ECMA 368 : 3ED 2008

1 Scope
2 Conformance
3 Normative References
4 Terms and Definitions
   4.1 access category (AC)
   4.2 beacon group
   4.3 beacon period (BP)
   4.4 beacon period start time (BPST)
   4.5 channel
   4.6 data integrity
   4.7 device
   4.8 distributed reservation protocol (DRP)
   4.9 extended beacon group
   4.10 frame
   4.11 frame protection
   4.12 MAC Client
   4.13 MAC command data unit (MCDU)
   4.14 MAC protocol data unit (MPDU)
   4.15 MAC service data unit (MSDU)
   4.16 message integrity code (MIC)
   4.17 neighbour
   4.18 network allocation vector (NAV)
   4.19 prioritized contention access (PCA)
   4.20 pseudo-random number generation
   4.21 random number generator
   4.22 reservation
   4.23 reservation block
   4.24 secure frame
   4.25 stream
   4.26 superframe
   4.27 symmetric key
   4.28 transmission opportunity (TXOP)
   4.29 TXOP holder
   4.30 user priority
5 Notational conventions
6 Abbreviations and acronyms
7 General description
   7.1 PHY general description
   7.2 MAC general description
8 PHY layer partitioning
   8.1 PHY function
   8.2 PLCP sublayer
   8.3 PMD sublayer
   8.4 PHY layer management entity (PLME)
9 Description of signal
   9.1 Mathematical framework
   9.2 Tone-Nulling
10 PLCP sublayer
   10.1 PPDU
   10.2 PLCP preamble
   10.3 PLCP header
   10.4 PSDU
   10.5 Data scrambler
   10.6 Tail bits
   10.7 Convolutional encoder
   10.8 Bit interleaving
   10.9 Constellation mapping
   10.10 OFDM modulation
11 General requirements
   11.1 Operating band frequencies
   11.2 Channelization
   11.3 PHY layer timing
12 Transmitter specifications
   12.1 Transmit PSD mask
   12.2 Transmit centre frequency tolerance
   12.3 Symbol clock frequency tolerance
   12.4 Clock synchronization
   12.5 Phase coherence
   12.6 Transmit power control
   12.7 Transmitter constellation error
13 Receiver specification
   13.1 Receiver sensitivity
   13.2 Receiver CCA performance
   13.3 Link quality indicator
   13.4 Receive Signal Strength Indicator
14 Ranging and location awareness
   14.1 Ranging requirements
   14.2 Ranging reference signal
   14.3 PHY ranging resources
   14.4 PHY ranging operation
   14.5 Ranging calibration constants
   14.6 Example range measurement (informative)
15 PHY and MAC service access points (informative)
   15.1 Generic MIB management primitives
   15.2 PHY SAP interface
   15.3 PLME SAP interface
   15.4 MAC sublayer management primitives
   15.5 MAC management information base (MIB)
   15.6 MLME SAP interface
   15.7 MAC SAP interface
16 MAC frame formats
   16.1 Frame format conventions
   16.2 General MAC frame format
   16.3 Beacon frames
   16.4 Control frames
   16.5 Command frames
   16.6 Data frames
   16.7 Aggregated data frames
   16.8 Information elements
17 MAC sublayer functional description
   17.1 Frame processing
   17.2 Beacon period
   17.3 Prioritized contention access (PCA)
   17.4 Distributed reservation protocol (DRP)
   17.5 Synchronization of devices
   17.6 Fragmentation and reassembly
   17.7 Aggregation
   17.8 Acknowledgement policies
   17.9 Probe
   17.10 Dynamic channel selection
   17.11 Multi-rate support
   17.12 Transmit power control
   17.13 Power management mechanisms
   17.14 ASIE operation
   17.15 Range measurement operation
   17.16 MAC sublayer parameters
18 Security
   18.1 Security mechanisms
   18.2 Security modes
   18.3 Temporal keys
   18.4 Frame reception steps and replay prevention measures
   18.5 AES-128 CCM Inputs
Annex A (normative) MUX sublayer
Annex B (normative) MAC policies
Annex C (normative) Specifier ID Assigned numbers
Annex D (informative) MAC test vectors
Annex E (informative) Example encoding of a PHY packet
Annex F (informative) Recommended out-of-band emission
        limits
Annex G (informative) Range measurement calculations
Annex H (informative) Bibliography

Describes a distributed medium access control (MAC) sublayer and a physical layer (PHY) for wireless networks.