User`s guide
Aironet Wireless Communications, Inc. 3-6 Confidential and Proprietary
Table 3.1 – 802.11 Frame Types
Subtype Value
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Subtype Description
MANAGEMENT frames (type 00)
0000 Association Request
0001 Association Response
0010 Reassociation Request
0011 Reassociation Response
0100 Probe Request
0101 Probe Response
0110-0111 Reserved
1000 Beacon
1001 ATIM
1010 Disassociation
1011 Authentication
1100 Deauthentication
1101-1111 Reserved
CONTROL frames (type 01)
0000-1001 Reserved
1010 PS-Poll
1011 RTS
1100 CTS
1101 ACK
1110 CF-End
1111 CF-End + CF-Ack
DATA frames (type 10)
0000 Data
0001 Data + CF-Ack
0010 Data + CF-Poll
0011 Data + CF-Ack + CF-Poll
0100 Null Function (no data)
0101 CF-Ack (no data)
0110 CF-Poll (no data)
0111 CF-Ack + CF-Poll (no data)
1000-1111 Reserved
Reserved (type 11)
0000-1111 Reserved