1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Bruce M. Simpson <bms@spc.org> 3.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Darron Broad <darron@kewl.org> 4.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting 5.\" All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 12.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 14.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 15.\" 16.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 17.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 18.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 19.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 20.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 21.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 22.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 23.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 24.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 25.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 26.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 27.\" 28.Dd January 26, 2021 29.Dt IEEE80211 9 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm IEEE80211 33.Nd 802.11 network layer 34.Sh SYNOPSIS 35.In net80211/ieee80211_var.h 36.Ft void 37.Fn ieee80211_ifattach "struct ieee80211com *ic" 38.Ft void 39.Fn ieee80211_ifdetach "struct ieee80211com *ic" 40.Ft int 41.Fn ieee80211_mhz2ieee "u_int freq" "u_int flags" 42.Ft int 43.Fn ieee80211_chan2ieee "struct ieee80211com *ic" "const struct ieee80211_channel *c" 44.Ft u_int 45.Fn ieee80211_ieee2mhz "u_int chan" "u_int flags" 46.Ft int 47.Fn ieee80211_media_change "struct ifnet *ifp" 48.Ft void 49.Fn ieee80211_media_status "struct ifnet *ifp" "struct ifmediareq *imr" 50.Ft int 51.Fn ieee80211_setmode "struct ieee80211com *ic" "enum ieee80211_phymode mode" 52.Ft enum ieee80211_phymode 53.Fo ieee80211_chan2mode 54.Fa "const struct ieee80211_channel *chan" 55.Fc 56.Ft int 57.Fo ieee80211_rate2media 58.Fa "struct ieee80211com *ic" "int rate" "enum ieee80211_phymode mode" 59.Fc 60.Ft int 61.Fn ieee80211_media2rate "int mword" 62.Sh DESCRIPTION 63IEEE 802.11 device drivers are written to use the infrastructure provided 64by the 65.Nm 66software layer. 67This software provides a support framework for drivers that includes 68ifnet cloning, state management, and a user management API by which 69applications interact with 802.11 devices. 70Most drivers depend on the 71.Nm 72layer for protocol services but devices that off-load functionality 73may bypass the layer to connect directly to the device. 74.Pp 75A 76.Nm 77device driver implements a virtual radio API that is exported to 78users through network interfaces (aka vaps) that are cloned from the 79underlying device. 80These interfaces have an operating mode 81(station, adhoc, hostap, wds, monitor, etc.\&) 82that is fixed for the lifetime of the interface. 83Devices that can support multiple concurrent interfaces allow 84multiple vaps to be cloned. 85This enables construction of interesting applications such as 86an AP vap and one or more WDS vaps 87or multiple AP vaps, each with a different security model. 88The 89.Nm 90layer virtualizes most 802.11 state 91and coordinates vap state changes including scheduling multiple vaps. 92State that is not virtualized includes the current channel and 93WME/WMM parameters. 94Protocol processing is typically handled entirely in the 95.Nm 96layer with drivers responsible purely for moving data between the host 97and device. 98Similarly, 99.Nm 100handles most 101.Xr ioctl 2 102requests without entering the driver; 103instead drivers are notified of state changes that 104require their involvement. 105.Pp 106The virtual radio interface defined by the 107.Nm 108layer means that drivers must be structured to follow specific rules. 109Drivers that support only a single interface at any time must still 110follow these rules. 111.Pp 112Most of these functions require that attachment to the stack is performed 113before calling. 114.Pp 115.\" 116The 117.Fn ieee80211_ifattach 118function attaches the wireless network interface 119.Fa ic 120to the 802.11 network stack layer. 