XChannel

Bit Number
18
Structure
u32 flags, u16 freq, u8 channel, u8 maxpower
Required Alignment
4
Unit(s)
none, MHz, 802.11 channel number, unknown

Extended channel information. The flags part of the field contains various flags:

flag

definition

0x00000010

Channel Type Turbo

0x00000020

Channel Type Complementary Code Keying (CCK) Modulation

0x00000040

Channel Type Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM)

0x00000080

Channel Type 2 GHz spectrum

0x00000100

Channel Type 5 GHz spectrum

0x00000200

Channel Type Passive

0x00000400

Channel Type Dynamic CCK-OFDM Channel

0x00000800

Channel Type Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying (GFSK) Modulation

0x00001000

Channel Type GSM

0x00002000

Channel Type Status Turbo

0x00004000

Channel Type Half Rate

0x00008000

Channel Type Quarter Rate

0x00010000

Channel Type HT/20

0x00020000

Channel Type HT/40+

0x00040000

Channel Type HT/40-

Discussion

This field is parsed by wireshark, but only partially (it ignores maxpower). Origin of the field is unknown.

suggested-fields/XChannel (last edited 2008-06-19 17:55:16 by JohannesBerg)