnex TAnnex UAnnex VAnnex W3.36.47.4802.11w: Clause 11A801.11u: Clause 11B80
48、2.11s: Clause 11C802.11u: Annex X802.11s: Annex YAnnex NAnnex NUnchangedChangedIEEE Std 802.11-2007 IEEE Std 802.11-2012Amendments Key:NormativeAnnexesInformativeAnnexesNo textFigure AChanges in clause numbers and annex letters from 2007 revision to 2012 revisionISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-11:2012(E)xiiCopyri
49、ght 2012 IEEE. All rights reserved.Contents1. Overview 11.1 Scope 11.2 Purpose. 11.3 Supplementary information on purpose. 11.4 Word Usage . 22. Normative references. 23. Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations 53.1 Definitions . 53.2 Definitions specific to IEEE 802.11 243.3 Abbreviations and acronyms .344. General description 444.1 General description of the architecture 444.2 How WLAN systems are different 444.2.1 Introduction 444.2.2 Wireless station (STA). 444.2.3 Media
