4.1. MAC Software Applications

The Mango 802.11 Design includes 6 MAC applications, 4 for CPU High and 2 for CPU Low.

The applications for CPU High implement the Linux NIC interface (linux_dev), and standalone Access Point (AP), client (STA), and ad-hoc nodes (IBSS). The standalone applications are only used when the node is not running Linux.

The applications for CPU Low implement the standard 802.11 DCF and a simple Tx/Rx passthrough called NoMAC.

CPU High Applications:

• Linux Device Interface - linux_dev
• Standalone Access Point (AP)
• Standalone Client (STA)
• Standalone Ad-hoc (IBSS)

CPU Low Applications:

• Distributed Coordination Function (DCF)
• NoMAC