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Jan252016

802.11 - TIM and DTIM Information Elements  

In this blog post I investigate 802.11 TIM and DTIM.

Read the entire blog post here: 

http://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Technology-Blog/802-11-TIM-and-DTIM-Information-Elements/ba-p/256997 

Traffic Indication Map (TIM) - 

After reviewing what the 802.11 standard says about TIM. Lets discuss in real world terms what a TIM is and how it works. 

You will specifically find TIM in a management frame called a beacon. A beacon is triggered by default on an access point every 102us. Think of a beacon as a network advertisement. The beacon advertises specific <BSSID> wireless network information such as supported PHY rates, security protocols, supported QoS/WMM, vendor specific information and much much more. Included in the beacon is a TIM information element. 

Example: BEACON WITH TIM

Delivery Traffic Indication Map (DTIM) - 

After reviewing what the 802.11 standard says about DTIM. Lets discuss in real world terms what a DTIM is and how it works. 

You will specifically find DTIM in a management frame called a beacon under the TIM information element. DTIM is to broadcast / multicast traffic as TIM is to unicast traffic.

Under the TIM you will see DTIM count and DTIM period. 

Example: DTIM COUNT / DTIM PERIOD 

 

 

 

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