ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-11:2012/Amd 2:2014

Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Specific requirements — Part 11: Wireless LAN medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications — Amendment 2: MAC enhancements for robust audio video streaming (adoption of IEEE Std 802.11aa-2012)

Technologies de l'information — Télécommunications et échange d'information entre systèmes — Réseaux locaux et métropolitains — Exigences spécifiques — Partie 11: Spécifications du contrôle d'accès du milieu sans fil (MAC) et de la couche physique (PHY) — Amendement 2: Améliorations du MAC pour une lecture en transit robuste de fichier sonore ou visuel (adoption de la norme IEEE Std 802.11aa-2012)

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 11-Mar-2014
• Withdrawal Date: 11-Mar-2014
• ICS: 35.110 - Networking
• Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6 - Telecommunications and information exchange between systems
• Drafting Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6 - Telecommunications and information exchange between systems
• Current Stage: 9599 - Withdrawal of International Standard
• Completion Date: 06-Jun-2019

Relations

• Revised: ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-11:2018 - Telecommunications and exchange between information technology systems — Requirements for local and metropolitan area networks — Part 11: Wireless LAN medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications
• Effective Date: 23-Apr-2020
• Amends: ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-11:2012 - Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Specific requirements — Part 11: Wireless LAN medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications
• Effective Date: 25-Apr-2020

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC/
STANDARD IEEE
8802-11
First edition
2012-11-01
AMENDMENT 2
2014-03-15


Information technology —
Telecommunications and information
exchange between systems — Local and
metropolitan area networks — Specific
requirements —
Part 11:
Wireless LAN medium access control
(MAC) and physical layer (PHY)
specifications
AMENDMENT 2: MAC enhancements for
robust audio video streaming (adoption of
IEEE Std 802.11aa-2012)
Technologies de l'information — Télécommunications et échange
d'information entre systèmes — Réseaux locaux et métropolitains —
Exigences spécifiques —
Partie 11: Spécifications du contrôle d'accès du milieu sans fil (MAC) et
de la couche physique (PHY)
AMENDEMENT 2: Améliorations du MAC pour une lecture en transit
robuste de fichier sonore ou visuel (adoption de la norme IEEE Std
802.11aa-2012)





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IEEE Standard for Information technology—
Telecommunications and information exchange between systems
Local and metropolitan area networks—
Specific requirements

Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control
(MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications


