WiMAX TLV Format
This page covers wimax TLV encoding format. In wimax TLV formats are used for parameters in both mac management messages as well configuration file. TLV stands for Type, length and value. Size of type field will be always 1 byte. Size of length field is either 1 byte or more than 1 byte. Following rules apply for this. Size of value field depends on length field specified.
If the actual size of 'value' field is less than or equal to 127 bytes(length<=127) then
• Size of 'length' field will be 1 byte
• MSB of 'length' field is set to zero
• The rest of 7 bits of length field indicates actual size of 'value' field in
number of bytes.
EXAMPLE of this wimax TLV format: FEC code type for downlink burst
150(0x96), 0x01(msb:0),0x01(QPSK 1/2)
➨ Here first byte is type.
➨ As value is less than 127
length field in second byte is one byte with msb set
to zero and its remaining 7 bytes indicates that size of value field is one(1).
➨The value field is mentioned as 0x01 representing as QPSK 1/2 modulation-code rate.
If the size of 'value' field is more than 127 bytes(>127) then
• Size of length field shall be one byte more than what is actually used
to mention size of 'value' field in bytes.
• MSB of first byte of 'length' field is set to one
• The remaining 7 bits of first byte of 'length' field indicates
additional bytes of 'length' field
• The bytes other than first byte of 'length field' is used to mention
size of the 'value field'.
EXAMPLE of this TLV format is Frequency(Uplink center) of value 2400000KHz (i.e. 2.4GHz) .
➨ Type= 5(0x5)
➨ Length= 0x83,0x00,0x00,0x03, in the first byte msb is set to 1 and remaining 7 bits of first byte indicate
remaining bytes in the same length field i.e. 3 bytes here.
Second, third and fourth byte together indicates size of value field here (i.e. actual frequency value).
➨ Value= 0x249F00
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