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Table 5 WiMAX relay header fields

From: New combined WiMAX/DSRC infrastructure design for efficient vehicular networking

Name

Length (bits)

Description

RMI

1

Relay mode indication

1 = Use relay MAC header

0 = Use GMH

CID

16

CID

Tunnel CID or BCID of the RS

Priority

3

Priority of the tunnelled MPDU

HCS

8

Header check sequence

HT

1

Header type (use 0 for relay header)

1 = Bandwidth request header

0 = Relay header

LEN

11

Length

Length of the MAC PDU in bytes

Rsv

 

Reserved for future use. Set to 0

Type

6

Flags to indicate the type of payload attached