[STDS-802-11-TGM] ANA review for 23/1777r1 (S1G Beacon Protection Text)

["Stacey, Robert" <robert.stacey@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Hello All,

 

I reviewed the potential for assigning bit 15 of RSN Capabilities as “S1G Beacon Protection Text”.

 

Bit 15 is currently marked as Reserved for ANA. I believe the intent behind the reservation was to allow future expansion. However, we have since precluded this with the element design (hence the RSNXE). So there is no reason the bit cannot be allocated.

 

For completeness, there are other options. A number of bits have been released and I don’t see a reason for not reusing them (e.g., bit 10). I marked these as “Reserved” (as opposed to “Available”) out of legacy compatibility concerns, but I don’t think that applies here.

 

Here is the current ANA status:

 

Status	Value	Name	Description	Group	Notes
Allocated	0		Pre-Auth	WG
Reserved (was allocated)	1			TGme	Was: (WG) 'No Pairwise'
Allocated	2		PTKSA Replay Counter	WG
Allocated	3		PTKSA Replay Counter	WG
Allocated	4		GTKSA Replay Counter	WG
Allocated	5		GTKSA Replay Counter	WG
Allocated	6		Management Frame Protection Required	TGw
Allocated	7		Management Frame Protection Capable	TGw
Allocated	8		Joint Multi-band RSNA	TGad
Allocated	9		Peerkey Enabled	WG
Reserved (was allocated)	10			TGme	Was: (TGn) 'SPP A-MSDU Capable'
Reserved (was allocated)	11			TGme	Was: (TGn) 'SPP A-MSDU Required'
Reserved (was allocated)	12			TGme	Was: (TGmb) 'Protected Block Ack Capable (PBAC)'
Allocated	13		Extended Key ID for Unicast	TGmb
Allocated	14	Operating Channel Validation Capable (OCVC)		TGmd
Reserved (for escape)	15				Reserved for ANA

 

-Robert

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