HT-LTF

Long training symbols, one per space-time stream, four microseconds each.

Reading a capture

The first place a preamble grows with antenna count. A four-stream transmission spends sixteen microseconds here where a one-stream frame spends four — a cost paid per transmission, not per octet.

Where it sits

HT mixed-format PPDU > HT-LTF

• 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 §19.3.9.4.5

Verified

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