diff --git a/scapy/layers/dot11.py b/scapy/layers/dot11.py
index 397d4ff8d52..ab18230a95c 100644
--- a/scapy/layers/dot11.py
+++ b/scapy/layers/dot11.py
@@ -247,6 +247,11 @@ def guess_payload_class(self, pay):
 
 class RadioTap(Packet):
     name = "RadioTap dummy"
+    deprecated_fields = {
+        "Channel": ("ChannelFrequency", "2.4.3"),
+        "ChannelFlags2": ("ChannelPlusFlags", "2.4.3"),
+        "ChannelNumber": ("ChannelPlusNumber", "2.4.3"),
+    }
     fields_desc = [
         ByteField('version', 0),
         ByteField('pad', 0),
@@ -278,7 +283,7 @@ class RadioTap(Packet):
         # Channel
         ConditionalField(
             _RadiotapReversePadField(
-                LEShortField("Channel", 0)
+                LEShortField("ChannelFrequency", 0)
              ),
             lambda pkt: pkt.present and pkt.present.Channel),
         ConditionalField(
@@ -323,14 +328,14 @@ class RadioTap(Packet):
         # ChannelPlus
         ConditionalField(
             _RadiotapReversePadField(
-                FlagsField("ChannelFlags2", None, -32, _rt_channelflags2)
+                FlagsField("ChannelPlusFlags", None, -32, _rt_channelflags2)
             ),
             lambda pkt: pkt.present and pkt.present.ChannelPlus),
         ConditionalField(
-            LEShortField("ChannelFrequency", 0),
+            LEShortField("ChannelPlusFrequency", 0),
             lambda pkt: pkt.present and pkt.present.ChannelPlus),
         ConditionalField(
-            ByteField("ChannelNumber", 0),
+            ByteField("ChannelPlusNumber", 0),
             lambda pkt: pkt.present and pkt.present.ChannelPlus),
         # MCS
         ConditionalField(
diff --git a/scapy/main.py b/scapy/main.py
index 433a465b435..371f73b8389 100644
--- a/scapy/main.py
+++ b/scapy/main.py
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
 import gzip
 import glob
 import importlib
+import io
 import logging
-from random import choice
 import types
-import io
+import warnings
+from random import choice
 
 # Never add any global import, in main.py, that would trigger a warning message  # noqa: E501
 # before the console handlers gets added in interact()
@@ -83,7 +84,11 @@ def _read_config_file(cf, _globals=globals(), _locals=locals(), interactive=True
     """
     log_loading.debug("Loading config file [%s]", cf)
     try:
-        exec(compile(open(cf).read(), cf, 'exec'), _globals, _locals)
+        with open(cf) as cfgf:
+            exec(
+                compile(cfgf.read(), cf, 'exec'),
+                _globals, _locals
+            )
     except IOError as e:
         if interactive:
             raise
@@ -473,6 +478,9 @@ def interact(mydict=None, argv=None, mybanner=None, loglevel=logging.INFO):
         )
     log_scapy.addHandler(console_handler)
 
+    # We're in interactive mode, let's throw the DeprecationWarnings
+    warnings.simplefilter("always")
+
     from scapy.config import conf
     conf.interactive = True
     conf.color_theme = DefaultTheme()
diff --git a/scapy/packet.py b/scapy/packet.py
index c2596480cda..1cfe85c5894 100644
--- a/scapy/packet.py
+++ b/scapy/packet.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import itertools
 import copy
 import types
+import warnings
 
