7.1.1 Features

The ATWINC1500B IEEE802.11 MAC supports the following functions:

• IEEE 802.11b/g/n
• IEEE 802.11e WMM^® QoS EDCA/PCF multiple access categories traffic scheduling
• Advanced IEEE 802.11n features:
  • Transmission and reception of aggregated MPDUs (A-MPDU)
  • Transmission and reception of aggregated MSDUs (A-MSDU)
  • Immediate Block Acknowledgement
  • Reduced Interframe Spacing (RIFS)
• Support for IEEE802.11i and WFA security with key management
  • WEP 64/128
  • WPA-TKIP
  • 128-bit WPA2 CCMP (AES)
• Support for WAPI security
• Advanced power management
  • Standard 802.11 Power Save Mode
  • Wi-Fi Alliance WMM-PS (U-APSD)
• RTS-CTS and CTS-self support
• Supports either STA or AP mode in the infrastructure basic service set mode
• Supports independent basic service set (IBSS)