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A simulation model of the IEEE 802.11 Specification 1999 Edition, covering all nine architecture services at a peer to peer (intra-layer) level of abstraction:

Authentication, Association, Deauthentication, Disassociation, Distribution, Integration, Privacy, Reassociation, MSDU delivery

Modeling these services at a peer to peer (intra-layer) level means that messages are modeled as being passed conceptually within the Data Link layer. The model does not include the passing of messages through the Physical Link layer, although some infrastructure is included to facilitate adding on the Physical Layer modeling.

Message names and message parameters are named using the exact conventions given in the 802.11 specification. State is named according to the conventions of the Station Management branch of the MIB (management information base). Page references to the 802.11 specification are found in the Notes fields of the Message and Rule objects of the architecture description.

The following 802.11 specification details are not included:

• actual WEP encryption of message data

The model for the 802.11 consists of over 160 message objects and over 250 architectural rules. The model file also includes test scenario examples which are like executeable Message Sequence Charts, containing over 600 test message instances.

License

There are no licensing restrictions on the 802.11 model. Customers are free to use the 802.11 model in any fashion. The model is provided on an as-is basis, with no warranty for any particular suitability.