Amendment 2: MAC Enhancements for
Robust Audio Video Streaming

IEEE Computer Society

Sponsored by the
LAN/MAN Standards Committee


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IEEE Standard for Information technology—
Telecommunications and information exchange between systems
Local and metropolitan area networks—
Specific requirements
Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control
(MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications
Amendment 2: MAC Enhancements for
Robust Audio Video Streaming
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Abstract: This amendment specifies enhancements to the IEEE 802.11 medium access control
(MAC) for robust audio video (AV) streaming, while maintaining coexistence with other types of
traffic.
Keywords: audio, IEEE 802.11aa, medium access control, video, wireless LAN
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Participants
At the time this amendment was sent to sponsor ballot, the IEEE 802.11 Working Group had the following
officers:
Bruce P. Kraemer, Chair
Adrian P. Stephens and Jon Walter Rosdahl, Vice-Chairs
Stephen McCann, Secretary
Peter Ecclesine, Technical Editor
The following were officers of Task Group aa:
Graham K. Smith, Chair
Alex Ashley, Vice-Chair
Ganesh Venkatesan, Secretary
Alex Ashley, Technical Editor
When the IEEE 802.11 Working Group first approved this amendment, Task Group aa had the following
membership:
Ganesh Venkatesan, Chair
Alex Ashley, Vice Chair
Hang Lui, Technical Editor
John Coffey
Osama S. Aboul-Magd Chris Hartman
Charles I. Cook
Santosh P. Abraham Amer A. Hassan
Carlos Cordeiro
Carlos H. Aldana Robert F. Heile
Xavier P. Costa
David C. Andrus Guido R. Hiertz
Subir Das
Lee R. Armstrong Garth D. Hillman
Rolf J. de Vegt
Yusuke Asai Seungeun Hong
Theodorus Denteneer
Geert A. Awater Ju-Lan Hsu
Susan Dickey
David Bagby Wendong Hu
John Dorsey
Michael Bahr Tian-Wei Huang
Offie Drennan
Gabor Bajko David Hunter
Roger P. Durand
Raja Banerjea Brima Ibrahim
Donald E. Eastlake
Kaberi Banerjee Akio Iso
Marc Emmelmann
John R. Barr Wynona Jacobs
Vinko Erceg
Gal Basson Avinash Jain
Leonardo Estevez
Tuncer Baykas Lusheng Ji
Matthew J. Fischer
John L. Benko Sunggeun Jin
Wayne K. Fisher
Ted Booth Junho Jo
Atsushi Fujimoto
Daniel Borges Vince Jones
Wen Gao
Andre Bourdoux Padam Kafle
Matthew Gast
Gregory Breit Carl W. Kain
James P. Gilb
Walter Buga Naveen K. Kakani
Jeffrey Gilbert
G. Bumiller Jeyhan Karaoguz
Claude Giraud
Nancy Cam-Winget Assaf Y. Kasher
Ronald Glibbery
Necati Canpolat Shuzo Kato
Reinhard Gloger
Laurent Cariou Tatsuya Kato
Michelle Gong
Philippe Chambelin Richard H. Kennedy
David Goodall
Kapseok Chang John Kenney
Sudheer A. Grandhi
Clint F. Chaplin Stuart J. Kerry
Michael Grigat
Lidong Chen Eung S. Kim
Mark Grodzinsky
Minho Cheong Joonsuk Kim
David Halasz
Woong Cho Kyeongpyo Kim
Mark Hamilton
Chang-Soon Choi Yongsun Kim
Christopher J. Hansen
Inhwan Choi Youhan Kim
Hiroshi Harada
In-Kyeong Choi Youngsoo Kim
Dan N. Harkins
Jee-Yon Choi Yunjoo Kim
Brian D. Hart
Liwen Chu Shoichi Kitazawa
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Jarkko Kneckt Paul Nikolich David S. Stephenson
Marm M. Kobayashi Yujin Noh John Stine
Fumihide Kojima Jong-Ee Oh Guenael T. Strutt
Tom Kolze Youko Omori Chin-Sean Sum
Thomas M. Kurihara Satoshi Oyama Mohammad H. Taghavi
Joseph Kwak Richard H. Paine Mineo Takai
Hyoungjin Kwon Jaewoo Park Yasushi Takatori
Ui K. Kwon Minyoung Park Teik-Kheong Tan
Ismail Lakkis Bemini H. Peiris Alireza Tarighat
