First page Back Continue Last page Overview Graphics
802.11 Family Shared characteristics
- BSS (Basic Service Set) – “Ad-hoc Mode” (not supported by 802.11a)
- Hosts are individually responsible for participation in the network.
- IBSS (Infrastructure Basic Service Set)
- One node, the AP is responsible for coordinating:
- Authentication of wireless clients
- Handling channel contention
- Repeating packets
- Ethernet style CSMA/CD shared medium
- Coordination on some elements in IBSS mode, for example:
- Beacon interval
- Basic rate and wakeup interval (for power saving)