diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md index 733ee1d9d..ffa1d9706 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Release 3-dev - (wifi) PPDUs are transmitted on the largest primary channel that is found to be idle (according to the CCA-BUSY indication provided by the PHY) when gaining a TXOP. - (internet) Add auto-generate ARP/NDISC cache, as the outcome of GSoC 2022 project. - (wifi) Add support for fragmentation of Information Elements. +- (wifi) Implement 802.11be Multi-link discovery and setup ### Bugs fixed diff --git a/src/wifi/doc/source/wifi-design.rst b/src/wifi/doc/source/wifi-design.rst index 2d11e8451..a0298c065 100644 --- a/src/wifi/doc/source/wifi-design.rst +++ b/src/wifi/doc/source/wifi-design.rst @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ on the IEEE 802.11 standard [ieee80211]_. We will go into more detail below but * **802.11a**, **802.11b**, **802.11g**, **802.11n** (both 2.4 and 5 GHz bands), **802.11ac**, **802.11ax** (2.4, 5 and 6 GHz bands) and **802.11be** physical layers * **MSDU aggregation** and **MPDU aggregation** extensions of 802.11n, and both can be combined together (two-level aggregation) * 802.11ax **DL OFDMA** and **UL OFDMA** (including support for the MU EDCA Parameter Set) +* 802.11be **Multi-link** discovery and setup * QoS-based EDCA and queueing extensions of **802.11e** * the ability to use different propagation loss models and propagation delay models, please see the chapter on :ref:`Propagation` for more detail @@ -61,8 +62,10 @@ The implementation is modular and provides roughly three sublayers of models: this sublayer is sometimes called the **upper MAC** and consists of more software-oriented implementations vs. time-critical hardware implementations. -Next, we provide an design overview of each layer, shown in -Figure :ref:`wifi-architecture`. +Next, we provide a design overview of each layer, shown in +Figure :ref:`wifi-architecture`. For 802.11be Multi-Link Devices (MLDs), +there as many instances of WifiPhy, FrameExchangeManager and ChannelAccessManager +as the number of links. .. _wifi-architecture: