From: Alfred Asterjadhi <asterjadhi@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, 1 September 2026 at 19:57
To: Amichai Sanderovich <amichai.sanderovich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: STDS-802-11-TGBP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <STDS-802-11-TGBP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [STDS-802-11-TGBP] Agenda update for coming TGbp TC
Hi Amichai,
Thanks for reviewing. Please find some responses/thoughts below [AA]:
Few comments I have:
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BSSID is not known to the non-AP STA, so perhaps it can be replaced by AP transmitter ID that can be selected randomly.
[AS] when unassociated, the only identity of TX known at the AMP non-AP STA is the short ID TX address. This is sufficient for communicating required AMP information. For example, the TF consists of an AMP-AP ID, which can then be used for the CRC calculation
of the SYNC, the receiver ID of the responses and also the ID used in any further communication (non-associated).
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AMP-AP are not necessarily APs. They can be non-AP STA as well. So they won’t have a unique BSSID.
[AS] AMP-AP is more a reader than AP. It is not required to transmit beacons, receive prob requests or even associate any non-AP STAs. Thus it does not have to have a BSSID - not sure
whether we need to define such AMP-BSSID at all. AFAIK, standard MAC address of the AMP-AP should be
sufficient?
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Slot duration: We prefer the slot duration to be signaled in units of bytes and not micro-seconds.
[AS] By defining the duration as length instead of time in us - we avoid many complexities like: clock drifts/mismatch issues, definitions brevity (will AP have enough time to send the ACK?, do we need
to mandate many behaviors of the AP to make sure both sides use the same calculation, etc.). Also it makes the STA MAC simpler since no devision calculation is needed. This is especially helpful when upper
layer length calculations are also needed within SIFS.
Regards,
Alfred
Regards,
Alfred
Hello Alfred,
Thank you for the PDT.
Few comments I have:
-
BSSID is not known to the non-AP STA, so perhaps it can be replaced by AP transmitter ID that can be selected randomly.
-
AMP-AP are not necessarily APs. They can be non-AP STA as well. So they won’t have a unique BSSID.
-
Slot duration: We prefer the slot duration to be signaled in units of bytes and not micro-seconds.
Best Regards,
Amichai