Extended Supported Rates Ext Rates

Additional supported rates, continuing from the Supported Rates element.

Reading a capture

A good example of what the element mechanism costs when it is used to work around a limit rather than to extend a protocol. A parser must read both elements and concatenate them, and an element carrying rates that duplicate the first one's is malformed in a way nothing enforces.

Subfields

• Rates — One octet per rate, in half-megabit units, with the top bit marking a rate as part of the basic set.

Where it sits

Extended Supported Rates

Authored in Extended Supported Rates element . Drawn in 4 frames.

• Association Request
• Association Response
• Probe Request
• Probe Response

Accuracy

Clause

802.11-2024 §9.4.2.6

Verified

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