U-SIG
- Type
- 33
- Structure
-
- u32 common
- u32 value, mask
- Required Alignment
- 4
- Unit(s)
- none
This field indicates the (known) contents of the U-SIG.
Note that the common/value/mask fields are ordered in this way so if they’re all known, the U-SIG bits are all contiguous in memory in the same way as over the air from bit 12 of the common field to the end of the value field.
common
0x00000001 |
PHY version identifier known |
0x00000002 |
BW known |
0x00000004 |
UL/DL known |
0x00000008 |
BSS Color known |
0x00000010 |
TXOP known |
0x00000020 |
bad U-SIG CRC |
0x00000040 |
validate bits checked |
0x00000080 |
validate bits OK |
0x00000f00 |
(reserved) |
0x00007000 |
PHY version identifier |
0x00038000 |
BW |
0x00040000 |
UL/DL |
0x01f80000 |
BSS Color |
0xfe000000 |
TXOP |
Note: If the “bad U-SIG CRC” bit is set, the RX flags field should indicate PLCP CRC check failed as well, this bit just serves to differentiate where the CRC check failed.
value / mask
Contains a known mask and value for the remaining U-SIG bits that can only be interpreted depending on the PHY version.
The bits are in the on-air order, i.e. U-SIG-1 B20-25 followed
by U-SIG-2 B0-25. Thus, U-SIG-1 B20-25 are in mask and
value bits 0x0000003f.
Dissectors should show these per spec, in a PHY version specific namespace (e.g. “U-SIG::EHT::PPDU-Type-And-Compression-Mode”).
For the currently defined versions (PHY Version identifier 0 for EHT, 1 for UHR), the bits are shown in the following tables:
EHT MU PPDU U-SIG contents
An EHT PPDU is an EHT MU PPDU if
- the UL/DL field is set to 0 and the PPDU Type And Compression Mode field is set to 0, 1 or 2;
- the UL/DL field is set to 1 and the PPDU Type And Compression Mode field is set to 1.
| bits | U-SIG reference | Content |
0x0000001f |
U-SIG-1 B20-B24 |
Disregard (all ones) |
0x00000020 |
U-SIG-1 B25 |
Validate (must be 1) |
0x000000c0 |
U-SIG-2 B0-B1 |
PPDU Type And Compression Mode |
0x00000100 |
U-SIG-2 B2 |
Validate (must be 1) |
0x00003e00 |
U-SIG-2 B3-B7 |
Punctured Channel Information |
0x00004000 |
U-SIG-2 B8 |
Validate (must be 1) |
0x00018000 |
U-SIG-2 B9-B10 |
EHT-SIG MCS |
0x003e0000 |
U-SIG-2 B11-B15 |
Number Of EHT-SIG Symbols |
0x03c00000 |
U-SIG-2 B16-B19 |
CRC (for the bits U-SIG-1 B0 to U-SIG-2 B15) |
0xfc000000 |
U-SIG-2 B20-B25 |
Tail (must be 0) |
EHT TB PPDU U-SIG contents
An EHT PPDU is an EHT TB PPDU if
- the UL/DL field is set to 1 and the PPDU Type And Compression Mode field is set to 0.
| bits | U-SIG reference | Content |
0x0000003f |
U-SIG-1 B20-B25 |
Disregard (all ones) |
0x000000c0 |
U-SIG-2 B0-B1 |
PPDU Type And Compression Mode |
0x00000100 |
U-SIG-2 B2 |
Validate (must be 1) |
0x00001e00 |
U-SIG-2 B3-B6 |
Spatial Reuse 1 |
0x0001e000 |
U-SIG-2 B7-B10 |
Spatial Reuse 2 |
0x003e0000 |
U-SIG-2 B11-B15 |
Disregard (…) |
0x03c00000 |
U-SIG-2 B16-B19 |
CRC (for the bits U-SIG-1 B0 to U-SIG-2 B15) |
0xfc000000 |
U-SIG-2 B20-B25 |
Tail (must be 0) |
UHR MU PPDU U-SIG contents
A UHR PPDU is a UHR MU PPDU if
- the UL/DL field is set to 0 and the PPDU Type And Compression Mode field is set to 0, 1 or 2;
- the UL/DL field is set to 1 and the PPDU Type And Compression Mode field is set to 1.
| bits | U-SIG reference | Content |
0x0000003f |
U-SIG-1 B20-B25 |
BSS Color 2 (under conditions, see spec) |
0x0000001f |
U-SIG-1 B20-B24 |
Disregard (if not BSS Color 2) |
0x00000020 |
U-SIG-1 B25 |
Validate (must be 1, if not BSS Color 2) |
0x000000c0 |
U-SIG-2 B0-B1 |
PPDU Type And Compression Mode |
0x00000100 |
U-SIG-2 B2 |
Co-BF/Co-SR Indication |
0x00003e00 |
U-SIG-2 B3-B7 |
Punctured Channel Information |
0x00004000 |
U-SIG-2 B8 |
Validate (must be 1) |
0x00018000 |
U-SIG-2 B9-B10 |
UHR-SIG MCS |
0x003e0000 |
U-SIG-2 B11-B15 |
Number Of UHR-SIG Symbols |
0x03c00000 |
U-SIG-2 B16-B19 |
CRC (for the bits U-SIG-1 B0 to U-SIG-2 B15) |
0xfc000000 |
U-SIG-2 B20-B25 |
Tail (must be 0) |
UHR TB PPDU U-SIG contents
A UHR PPDU is a UHR TB PPDU if
- the UL/DL field is set to 1 and the PPDU Type And Compression Mode field is set to 0.
| bits | U-SIG reference | Content |
0x0000003f |
U-SIG-1 B20-B25 |
Disregard (all ones) |
0x000000c0 |
U-SIG-2 B0-B1 |
PPDU Type And Compression Mode |
0x00000100 |
U-SIG-2 B2 |
Validate (must be 1) |
0x00001e00 |
U-SIG-2 B3-B6 |
Spatial Reuse 1 |
0x0001e000 |
U-SIG-2 B7-B10 |
Spatial Reuse 2 |
0x003e0000 |
U-SIG-2 B11-B15 |
Disregard (…) |
0x03c00000 |
U-SIG-2 B16-B19 |
CRC (for the bits U-SIG-1 B0 to U-SIG-2 B15) |
0xfc000000 |
U-SIG-2 B20-B25 |
Tail (must be 0) |
UHR ELR PPDU U-SIG contents
A UHR PPDU is a UHR ELR PPDU if
- the PPDU Type And Compression Mode field is set to 3.
| bits | U-SIG reference | Content |
0x0000001f |
U-SIG-1 B20-B24 |
Disregard |
0x00000020 |
U-SIG-1 B25 |
Validate (must be 1) |
0x000000c0 |
U-SIG-2 B0-B1 |
PPDU Type And Compression Mode |
0x0007ff00 |
U-SIG-2 B2-B12 |
STA-ID |
0x00380000 |
U-SIG-2 B13-B15 |
ELR Validate |
0x03c00000 |
U-SIG-2 B16-B19 |
CRC (for the bits U-SIG-1 B0 to U-SIG-2 B15) |
0xfc000000 |
U-SIG-2 B20-B25 |
Tail (must be 0) |