MCS

Modulation and coding scheme for the data field.

Reading a capture

Unlike the non-HT RATE field, this is an index into a table rather than a self-describing code, so it means nothing without also knowing the bandwidth and stream count from the fields below.

Where it sits

HE SU PPDU > HE-SIG-A > HE-SIG-A1 > MCS

• Open in the explorer — Ack
• Open in the explorer — TCP over IPv4, in a protected QoS Data frame, aggregated
• Open in the explorer — Association Request
• Open in the explorer — Association Response
• Open in the explorer — Beacon
• Open in the explorer — Compressed Block Ack
• Open in the explorer — CTS
• Open in the explorer — Four-way handshake message 1
• Open in the explorer — Four-way handshake message 2
• Open in the explorer — Four-way handshake message 3
• Open in the explorer — Four-way handshake message 4
• Open in the explorer — Probe Request
• Open in the explorer — Probe Response
• Open in the explorer — ARP request in a QoS Data frame
• Open in the explorer — ICMP echo over IPv4, in a QoS Data frame
• Open in the explorer — UDP over IPv6, in a QoS Data frame
• Open in the explorer — TCP over IPv4, in a protected QoS Data frame
• Open in the explorer — TCP over IPv4, in an open QoS Data frame
• Open in the explorer — UDP over IPv4, in a QoS Data frame
• Open in the explorer — RTS
• Open in the explorer — Trigger frame

Accuracy

Clause

802.11-2024 §27.3.11.6

Verified

Not verified against the standard. Treat this as a claim, not a fact.