121This function must be called before using any of the 122.Nm 123functions which need to store driver state across invocations. 124.Pp 125.\" 126The 127.Fn ieee80211_ifdetach 128function frees any 129.Nm 130structures associated with the driver, and performs Ethernet and BPF 131detachment on behalf of the caller. 132.Pp 133.\" 134The 135.Fn ieee80211_mhz2ieee 136utility function converts the frequency 137.Fa freq 138(specified in MHz) to an IEEE 802.11 channel number. 139The 140.Fa flags 141argument is a hint which specifies whether the frequency is in 142the 2GHz ISM band 143.Pq Vt IEEE80211_CHAN_2GHZ 144or the 5GHz band 145.Pq Vt IEEE80211_CHAN_5GHZ ; 146appropriate clipping of the result is then performed. 147.Pp 148.\" 149The 150.Fn ieee80211_chan2ieee 151function converts the channel specified in 152.Fa *c 153to an IEEE channel number for the driver 154.Fa ic . 155If the conversion would be invalid, an error message is printed to the 156system console. 157This function REQUIRES that the driver is hooked up to the 158.Nm 159subsystem. 160.Pp 161.\" 162The 163.Fn ieee80211_ieee2mhz 164utility function converts the IEEE channel number 165.Ft chan 166to a frequency (in MHz). 167The 168.Fa flags 169argument is a hint which specifies whether the frequency is in 170the 2GHz ISM band 171.Pq Vt IEEE80211_CHAN_2GHZ 172or the 5GHz band 173.Pq Vt IEEE80211_CHAN_5GHZ ; 174appropriate clipping of the result is then performed. 175.Pp 176.\" 177The 178.Fn ieee80211_media_status 179and 180.Fn ieee80211_media_change 181functions are device-independent handlers for 182.Vt ifmedia 183commands and are not intended to be called directly. 184.Pp 185.\" 186The 187.Fn ieee80211_setmode 188function is called from within the 802.11 stack to change the mode 189of the driver's PHY; it is not intended to be called directly. 190.Pp 191.\" 192The 193.Fn ieee80211_chan2mode 194function returns the PHY mode required for use with the channel 195.Fa chan . 196This is typically used when selecting a rate set, to be advertised in 197beacons, for example. 198.Pp 199.\" 200The 201.Fn ieee80211_rate2media 202function converts the bit rate 203.Fa rate 204(measured in units of 0.5Mbps) to an 205.Vt ifmedia 206sub-type, for the device 207.Fa ic 208running in PHY mode 209.Fa mode . 210The 211.Fn ieee80211_media2rate 212performs the reverse of this conversion, returning the bit rate (in 0.5Mbps 213units) corresponding to an 214.Vt ifmedia 215sub-type. 216. 217.Sh DATA STRUCTURES 218The virtual radio architecture splits state between a single per-device 219.Vt ieee80211com 220structure and one or more 221.Vt ieee80211vap 222structures. 223Drivers are expected to setup various shared state in these structures 224at device attach and during vap creation but otherwise should treat them 225as read-only. 226The 227.Vt ieee80211com 228structure is allocated by the 229.Nm 230layer as adjunct data to a device's 231.Vt ifnet ; 232it is accessed through the 233.Vt if_l2com 234structure member. 235The 236.Vt ieee80211vap 237structure is allocated by the driver in the 238.Dq vap create 239method 240and should be extended with any driver-private state. 241This technique of giving the driver control to allocate data structures 242is used for other 243.Nm 244data structures and should be exploited to maintain driver-private state 245together with public 246.Nm 247state. 248.Pp 249The other main data structures are the station, or node, table 250that tracks peers in the local BSS, and the channel table that defines 251the current set of available radio channels. 252Both tables are bound to the 253.Vt ieee80211com 254structure and shared by all vaps. 255Long-lasting references to a node are counted to guard against 256premature reclamation. 257In particular every packet sent/received holds a node reference 258(either explicitly for transmit or implicitly on receive). 259.Pp 260The 261.Vt ieee80211com 262and 263.Vt ieee80211vap 264structures also hold a collection of method pointers that drivers 265fill-in and/or override to take control of certain operations. 