IEEE Std 802.11d-2001 Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications Amendment 3: Specification for operation in additional regulatory domains -Description
Abstract: This amendment specifies the extensions to IEEE Std 802.11® for Wireless Local Area Networks providing specifications for conformant operation beyond the original six regulatory domains of that standard. These extensions provide a mechanism for an IEEE Std 802.11 access point to deliver the required radio transmitter parameters to an IEEE Std 802.11 mobile station, which allows that station to configure its radio to operate within the applicable regulations of a geographic or political subdivision. This mechanism is applicable to all IEEE Std 802.11 PHY types. A secondary benefit of the mechanism described in this amendment is the ability for an IEEE Std 802.11 moble station to roam between regulatory domains.
Keywords: international roaming, local area network (LAN), mobility, radio, roam, roaming, wireless, wireless network
Content
2. Normative references
4. Abbreviations and acronyms
7. Frame formats
7.3.2 Information elements
9. MAC sublayer functional description
9.9 Operation across regulatory domains
9.9.1 Operation upon entering a regulatory domain
9.9.2 Support for frequency hopping PHYs
11. MAC sublayer management entity
14. Frequency-Hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) PHY specification for the 2.4 GHz Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) band
14.8.2 FH PHY attributes
Annex A Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) proforma
A.4 PICS proforma—ISO/IEC 8802-11:1997
A.4.3 IUT Configuration
A.4.10 Regulatory Domain Extensions
Annex C Formal description of MAC operation
C.2 Data type and operator definitions for the MAC state machines
