Hi,

> Can anyone give me some hint on the rationale behind this design and 
> why address is not contained and checked in ACK?

I can only refer to the 802.15.4 standard, which specifies: "The MHR for
an acknowledgment frame shall contain only the Frame Control field and
the Sequence Number field."

> What if a nearby node, which is not the recipient of the data
> packet, happens to send an ACK with the same DSN?

I've seen in simulations that I get "wrong" ACKs from other nodes as you
assumed.

Best,
Daniel

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Daniel Minder
University of Duisburg-Essen, Networked Embedded Systems
Bismarckstr. 90, 47057 Duisburg, Germany
Skype: d.minder
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