266These methods are the primary way drivers are bound to the 267.Nm 268layer and are described below. 269.Sh DRIVER ATTACH/DETACH 270Drivers attach to the 271.Nm 272layer with the 273.Fn ieee80211_ifattach 274function. 275The driver is expected to allocate and setup any device-private 276data structures before passing control. 277The 278.Vt ieee80211com 279structure must be pre-initialized with state required to setup the 280.Nm 281layer: 282.Bl -tag -width ic_channels 283.It Dv ic_ifp 284Backpointer to the physical device's ifnet. 285.It Dv ic_caps 286Device/driver capabilities; see below for a complete description. 287.It Dv ic_channels 288Table of channels the device is capable of operating on. 289This is initially provided by the driver but may be changed 290through calls that change the regulatory state. 291.It Dv ic_nchan 292Number of entries in 293.Dv ic_channels . 294.El 295.Pp 296On return from 297.Fn ieee80211_ifattach 298the driver is expected to override default callback functions in the 299.Vt ieee80211com 300structure to register it's private routines. 301Methods marked with a 302.Dq * 303must be provided by the driver. 304.Bl -tag -width ic_channels 305.It Dv ic_vap_create* 306Create a vap instance of the specified type (operating mode). 307Any fixed BSSID and/or MAC address is provided. 308Drivers that support multi-bssid operation may honor the requested BSSID 309or assign their own. 310.It Dv ic_vap_delete* 311Destroy a vap instance created with 312.Dv ic_vap_create . 313.It Dv ic_getradiocaps 314Return the list of calibrated channels for the radio. 315The default method returns the current list of channels 316(space permitting). 317.It Dv ic_setregdomain 318Process a request to change regulatory state. 319The routine may reject a request or constrain changes (e.g. reduce 320transmit power caps). 321The default method accepts all proposed changes. 322.It Dv ic_send_mgmt 323Send an 802.11 management frame. 324The default method fabricates the frame using 325.Nm 326state and passes it to the driver through the 327.Dv ic_raw_xmit 328method. 329.It Dv ic_raw_xmit 330Transmit a raw 802.11 frame. 331The default method drops the frame and generates a message on the console. 332.It Dv ic_updateslot 333Update hardware state after an 802.11 IFS slot time change. 334There is no default method; the pointer may be NULL in which case 335it will not be used. 336.It Dv ic_update_mcast 337Update hardware for a change in the multicast packet filter. 338The default method prints a console message. 339.It Dv ic_update_promisc 340Update hardware for a change in the promiscuous mode setting. 341The default method prints a console message. 342.It Dv ic_newassoc 343Update driver/device state for association to a new AP (in station mode) 344or when a new station associates (e.g. in AP mode). 345There is no default method; the pointer may be NULL in which case 346it will not be used. 347.It Dv ic_node_alloc 348Allocate and initialize a 349.Vt ieee80211_node 350structure. 351This method cannot sleep. 352The default method allocates zero'd memory using 353.Xr malloc 9 . 354Drivers should override this method to allocate extended storage 355for their own needs. 356Memory allocated by the driver must be tagged with 357.Dv M_80211_NODE 358to balance the memory allocation statistics. 359.It Dv ic_node_free 360Reclaim storage of a node allocated by 361.Dv ic_node_alloc . 362Drivers are expected to 363.Em interpose 364their own method to cleanup private state but must call through 365this method to allow 366.Nm 367to reclaim it's private state. 368.It Dv ic_node_cleanup 369Cleanup state in a 370.Vt ieee80211_node 371created by 372.Dv ic_node_alloc . 373This operation is distinguished from 374.Dv ic_node_free 375in that it may be called long before the node is actually reclaimed 376to cleanup adjunct state. 377This can happen, for example, when a node must not be reclaimed 378due to references held by packets in the transmit queue. 379Drivers typically interpose 380.Dv ic_node_cleanup 381instead of 382.Dv ic_node_free . 