
Differences Between HomePlug Frames and 802.11b Frames
From a functional point of view, there are a few differences between the various
parts of the HomePlug 1.0 frames and the IEEE 802.11b frames.
The main difference concerns the MAC encapsulation of the PLC technologies.
MAC type data are defined in it in complete frames, whereas the IEEE 802.11
frames must implement the LLC layer and a more complex MAC frame reconstitu-
tion process.
Figure 5.10 illustrates, in the boxes with arrows, the fields that differ between
the two standards since the 802.11 standard uses a slightly different contention
technique and additional interframe spaces.
The OFDM Interface Frame 95
Figure 5.9 Functional blocks for data signal processing in HomePlug 1.0
Figure 5.10 Differences between HomePlug 1.0 frames and IEEE 802.11b frames
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