Within the scope of a high speed cellular wireless ATM system, the different MAC (Medium Access Control) dynamic control mechanisms, deployed inside or between a Mobile Terminal (MT) and its Access Point (AP), are considered. This document presents the current implementation and behaviour of the association and the data and control connections handling (establishment, maintenance and release) of the ACTS Magic WAND project, by first introducing the different control flows of
the system, by presenting the WAND MAC layer called MASCARA, its address and connection identifiers and by describing the internal structure of the MASCARA dynamic control block. Finally, scenarios of association due to power-on and due to handover are explained and compared.