383.It Dv ic_node_age 384Age, and potentially reclaim, resources associated with a node. 385The default method ages frames on the power-save queue (in AP mode) 386and pending frames in the receive reorder queues (for stations using A-MPDU). 387.It Dv ic_node_drain 388Reclaim all optional resources associated with a node. 389This call is used to free up resources when they are in short supply. 390.It Dv ic_node_getrssi 391Return the Receive Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) in .5 dBm units for 392the specified node. 393This interface returns a subset of the information 394returned by 395.Dv ic_node_getsignal . 396The default method calculates a filtered average over the last ten 397samples passed in to 398.Xr ieee80211_input 9 399or 400.Xr ieee80211_input_all 9 . 401.It Dv ic_node_getsignal 402Return the RSSI and noise floor (in .5 dBm units) for a station. 403The default method calculates RSSI as described above; 404the noise floor returned is the last value supplied to 405.Xr ieee80211_input 9 406or 407.Xr ieee80211_input_all 9 . 408.It Dv ic_node_getmimoinfo 409Return MIMO radio state for a station in support of the 410.Dv IEEE80211_IOC_STA_INFO 411ioctl request. 412The default method returns nothing. 413.It Dv ic_scan_start* 414Prepare driver/hardware state for scanning. 415This callback is done in a sleepable context. 416.It Dv ic_scan_end* 417Restore driver/hardware state after scanning completes. 418This callback is done in a sleepable context. 419.It Dv ic_set_channel* 420Set the current radio channel using 421.Vt ic_curchan . 422This callback is done in a sleepable context. 423.It Dv ic_scan_curchan 424Start scanning on a channel. 425This method is called immediately after each channel change 426and must initiate the work to scan a channel and schedule a timer 427to advance to the next channel in the scan list. 428This callback is done in a sleepable context. 429The default method handles active scan work (e.g. sending ProbeRequest 430frames), and schedules a call to 431.Xr ieee80211_scan_next 9 432according to the maximum dwell time for the channel. 433Drivers that off-load scan work to firmware typically use this method 434to trigger per-channel scan activity. 435.It Dv ic_scan_mindwell 436Handle reaching the minimum dwell time on a channel when scanning. 437This event is triggered when one or more stations have been found on 438a channel and the minimum dwell time has been reached. 439This callback is done in a sleepable context. 440The default method signals the scan machinery to advance 441to the next channel as soon as possible. 442Drivers can use this method to preempt further work (e.g. if scanning 443is handled by firmware) or ignore the request to force maximum dwell time 444on a channel. 445.It Dv ic_recv_action 446Process a received Action frame. 447The default method points to 448.Xr ieee80211_recv_action 9 449which provides a mechanism for setting up handlers for each Action frame class. 450.It Dv ic_send_action 451Transmit an Action frame. 452The default method points to 453.Xr ieee80211_send_action 9 454which provides a mechanism for setting up handlers for each Action frame class. 455.It Dv ic_ampdu_enable 456Check if transmit A-MPDU should be enabled for the specified station and AC. 457The default method checks a per-AC traffic rate against a per-vap 458threshold to decide if A-MPDU should be enabled. 459This method also rate-limits ADDBA requests so that requests are not 460made too frequently when a receiver has limited resources. 461.It Dv ic_addba_request 462Request A-MPDU transmit aggregation. 463The default method sets up local state and issues an 464ADDBA Request Action frame. 465Drivers may interpose this method if they need to setup private state 466for handling transmit A-MPDU. 467.It Dv ic_addb_response 468Process a received ADDBA Response Action frame and setup resources as 469needed for doing transmit A-MPDU. 470.It Dv ic_addb_stop 471Shutdown an A-MPDU transmit stream for the specified station and AC. 472The default method reclaims local state after sending a DelBA Action frame. 473.It Dv ic_bar_response 474Process a response to a transmitted BAR control frame. 475.It Dv ic_ampdu_rx_start 476Prepare to receive A-MPDU data from the specified station for the TID. 477.It Dv ic_ampdu_rx_stop 478Terminate receipt of A-MPDU data from the specified station for the TID. 479.El 480.Pp 481Once the 482.Nm 483layer is attached to a driver there are two more steps typically done 484to complete the work: 485.Bl -enum 486.It 487Setup 488.Dq radiotap support 489for capturing raw 802.11 packets that pass through the device. 490This is done with a call to 491.Xr ieee80211_radiotap_attach 9 . 492.It 493Do any final device setup like enabling interrupts. 494.El 495.Pp 496State is torn down and reclaimed with a call to 497.Fn ieee80211_ifdetach . 498Note this call may result in multiple callbacks into the driver 499so it should be done before any critical driver state is reclaimed. 500On return from 501.Fn ieee80211_ifdetach 502all associated vaps and ifnet structures are reclaimed or inaccessible 503to user applications so it is safe to teardown driver state without 504worry about being re-entered. 505The driver is responsible for calling 506.Xr if_free 9 507on the ifnet it allocated for the physical device. 508.Sh DRIVER CAPABILITIES 509Driver/device capabilities are specified using several sets of flags 510in the 511.Vt ieee80211com 512structure. 513General capabilities are specified by 514.Vt ic_caps . 515Hardware cryptographic capabilities are specified by 516.Vt ic_cryptocaps . 517802.11n capabilities, if any, are specified by 518.Vt ic_htcaps . 519The 520.Nm 521layer propagates a subset of these capabilities to each vap through 522the equivalent fields: 523.Vt iv_caps , 524.Vt iv_cryptocaps , 525and 526.Vt iv_htcaps . 527The following general capabilities are defined: 528.Bl -tag -width IEEE80211_C_8023ENCAP 529.It Dv IEEE80211_C_STA 530Device is capable of operating in station (aka Infrastructure) mode. 531.It Dv IEEE80211_C_8023ENCAP 532Device requires 802.3-encapsulated frames be passed for transmit. 533By default 534.Nm 535will encapsulate all outbound frames as 802.11 frames (without a PLCP header). 536.It Dv IEEE80211_C_FF 537Device supports Atheros Fast-Frames. 538.It Dv IEEE80211_C_TURBOP 539Device supports Atheros Dynamic Turbo mode. 540.It Dv IEEE80211_C_IBSS 541Device is capable of operating in adhoc/IBSS mode. 542.It Dv IEEE80211_C_PMGT 543Device supports dynamic power-management (aka power save) in station mode. 544.It Dv IEEE80211_C_HOSTAP 545Device is capable of operating as an Access Point in Infrastructure mode. 546.It Dv IEEE80211_C_AHDEMO 547Device is capable of operating in Adhoc Demo mode. 548In this mode the device is used purely to send/receive raw 802.11 frames. 549.It Dv IEEE80211_C_SWRETRY 550Device supports software retry of transmitted frames. 551.It Dv IEEE80211_C_TXPMGT 552Device support dynamic transmit power changes on transmitted frames; 553also known as Transmit Power Control (TPC). 554.It Dv IEEE80211_C_SHSLOT 555Device supports short slot time operation (for 802.11g). 556.It Dv IEEE80211_C_SHPREAMBLE 557Device supports short preamble operation (for 802.11g). 558.It Dv IEEE80211_C_MONITOR 559Device is capable of operating in monitor mode. 560.It Dv IEEE80211_C_DFS 561Device supports radar detection and/or DFS. 562DFS protocol support can be handled by 563.Nm 564but the device must be capable of detecting radar events. 565.It Dv IEEE80211_C_MBSS 566Device is capable of operating in MeshBSS (MBSS) mode 567(as defined by 802.11s Draft 3.0). 568.It Dv IEEE80211_C_WPA1 569Device supports WPA1 operation. 570.It Dv IEEE80211_C_WPA2 571Device supports WPA2/802.11i operation. 572.It Dv IEEE80211_C_BURST 573Device supports frame bursting. 574.It Dv IEEE80211_C_WME 575Device supports WME/WMM operation 576(at the moment this is mostly support for sending and receiving 577QoS frames with EDCF). 578.It Dv IEEE80211_C_WDS 579Device supports transmit/receive of 4-address frames. 580.It Dv IEEE80211_C_BGSCAN 581Device supports background scanning. 582.It Dv IEEE80211_C_TXFRAG 583Device supports transmit of fragmented 802.11 frames. 584.It Dv IEEE80211_C_TDMA 585Device is capable of operating in TDMA mode. 586.El 587.Pp 588The follow general crypto capabilities are defined. 