Subject: Re: [Capwap] Issue 213: Make it clearer that MAC management framesare capwap data

From: "Pat Calhoun (pacalhou)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:46:03 -0700

Given the lack of responses, I will assume the proposed text is
acceptable and 
will close this issue. 

Pat Calhoun
CTO, Wireless Networking Business Unit
Cisco Systems

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pat Calhoun (pacalhou) 
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 9:43 AM
> To: [email-masked]
> Subject: Re: [Capwap] Issue 213: Make it clearer that MAC 
> management framesare capwap data
> 
> Not sure what's going on with me today. I should have noted 
> that the text below is revised to address this comment.
> 
> My apologies.
> 
> Pat Calhoun
> CTO, Wireless Networking Business Unit
> Cisco Systems
> 
>  
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pat Calhoun (pacalhou)
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 9:37 AM
> > To: [email-masked]
> > Subject: Issue 213: Make it clearer that MAC management frames are 
> > capwap data
> > 
> > 11.4.  Technology Specific Bindings
> > 
> >    All CAPWAP transports have the following IEEE 802.11 specific
> >    bindings:
> > 
> >    Payload encapsulation:  The CAPWAP protocol defines the 
> CAPWAP data
> >       frame, which is used to encapsulate a wireless payload. 
> >  For IEEE
> >       802.11, the IEEE 802.11 header and payload are encapsulated
> >       (excluding the IEEE 802.11 FCS checksum).  Note that both the
> >       802.11 MAC Management frames, as well as the 802.11 
> Data frames
> >       are included in the CAPWAP payload field.  The IEEE 802.11 FCS
> >       checksum is handled by the WTP.  This allows the WTP 
> to validate 
> > a
> >       frame prior to sending it to the AC.  Similarly, when an AC 
> > wishes
> >       to transmit a frame towards a station, the WTP 
> computes and adds
> >       the FCS checksum. 
> >  
> > 
> > Pat Calhoun
> > CTO, Wireless Networking Business Unit Cisco Systems
> > 
> > 
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