I get the impression (from the article) that 802.11 wireless framing
includes a sequence number.  Maybe it is the "sequence control" in the
diagram here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.11_Frame_Types.  If so,
OVS doesn't have or provide access to it, so it can't calculate gaps.

On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 09:20:33AM +0000, Soliman Awad Alshra´a Abdullah TU 
Ilmenau wrote:
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> Dear Ben,
> 
> I see what you meant, but the author speaks about using the ovs, Does not he 
> ?. So from my side, no difference if it is wireless or wire network ?
> 
> Thanks
> 
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> ________________________________
> From: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>
> Sent: 03 November 2020 17:52:19
> To: Soliman Awad Alshra´a Abdullah TU Ilmenau
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> Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] Is the Open Flow switch able to calculate the gap of 
> sequence number
> 
> Oh, it's about wireless.  OVS doesn't have special 802.11 support.
> 
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 06:51:08AM +0000, Soliman Awad Alshra´a Abdullah TU 
> Ilmenau wrote:
> >
> > Dear sir,
> >
> >
> > Attached you find the requested article
> >
> > Thanks
> > M.Sc Abdullah Soliman
> > Technische Universität Ilmenau
> > Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik
> > Fachgebiet Kommunikationsnetze
> > Besucheradresse:
> > Helmholtzplatz 2
> > 98693 Ilmenau
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> > Postadresse:
> > PF 10 05 65
> > 98684 Ilmenau
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> > +49 3677 69-2698
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> > [cid:[email protected]]  
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> > [cid:[email protected]]  
> > www.tu-ilmenau.de/it-kn<https://www.tu-ilmenau.de/it-kn<http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/it-kn<https://www.tu-ilmenau.de/it-kn>>
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> > ________________________________
> > From: Ben Pfaff <[email protected]>
> > Sent: 26 October 2020 18:44:03
> > To: Soliman Awad Alshra´a Abdullah TU Ilmenau
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [ovs-dev] Is the Open Flow switch able to calculate the gap of 
> > sequence number
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 02:38:06PM +0000, Soliman Awad Alshra´a Abdullah TU 
> > Ilmenau wrote:
> > > OpenFLow switch is able to keep track of the sequence number of each 
> > > traffic flow to detect MAC spoofing attack. Upon reception of a frame, 
> > > the algorithm calculates the gap G between the sequence number of the 
> > > current frame and that of the last frame received from the same source 
> > > address. If G = 0, the current frame is considered as a re-transmitted 
> > > frame, while if G = 1 or G = 2, the current frame is considered the right 
> > > one. But, if the gap between the current frame and previous frame is in 
> > > between 3 and 4096, then it is considered an abnormal sequence number.
> > >
> > > In my case, I use Ryu Controller and I would like to do the same work, 
> > > where the switch sends the alert to the controller after the switch 
> > > detects the gap.
> >
> > This doesn't make sense to me.  Frames don't have sequence numbers.
> >
> > Can you cite the publication that makes this claim?
> 
> 
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