In an 802.11 data frame what is the maximum amount of data that can be sent?
Let us know the 802.11 frame format and the various fields that it contains. The below figure represents the 802.11 data frame format. The below figure consists of various fields such as frame control, duration, address 1, address 2, address 3, sequence, address 4 , data, and checksum.
The Frame control consists of some of the subfields that include version, type, subtype, to DS, from DS, MF, retry, power, more, W and O. the fields in the Wi-Fi frame format can be represented in the bytes and all the subfields can be represented in the form of bits. Let me understand each file in detail.
The Frame control is the 2-byte starting filed, and it again consists of the seven subfields. It contains the control information of the frame, the subfield version will set to 00, it is been included to find the IEEE future versions. The Type field is a 2-bit subfield, it specifies whether the frame is the data frame or it is the control frame. The subtype is the 4-bit subfield, it consists of RTS(request to control) or CTS(clear to control frame).
The To DS indicates, whether the frame is going to the access points and finds what coordinates the communication in the centralized system. From DS indicates, whether the frame is actually coming to the centralized system or not. We set the MF to 1 as it indicates the fragments that flow.
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In the retry subfield when we set it to 1, it specifies the transmission of the previous frame. When the previous frame gets retransmitted. The next is the power management filed, it indicates that the sender is adopting the power save mode, then it will set to 1. The more filed indicates whether it consists of further data frames in it.
So, answer of your question “In An 802.11 Data Frame, What Is The Maximum Amount Of Data That Can Be Sent” is We can send the maximum amount of 2312 bytes in an 802.11 data frame.
