MAC Modeling

Functions and configuration objects for 802.11™ MAC frame generation and parsing

WLAN Toolbox™ provides functions to create and parse 802.11 medium access control (MAC) frames. Use these functions to generate and decode control, management, data, and trigger frames.

Functions

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Frame Configuration and Generation

`wlanMACFrame`	Generate WLAN MAC frame (MPDU or A-MPDU)
`wlanMACFrameConfig`	Configure WLAN MAC frame
`wlanMACManagementConfig`	Configure WLAN MAC management frame
`wlanMACTriggerConfig`	Configure WLAN MAC trigger frame
`wlanMACTriggerUserConfig`	Configure User Info field of WLAN MAC trigger frame
`addIE`	Update MAC management frame with IE
`addUserInfo`	Add User Info field to WLAN MAC trigger frame
`wlanMSDULengths`	Calculate MSDU lengths
`wlanAPEPLength`	Calculate APEP length in octets
`wlanPSDULength`	Calculate PSDU length in octets

Frame Parsing

`wlanAMPDUDeaggregate`	Deaggregate A-MPDU and extract MPDUs
`wlanMPDUDecode`	Decode MPDU
`displayIEs`	Display list of IEs in MAC management frame

PCAP File Writing

`pcapWriter`	PCAP file writer of protocol packets
`pcapngWriter`	PCAPNG file writer of protocol packets
`wlanPCAPWriter`	PCAP or PCAPNG file writer of WLAN MAC packets