WiFi: AMSDU vs AMPDU: A Brief Tutorial on WiFi Aggregation Support

• WiFi MAC architecture supports aggregation at two layers. 
• The MAC service data  units (MSDUs) can be aggregated to form AMSDUs. 
• Each AMSDU serves as a single MAC protocol data unit (MPDU). 
• Another layer of aggregation is introduced when MPDUs can be packed together

WiFi Aggregation 

In this brief 2 page tutorial we discuss 

(1) why aggregation is useful at all,

(2) why two layers of aggregation are useful,

(3) trade-offs for aggregating at different layers.

Read the full PDF on arxiv: Download PDF

Citation information:

G. Bhanage, "AMSDU vs AMPDU: A Brief Tutorial on WiFi Aggregation Support", arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.07015, 2017.

Bibtex:

@article{bhanage2017amsdu,
  title={AMSDU vs AMPDU: A Brief Tutorial on WiFi Aggregation Support},
  author={Bhanage, Gautam},
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.07015},
  year={2017}
}