WiMedia beaconing protocol test considerations

EE-Evaluation Engineering, Sept, 2007 by Mike Micheletti

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by Mike Micheletti, LeCroy

Octects: 1  1              1          K            1        ...  1

Element     Length         BP Length  Beacon       DevAddr  ...  DevAddr
  ID          (= 1 K 2xN)               Slot Info    1             N
                                        Bitmap
Table 1. Format for the BPOIE

0 -- Unoccupied    In the last superframe, no device reported a beacon
                   frame with this slot occupied
1 -- Occupied and  In the last superframe, a device reported a valid
  Not Movable      beacon frame was received and reported this slot as
                   occupied with the movable bit set to 0
2 -- Occupied and  In the last superframe, a device reported this slot
  Movable          was occupied but the frame had an invalid HCS or
                   frame check sequence (FCS) error
3 -- Occupied and  In the last superframe, a device reported a valid
  Movable          beacon frame was received and reported this slot as
                   occupied with the movable bit set to 1

Table 2. Decoded Values for the 2-Bit Beacon Slot Bitmap