ISO/IEC 29145-2:2014

Information technology - Wireless beacon-enabled energy efficient mesh network (WiBEEM) for wireless home network services - Part 2: MAC layer

ISO/IEC 29145-2:2014(E) specifies the MAC of the WiBEEM (Wireless beacon-enabled energy efficient mesh network) protocol for wireless home network services that supports a low power-consuming wireless mesh network as well as device mobility and QoS.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 05-Mar-2014
• ICS: 35.110 - Networking
• ICS: 35.200 - Interface and interconnection equipment
• ICS: 35.240.99 - IT applications in other fields
• Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 25 - Interconnection of information technology equipment
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Start Date: 15-Mar-2014
• Completion Date: 06-Mar-2014

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ISO/IEC 29145-2
Edition 1.0 2014-03
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Information technology – Wireless beacon-enabled energy efficient mesh
network (WiBEEM) standard for wireless home network services –
Part 2: MAC layer
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ISO/IEC 29145-2
Edition 1.0 2014-03
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
Information technology – Wireless beacon-enabled energy efficient mesh

network (WiBEEM) standard for wireless home network services –

Part 2: MAC layer
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
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ICS 35.200 ISBN 978-2-8322-1449-7

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
INTRODUCTION . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative reference . 7
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations . 7
3.1 Terms and definitions . 7
3.2 Abbreviations . 8
3.3 Conventions . 9
4 Conformance . 10
5 Overview of the WiBEEM technology . 10
6 MAC layer specifications . 10
6.1 General . 10
6.2 MAC layer service specifications . 10
6.2.1 Service overview . 10
6.2.2 MAC data service . 11
6.2.3 MAC management service . 17
6.2.4 Association primitives . 17
6.2.5 Disassociation primitives . 22
6.2.6 Beacon notification primitive . 24
6.2.7 Primitives for reading PIB attributes . 27
6.2.8 RAP management primitives . 28
6.2.9 Primitives for orphan notification . 31
6.2.10 Primitives for resetting the MAC layer . 34
6.2.11 Primitives for specifying the receiver enable time . 35
6.2.12 Primitives for channel scanning . 37
6.2.13 Communication status primitive . 39
6.2.14 Primitives for writing MAC PIB attributes . 41
6.2.15 Primitives for updating the superframe configuration . 42
6.2.16 Primitives for synchronising with a WRC . 45
6.2.17 Primitives for requesting data from a WRC . 47
6.3 MAC frame formats . 49
6.3.1 General . 49
6.3.2 General MAC frame format . 50
6.3.3 Beacon frame format . 52
6.3.4 MAC command frame format . 52
Bibliography . 62

Figure 1 – MAC layer structure . 11
Figure 2 – Message sequence chart describing the MAC data service . 16
Figure 3 – Message sequence chart for association . 22
Figure 4 – Message sequence chart for disassociation . 24
Figure 5 – Message sequence chart for RAP allocation initiated by a device . 31
Figure 6 – Message sequence chart for RAP deallocation initiated by a device and the
WMC . 31

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Figure 7 – Beacon lost (orphan notification) message sequence chart . 33
Figure 8 – Message sequence chart for updating the superframe configuration . 45
Figure 9 – Message sequence chart for synchronising to a WRC in a beacon-enabled
WPAN . 47
Figure 10 – Message sequence chart for requesting data from the WRC. 49
Figure 11 – General MAC frame format . 50
Figure 12 – Beacon frame format . 52

Table 1 – MLDE-DATA.request parameters . 12
Table 2 – MLDE-DATA.confirm parameters . 13
Table 3 – MLDE-DATA.indication parameters . 14
Table 4 – MLDE-ERASE.request parameters . 15
Table 5 – MLDE-ERASE.confirm parameters . 16
Table 6 – Summary of the primitives accessed through the MLME-SAP . 17
Table 7 – MLME-ASSOCIATE.request parameters . 18
Table 8 – MLME-ASSOCIATE.indication parameters . 19
Table 9 – MLME-ASSOCIATE.response parameters . 20
Table 10 – MLME-ASSOCIATE.confirm parameters . 21
Table 11 – MLME-DISASSOCIATE.request parameters . 22
Table 12 – MLME-DISASSOCIATE.indication parameters . 23
Table 13 – MLME-DISASSOCIATE.confirm parameters . 24
Table 14 – MLME-BEACON-NOTIFY.indication parameters . 25
Table 15 – Elements of mesh descriptor . 26
Table 16 – MLME-READ-MIB.request parameters . 27
Table 17 – MLME-READ-MIB.confirm parameters . 28
Table 18 – MLME- RAP-MANAGEMENT.request parameters . 29
Table 19 – MLME-RAP-MANAGEMENT.confirm parameters . 29
Table 20 – MLME-RAP-MANAGEMENT.indication parameters . 30
Table 21 – MLME-BEACON-LOST.indication parameters . 32
Table 22 – MLME-BEACON-LOST.indication parameters . 33
Table 23 – MLME-RESET.request parameters . 34
Table 24 – MLME-RESET.confirm parameters . 35
Table 25 – MLME-RX-ON.request parameters . 35
Table 26 – MLME-RX-ON.confirm parameters . 36
Table 27 – MLME-SCAN.request parameters . 37
Table 28 – MLME-SCAN.confirm parameters . 39
Table 29 – MLME-COMM-RESULT.indication parameters . 40
Table 30 – MLME-WRITE-MIB.request parameters . 41
Table 31 – MLME-WRITE-MIB.confirm parameters . 42
Table 32 – MLME-START.request parameters . 43
Table 33 – MLME-START.confirm parameters . 44
Table 34 – MLME-SYNC.request parameters . 45
Table 35 – MLME-SYNC-LOSS.indication parameters . 46

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Table 36 – MLME-INDIRECT-COMM.request parameters . 48
Table 37 – MLME-INDIRECT-COMM.confirm parameters . 48
Table 38 – MAC command frame . 53
Table 39 – Association request command . 53
Table 41 – Association response command . 54
Table 42 – Association status field . 55
Table 43 – Disassociation notification command format . 55
Table 44 – Disassociation reason code . 56
Table 45 – Data request command format . 57
Table 46 – Mesh ID conflict notification command format . 57
Table 47 – Orphan notification command format . 58
Table 48 – Beacon request command format . 58
Table 49 – Co-ordinator realignment command format . 59
Table 50 – CFP request command
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