Paul Lambert Eldad Perahia Geoffrey Thompson
Zhou Lan James E. Petranovich Allan Thomson
Leonardo Lanante Albert Petrick Jerry Thrasher
Jeremy A. Landt John Petro Eric Tokubo
Joseph P. Lauer Vishakan Ponnampalam Ichihiko Toyoda
Jae S. Lee James D. Portaro Jason Trachewsky
Wooyong Lee Henry S. Ptasinski Solomon B. Trainin
Yuro Lee Rene Purnadi Jean Tsao
Pei Liu Ivan Pustogarov Yung-Szu Tu
Peter Loc Emily H. Qi Masahiro Umehira
Artyom Lomayev Huyu Qu Richard D. Van Nee
Hui-Ling Lou Jim E. Raab Allert Van Zelst
Bradley Lynch Mohammad Rahman Prabodh Varshney
Michael Lynch Harish Ramamurthy Sameer Vermani
Alastair Malarky Stephen G. Rayment George A. Vlantis
Jouni K. Malinen Ivan Reede Jesse R. Walker
Alexander Maltsev Alex Reznik Chao-Chun Wang
Hiroshi Mano Sandrine Roblot Haiguang Wang
Bill Marshall Randal Roebuck Junyi Wang
Roman M. Maslennikov Richard Roy Qi Wang
Justin P. McNew Ali Sadri Craig D. Warren
Murat Mese Kazuyuki Sakoda Fujio Watanabe
Sven Mesecke Hemanth Sampath Menzo M. Wentink
Robert R. Miller Hirokazu Sawada Pyo C. Woo
Jochen Miroll Jean Schwoerer James Worsham
Apurva Mody Yongho Seok Harry R. Worstell
Michael Montemurro Huairong Shao Fonchi Wu
Rajendra T. Moorti Stephen J. Shellhammer Liuyang Yang
Hitoshi Morioka Bazhong Shen James Yee
Yuichi Morioka Ian Sherlock Peter Yee
Daniel C. Mur Nobuhiko Shibagaki Su K. Yong
Anthony Murabito Ashish Shukla Christopher Young
Peter Murray Francois Simon Artur Zaks
Andrew Myles Shubhranshu Singh Hongyuan Zhang
Yuhei Nagao Sudhir Srinivasa Ning Zhang
Hiroki Nakano Robert Stacey Meiyuan Zhao
Sai S. Nandagopalan Dorothy Stanley Shiwei Zhao
Chiu Ngo Chunhui Zhu
Major contributions were received from the following individuals:
Osama Aboul-Magd Jun Li Ed Reuss
Alex Ashley Hang Liu Kevin Rhee
Yonghwan Bang Xiaojun Ma Alexander Safonov
Matilda Benveniste Ishan Mandrekar John Simons
Douglas Chan Bill Marshall Graham K. Smith
Liwen Chu Saurabh Mathur Robert Stacey
Todor Cooklev Jochen Miroll Rohit Suri
Yacine Ghamri Doudane Andrew Myles Allan Thomson
Mark Hamilton Sanjiv Nanda Ganesh Venkatesan
Dan N. Harkins Ivan Pustogarov George A. Vlantis
Brian D. Hart Satish Putta Qi Wang
David Hunter Luke Qian Mingquan Wu
Naveen K. Kakani Raghuram Rangarajan Jing Zhu
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The following members of the individual balloting committee voted on this amendment. Balloters may have
voted for approval, disapproval, or abstention.
Tomoko Adachi David Hunter Brian Phelps
Iwan Adhicandra Tetsushi Ikegami Clinton Powell
Thomas Alexander Noriyuki Ikeuchi Venkatesha Prasad
Richard Alfvin Yasuhiko Inoue Michael Probasco
Mark Anderson Sergiu Iordanescu Henry S. Ptasinski
Butch Anton Akio Iso Jayaram Ramasastry
Lee R. Armstrong Atsushi Ito Ivan Reede
Alex Ashley Mitsuru Iwaoka Maximilian Riegel
Arthur Astrin Raj Jain Robert Robinson
Kwok Shum Au Junghoon Jee Jon Rosdahl
Michael Bahr Tal Kaitz Randall Safier
Nancy Bravin Naveen K. Kakani Shigenobu Sasaki
John Buffington Shinkyo Kaku Bartien Sayogo
William Byrd Ruediger Kays Shusaku Shimada
William Carney Stuart J. Kerry John Short
Clint F. Chaplin Brian Kiernan Gil Shultz
Keith Chow Yongbum Kim Graham K. Smith
Charles I. Cook Youhan Kim Kapil Sood
Ray Davis Bruce P. Kraemer Robert Stacey
Wael Diab Thomas M. Kurihara Dorothy Stanley
Patrick Diamond Geoff Ladwig Kevin B. Stanton
Thomas Dineen Richard Lancaster Thomas Starai
Sourav Dutta Jeremy A. Landt Adrian P. Stephens
Peter Ecclesine Jan-Ray Liao Walter Struppler
Richard Eckard Arthur Light Guenael T. Strutt
