Management Frames 00 Information Fields and Information Elements (with IE ID)* Size (Octets)

Auth Tran Auth Challenge

Association Request Authentication Algorithm Number Fixed 2 Status Code
Sequence # Algorithm Text
0000 Authentication Transaction Seq # Fixed 2
Beacon Interval Fixed 2 1 Open System Reserved Not Present
Current AP MAC Address Fixed 6 2 Open System Status Not Present
Listen Interval Fixed 2 1 Shared Key Reserved Not Present
Association Response Reason Code Fixed 2 2 Shared Key Status Present
0001 Association ID (AID) Fixed 2 3 Shared Key Reserved Present
Status Code Fixed 2 4 Shared Key Status Not Present
Timestamp Fixed 8
SSID Optional 0 2 - 34 Reason Codes
Reassociation Request Supported Rates Optional 1 3 - 10
0010 Ex Supported Rates Optional 50 3 - 257 0 – Reserved
FH Parameter Set Optional 2 7 1 – Unspecified Reason
DS Parameter Set Optional 3 3 2 – Previous authentication no longer valid
CF Parameter Set Optional 4 8 3 – Deauthenicated because sending station has left
Reassociation Response IBSS Parameter Set Optional 6 4 4 – Disassociated due to inactivity
Capability Information Fixed 2 5 – Disassociation because the AP is overloaded
0011
Traffic Indication Map (TIM) Optional 5 7 - 256 6 – Class 2 frame received from a non-authenticated STA
Challenge Text Optional 16 3 - 255 7 – Class 3 frame received from a non-authenticated STA
ERP Information Optional 42 3 8 – Disassociated because sending station has left the BSS
Probe Request Orig Standard 9 – STA requesting (re)association is not authenticated with responding STA
0100 10 – 65,535
Authentication Algorithm Number Fixed .11
Authentication Transaction Seq # Fixed .11 Status Codes
Beacon Interval Fixed .11
Probe Response Current AP Address Fixed .11 0 – Successful
Listen Interval Fixed .11 1 – Unspecified Failure
0101 Reason Code Fixed .11 2 – 9 Reserved
Association ID (AID) Fixed .11 10 – Cannot support all requested capabilities
Status Code Fixed .11 11 – Reassociation denied due to inability to confirm association
Reserved Timestamp Fixed .11 12 – Association denied due to reason outside the standard
SSID Optional 0 .11 13 – Responding STA doesn’t support the specified auth algorithm
0110-0111 Supported Rates Optional 1 .11 14 – Received an 0authentication frame with authentication transaction sequence number
Ex Supported Rates Optional 50 .11g out of expected sequence
FH Parameter Set Optional 2 .11 15 – Authentication rejected because of challenge failure
DS Parameter Set Optional 3 .11 16 – Authentication rejected due to timeout waiting for next frame in sequence
Beacon
CF Parameter Set Optional 4 .11 17 – Association denied because the AP is unable to handle additional associated STA’s
1000 IBSS Parameter Set Optional 6 .11 18 – Association denied due to requesting STA not supporting all of the data rates in the
BSSBasicRateSetparameter
Capability Information Fixed .11 19 – Association denied due to requesting station not supporting Short Preamble
Traffic Indication Map (TIM) Optional 5 .11 20 – Asosocition denied due to requesting STA not supporting PBCC
Challenge Text Optional 16 .11 21 – Association denied due to requesting STA not supporting Channel Agility
ATIM
ERP Information Optional 42 .11g 22 – 24 Reserved0
1001 (ad-hoc only)
25 – Association denied
1 due to requesting STA not supporting Short Time Slot
Authentication Algorithm Number Fixed
26 – Assoction denied due to requesting STA not supporting DSSS-OFDM
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Authentication Transaction Seq # Fixed

27 – 65,535 Reserved
Beacon Interval Fixed Station
Disassociation
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Current AP Address Fixed CF Pollable CF-Poll Request

1010 Listen Interval Fixed 0 0 Not CF-Pollable
Reason Code Fixed 0 1 CF-Pollable – not desiring to be on CF Poll list
Association ID (AID) Fixed 1 0 CF-Pollable – desiring to be on CF-Poll list
Status Code Fixed 1 1 CF-Pollable – desiring never to be polled
Authentication
Timestamp Fixed Access Point
1011 SSID Optional 0 CF Pollable CF-Poll Request
Supported Rates Optional 1 0 0 No Point Coordinator
Ex Supported Rates Optional 50 0 1 Point coordinator for delivery only (does not poll)
Deauthentication
FH Parameter Set Optional 2 1 0 Point coordinator for delivery and polling
DS Parameter Set Optional 3 1 1 Reserved
1100 CF Parameter Set Optional 4
IBSS Parameter Set Optional 6
Capability Information Fixed
4
Optional 5 0 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Traffic Indication Map (TIM)
Reserved Challenge Text Optional 16 CF Poll- CF Poll
Privacy /
Short Pre- Channel
Reserved
Short Slot
Reserved
DSSS-
Reserved

ESS IBSS able Req amble PBCC Agility Time OFDM

1101-1111 ERP Information Optional 42 Protected

Capability Information Field Format

* Fixed fields are required to be present in their respective frame types while others are optional depending on the circumstances