Chapter 4
802.11 Management Frames
In this chapter, you will learn about the following:
- Management Frame Types
- Beacons
- Probe Request / Response
- Authentication
- Association Request / Response
- Disassociation
- Deauthentication
- Reassociation Request / Response
- Management Frame body components
- Management Frame body main fields
- Management Frame body main Information Elements
- Action Frames
- Spectrum and Transmit Power Management (802.11h)
- Admission Control (802.11e)
- Fast BSS Transition (802.11r)
- Protected Management Frames (802.11w)
Management frames are often seen as the skeleton of wireless networks. They allow wireless devices to form a network and, as their name states, “manage” the connections. The original 802.11-1997 standard defined two types ...