Richard Edgar William Lumpkins Mark Sturza
Dennis Edwards Greg Luri Bo Sun
Matthew J. Fischer Elvis Maculuba Joseph Tardo
Andre Fournier Jouni K. Malinen Michael Johas Teener
Avraham Freedman Stephen McCann Ichihiko Toyoda
Geoffrey Garner Michael McInnis Solomon B. Trainin
Matthew Gast Gary Michel Mark-Rene Uchida
Pieter-Paul Giesberts Apurva Mody Dmitri Varsanofiev
Gregory Gillooly Michael Montemurro Prabodh Varshney
Reinhard Gloger Rick Murphy Ganesh Venkatesan
David Goodall Peter Murray John Vergis
Sudheer A. Grandhi Nabil Nasser Bhupender Virk
Randall Groves Michael S. Newman George A. Vlantis
Michael Gundlach Paul Nikolich Khurram Waheed
C. Guy Kevin Noll Lei Wang
Rainer Hach John Notor Stanley Wang
Mark Hamilton Satoshi Obara Stephen Webb
Rodney Hemminger Robert O’Hara Karl Weber
Jerome Henry Satoshi Oyama Hung-Yu Wei
Marco Hernandez Stephen Palm Oren Yuen
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When the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved this amendment on 29 March 2012, it had the following
membership:
Richard H. Hulett, Chair
John Kulick, Vice Chair
Robert M. Grow, Past Chair
Judith Gorman, Secretary
Satish Aggarwal Alexander Gelman Oleg Logvinov
Masayuki Ariyoshi Paul Houzé Ted Olsen
Jim Hughes Gary Robinson
Peter Balma
Jon Walter Rosdahl
William Bartley Young Kuyn Kim
Mike Seavey
Joseph L. Koepfinger*
Ted Burse
Yatin Trivedi
David J. Law
Clint Chaplin
Thomas Lee Phil Winston
Wael Diab
Yu Yuan
Hung Ling
Jean-Philippe Faure
*Member Emeritus
Also included are the following nonvoting IEEE-SA Standards Board liaisons:
Richard DeBlasio, DOE Representative
Michael Janezic, NIST Representative
Don Messina
IEEE Standards Program Manager, Document Development
Lisa Perry
IEEE Standards Program Manager, Technical Program Development
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Introduction
This introduction is not part of IEEE Std 802.11aa-2012, IEEE Standard for Information technology—
Telecommunications and information exchange between systems—Local and metropolitan area networks—Specific
requirements—Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications—
Amendment 2: MAC Enhancements for Robust Audio Video Streaming.
This amendment defines enhancements to the IEEE 802.11 medium access control (MAC) to support robust
audio video (AV) streaming.
The amendment specifies enhancements to the following standard and amendment to support robust AV
streaming:
— IEEE Std 802.11-2012
— IEEE Std 802.11ae-2012
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Contents
1. Overview. 2
1.3 Supplementary information on purpose . 2
2. Normative references. 2
3. Definitions, acronyms, and abbreviations. 2
3.1 Definitions . 2
3.2 Definitions specific to IEEE 802.11 . 2
3.3 Abbreviations and acronyms . 3
4. General description . 4
4.3 Components of the IEEE 802.11 architecture . 4
4.3.15 Mesh BSS: IEEE 802.11 wireless mesh network. 4
4.3.16 Robust audio video (AV) streaming. 4
5. MAC service definition . 6
5.1 Overview of MAC services . 6
5.1.1 Data service . 6
6. Layer management. 7
6.3 MLME SAP interface. 7
6.3.3 Scan . 7
6.3.26 TS management interface . 7
6.3.29 Block Ack . 13
6.3.67 DMS or GCR request and response procedure. 16
6.3.72 QoS Map Set element management. 21
6.3.84 SCS request and response procedure. 22
6.3.85 QLoad report management . 27
6.3.86 HCCA TXOP advertisement management. 31
6.3.87 Group membership management. 35
6.3.88 AP PeerKey management . 39
8. Frame formats .
...