A-MPDU status
- Bit Number
- 20
- Structure
- u32 reference number, u16 flags, u8 delimiter CRC value, u8 reserved
- Required Alignment
- 4 bytes
The presence of this field indicates that the frame was received as part of an a-MPDU.
The reference number is generated by the capture device and is the same across each subframe of an A-MPDU. Since the capture device might be capable of capturing multiple channels or data from multiple (concurrent) captures could be merged, the reference number is not guaranteed to be unique across different channels. As a result, applications should use the channel information together with the reference number to identify the subframes belonging to the same A-MPDU.
The following flags are defined:
| 0x0001 | driver reports 0-length subframes |
| 0x0002 | frame is 0-length subframe (valid only if 0x0001 is set) |
| 0x0004 | last subframe is known (should be set for all subframes in an A-MPDU) |
| 0x0008 | this frame is the last subframe |
| 0x0010 | delimiter CRC error |
| 0x0020 | delimiter CRC value known: the delimiter CRC value field is valid |
| 0x0040 | EOF value |
| 0x0080 | EOF value known |
| 0xff00 | reserved |
Within an A-MPDU, the subframe index can be determined by the application so it is not included, but depending on the driver reporting this may miss 0-length subframes.