PTP 250 User Guide
Protocol model
Ethernet bridging behavior at each end of the wireless link is equivalent to a two-port,
managed, transparent MAC bridge where the two ports are:
•
Ethernet Port
•
Wireless Port
Frames are transmitted at the Wireless port over a proprietary point-to-point circuit-mode
link layer between ends of the link. Ethernet frames received at the Ethernet port, or
generated internally within the management agent, are encapsulated within a lightweight
MAC layer for transmission over the wireless link.
Protocol layers involved in bridging between Ethernet and wireless interfaces are shown in
Figure
1-10. Protocol layers involved in bridging between external interfaces and the
management agent are shown in
meanings defined in IEEE 802.1Q-2005.
Figure 1-10 Protocol layers between Ethernet and wireless interfaces
phn-2182_003v004 (Oct 2011)
Figure
1-11. In these figures, the layers have the
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Ethernet bridging
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