MAC Layer Features
The MAC layer is responsible for fulfilling the functional requirements of a standalone
IEEE 802.15.4.
- Transmission of Data
- Purge Data
- Reception of Data
- Control of PHY Receiver
- Timestamp of Incoming Data
- Beacon Management
- Transmit Beacons
- Receive Beacons
- Channel Access Mechanism
- Frame Validation
- Acknowledged Frame Delivery
- Association and Disassociation
- Promiscuous Mode
- Security
- Unsecured Mode
- Secured Mode
- Data Encryption
- Frame Integrity
- ED Scanning
- Active Scanning
- Passive Scanning
- Orphan Scanning
- Store at least One Transaction in Indirect Message Queue