589In general 590.Nm 591will fall-back to software support when a device is not capable 592of hardware acceleration of a cipher. 593This can be done on a per-key basis. 594.Nm 595can also handle software 596.Dv Michael 597calculation combined with hardware 598.Dv AES 599acceleration. 600.Bl -tag -width IEEE80211_C_8023ENCAP 601.It Dv IEEE80211_CRYPTO_WEP 602Device supports hardware WEP cipher. 603.It Dv IEEE80211_CRYPTO_TKIP 604Device supports hardware TKIP cipher. 605.It Dv IEEE80211_CRYPTO_AES_OCB 606Device supports hardware AES-OCB cipher. 607.It Dv IEEE80211_CRYPTO_AES_CCM 608Device supports hardware AES-CCM cipher. 609.It Dv IEEE80211_CRYPTO_TKIPMIC 610Device supports hardware Michael for use with TKIP. 611.It Dv IEEE80211_CRYPTO_CKIP 612Devices supports hardware CKIP cipher. 613.El 614.Pp 615The follow general 802.11n capabilities are defined. 616The first capabilities are defined exactly as they appear in the 617802.11n specification. 618Capabilities beginning with IEEE80211_HTC_AMPDU are used solely by the 619.Nm 620layer. 621.Bl -tag -width IEEE80211_C_8023ENCAP 622.It Dv IEEE80211_HTCAP_CHWIDTH40 623Device supports 20/40 channel width operation. 624.It Dv IEEE80211_HTCAP_SMPS_DYNAMIC 625Device supports dynamic SM power save operation. 626.It Dv IEEE80211_HTCAP_SMPS_ENA 627Device supports static SM power save operation. 628.It Dv IEEE80211_HTCAP_GREENFIELD 629Device supports Greenfield preamble. 630.It Dv IEEE80211_HTCAP_SHORTGI20 631Device supports Short Guard Interval on 20MHz channels. 632.It Dv IEEE80211_HTCAP_SHORTGI40 633Device supports Short Guard Interval on 40MHz channels. 634.It Dv IEEE80211_HTCAP_TXSTBC 635Device supports Space Time Block Convolution (STBC) for transmit. 636.It Dv IEEE80211_HTCAP_RXSTBC_1STREAM 637Device supports 1 spatial stream for STBC receive. 638.It Dv IEEE80211_HTCAP_RXSTBC_2STREAM 639Device supports 1-2 spatial streams for STBC receive. 640.It Dv IEEE80211_HTCAP_RXSTBC_3STREAM 641Device supports 1-3 spatial streams for STBC receive. 642.It Dv IEEE80211_HTCAP_MAXAMSDU_7935 643Device supports A-MSDU frames up to 7935 octets. 644.It Dv IEEE80211_HTCAP_MAXAMSDU_3839 645Device supports A-MSDU frames up to 3839 octets. 646.It Dv IEEE80211_HTCAP_DSSSCCK40 647Device supports use of DSSS/CCK on 40MHz channels. 648.It Dv IEEE80211_HTCAP_PSMP 649Device supports PSMP. 650.It Dv IEEE80211_HTCAP_40INTOLERANT 651Device is intolerant of 40MHz wide channel use. 652.It Dv IEEE80211_HTCAP_LSIGTXOPPROT 653Device supports L-SIG TXOP protection. 654.It Dv IEEE80211_HTC_AMPDU 655Device supports A-MPDU aggregation. 656Note that any 802.11n compliant device must support A-MPDU receive 657so this implicitly means support for 658.Em transmit 659of A-MPDU frames. 660.It Dv IEEE80211_HTC_AMSDU 661Device supports A-MSDU aggregation. 662Note that any 802.11n compliant device must support A-MSDU receive 663so this implicitly means support for 664.Em transmit 665of A-MSDU frames. 666.It Dv IEEE80211_HTC_HT 667Device supports High Throughput (HT) operation. 668This capability must be set to enable 802.11n functionality 669in 670.Nm . 671.It Dv IEEE80211_HTC_SMPS 672Device supports MIMO Power Save operation. 673.It Dv IEEE80211_HTC_RIFS 674Device supports Reduced Inter Frame Spacing (RIFS). 675.El 676.Sh SEE ALSO 677.Xr ioctl 2 , 678.Xr ieee80211_amrr 9 , 679.Xr ieee80211_beacon 9 , 680.Xr ieee80211_bmiss 9 , 681.Xr ieee80211_crypto 9 , 682.Xr ieee80211_ddb 9 , 683.Xr ieee80211_input 9 , 684.Xr ieee80211_node 9 , 685.Xr ieee80211_output 9 , 686.Xr ieee80211_proto 9 , 687.Xr ieee80211_radiotap 9 , 688.Xr ieee80211_regdomain 9 , 689.Xr ieee80211_scan 9 , 690.Xr ieee80211_vap 9 , 691.Xr ifnet 9 , 692.Xr malloc 9 693.Sh HISTORY 694The 695.Nm 696series of functions first appeared in 697.Nx 1.5 , 698and were later ported to 699.Fx 4.6 . 700This man page was updated with the information from 701.Nx 702.Nm 703man page. 704.Sh AUTHORS 705.An -nosplit 706The original 707.Nx 708.Nm 709man page was written by 710.An Bruce M. Simpson Aq Mt bms@FreeBSD.org 711and 712.An Darron Broad Aq Mt darron@kewl.org . 713