 from scapy.fields import StrField, ConditionalField, Emph, PacketListField, \
     BitField, MultiEnumField, EnumField, FlagsField, MultipleTypeField
@@ -51,8 +52,9 @@ def __repr__(self):
 class Packet(six.with_metaclass(Packet_metaclass, BasePacket,
                                 _CanvasDumpExtended)):
     __slots__ = [
-        "time", "sent_time", "name", "default_fields",
-        "overload_fields", "overloaded_fields", "fields", "fieldtype",
+        "time", "sent_time", "name",
+        "default_fields", "fields", "fieldtype",
+        "overload_fields", "overloaded_fields",
         "packetfields",
         "original", "explicit", "raw_packet_cache",
         "raw_packet_cache_fields", "_pkt", "post_transforms",
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ class Packet(six.with_metaclass(Packet_metaclass, BasePacket,
     ]
     name = None
     fields_desc = []
+    deprecated_fields = {}
     overload_fields = {}
     payload_guess = []
     show_indent = 1
@@ -155,7 +158,13 @@ def __init__(self, _pkt=b"", post_transform=None, _internal=0, _underlayer=None,
                 continue
             self.fields[fname] = self.get_field(fname).any2i(self, value)
         # The remaining fields are unknown
-        for fname, _ in fields:
+        for fname in fields:
+            if fname in self.deprecated_fields:
+                # Resolve deprecated fields
+                value = fields[fname]
+                fname = self._resolve_alias(fname)
+                self.fields[fname] = self.get_field(fname).any2i(self, value)
+                continue
             raise AttributeError(fname)
         if isinstance(post_transform, list):
             self.post_transforms = post_transform
@@ -307,7 +316,18 @@ def copy(self):
         clone.time = self.time
         return clone
 
+    def _resolve_alias(self, attr):
+        new_attr, version = self.deprecated_fields[attr]
+        warnings.warn(
+            "%s has been deprecated in favor of %s since %s !" % (
+                attr, new_attr, version
+            ), DeprecationWarning
+        )
+        return new_attr
+
     def getfieldval(self, attr):
+        if self.deprecated_fields and attr in self.deprecated_fields:
+            attr = self._resolve_alias(attr)
         if attr in self.fields:
             return self.fields[attr]
         if attr in self.overloaded_fields:
@@ -317,6 +337,8 @@ def getfieldval(self, attr):
         return self.payload.getfieldval(attr)
 
     def getfield_and_val(self, attr):
+        if self.deprecated_fields and attr in self.deprecated_fields:
+            attr = self._resolve_alias(attr)
         if attr in self.fields:
             return self.get_field(attr), self.fields[attr]
         if attr in self.overloaded_fields:
@@ -334,6 +356,8 @@ def __getattr__(self, attr):
         return v
 
     def setfieldval(self, attr, val):
+        if self.deprecated_fields and attr in self.deprecated_fields:
+            attr = self._resolve_alias(attr)
         if attr in self.default_fields:
             fld = self.get_field(attr)
             if fld is None:
diff --git a/test/fields.uts b/test/fields.uts
index 0659b0e5073..87e0d630b3f 100644
--- a/test/fields.uts
+++ b/test/fields.uts
@@ -1809,6 +1809,37 @@ r = m.m2i(None, data_129["str_with_fx"])
 assert(r == data_129["extended"])
 
 
+############
+############
++ Deprecated fields in Packet
+~ deprecated
+
+= Field Deprecation test
+
+class TestPacket(Packet):
+    fields_desc = [
+        ByteField("a", 0),
+        LEShortField("b", 15),
+    ]
+    deprecated_fields = {
+        "dpr": ("a", "1.0"),
+        "B": ("b", "1.0"),
+    }
+
+pkt = TestPacket(a=2, B=3)
+assert pkt.B == 3
+assert pkt.b == 3
+assert pkt.a == 2
+
+import warnings
+
+with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
+    warnings.simplefilter("always")
+    assert pkt.dpr == 2
+    assert len(w) == 1
+    assert issubclass(w[-1].category, DeprecationWarning)
+
+
 ############
 ############
 + FCSField
diff --git a/test/regression.uts b/test/regression.uts
index 07c08b5efc4..bfcb5f141cd 100644
--- a/test/regression.uts
+++ b/test/regression.uts
@@ -1076,6 +1076,7 @@ r = RadioTap(data)
 r = RadioTap(raw(r))
 assert r.dBm_AntSignal == -59
 assert r.ChannelFrequency == 5785
+assert r.ChannelPlusFrequency == 5785
 assert r.present == 3410027
 assert r.A_MPDU_ref == 2821
 assert r.KnownVHT == 511