WLAN MAC frame types,subtypes
This page describes WLAN MAC frame types and mention WLAN MAC frame subtypes.
WLAN MAC frames are divided into three categories viz. management frame, control frame and data frame. Under management frames there are various frames based on their functionalities such as beacon, association, authentication, probe request and so on. Under control frames there are various frames such as RTS, CTS, ACK etc. Data frames carry data related frames.
The table below mentions type and subtype fields for all of the above categories of the frames.
| Type Value | Type Description | Subtype value | Subtype Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Management Frame | 0000 | Association Request |
| 00 | Management Frame | 0001 | Association response |
| 00 | Management Frame | 0010 | Reassociation Request |
| 00 | Management Frame | 0011 | reassociation Response |
| 00 | Management Frame | 0100 | probe Request |
| 00 | Management Frame | 0101 | probe response |
| 00 | Management Frame | 0110-0111 | reserved |
| 00 | Management Frame | 1000 | Beacon |
| 00 | Management Frame | 1001 | ATIM |
| 00 | Management Frame | 1010 | Disassociation |
| 00 | Management Frame | 1011 | Authentication |
| 00 | Management Frame | 1100 | Deauthentication |
| 00 | Management Frame | 1101 | Action |
| 00 | Management Frame | 1110-1111 | Reserved |
| 01 | Control Frame | 0000-0111 | Reserved |
| 01 | Control | 1000 | Block Ack Request |
| 01 | Control | 1001 | Block Ack |
| 01 | Control | 1010 | PS-Poll |
| 01 | Control | 1011 | RTS |
| 01 | Control | 1100 | CTS |
| 01 | Control | 1101 | ACK |
| 01 | Control | 1110 | CF-End |
| 01 | Control | 1111 | CF-End+CF-Ack |
| 10 | Data Frame | 0000 | Data |
| 10 | Data | 0001 | Data+CF-Ack |
| 10 | Data | 0010 | Data+CF-Poll |
| 10 | Data | 0011 | Data+CF-Ack+CF-Poll |
| 10 | Data | 0100 | Null-No data |
| 10 | Data | 0101 | CF-Ack(No Data) |
| 10 | Data | 0110 | CF-Poll(No Data) |
| 10 | Data | 0111 | CF-Ack+CF-Poll(No Data) |
| 10 | Data | 1000 | QoS Data |
| 10 | Data | 1001 | QoS Data+CF-Ack |
| 10 | Data | 1010 | QoS Data+CF-Poll |
| 10 | Data | 1011 | QoS Data+CF-Ack+CF-Poll |
| 10 | Data | 1100 | QoS Null(no data) |
| 10 | Data | 1101 | reserveed |
| 10 | Data | 1110 | QoS CF-Poll(No data) |
| 10 | Data | 1111 | QoS CF-Ack+CF-Poll (No Data) |
| 11 | Reserved | 0000-1111 | Reserved |
WLAN MAC frames Links
WLAN Association Request and response frame
WLAN authentication Request and deauthentication frame
WLAN beacon frame
WLAN passive vs active scanning frame
WLAN Probe Request and response frame
WLAN reassociation Request and response frame
WLAN RTS and CTS frame
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