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IEEE 802.11

IEEE has defined the specifications for a wireless

LAN, called IEEE 802 802..11,
11, which covers the physical
and data link layers.
layers.
Wireless LANs Architecture
IEEE 803.11(a/b/g) MAC Sublayer
Physical Layer

Figure Basic service sets (BSSs)

A BSS without an AP is called an ad hoc

network; a BSS with an AP is called an
infrastructure network.

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Figure Extended service sets (ESSs) Figure MAC layers in IEEE 802.11 standard

Figure CSMA/CA flowchart

Figure CSMA/CA and NAV

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Figure Example of repetition interval

Figure Frame format

Table Subfields in FC field

Figure Control frames

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Table Values of subfields in control frames Table Addresses

Figure Addressing mechanisms

Figure Hidden station problem

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Figure Use of handshaking to prevent hidden station problem

The CTS frame in CSMA/CA handshake

can prevent collision from a hidden
station.

Figure Exposed station problem Figure Use of handshaking in exposed station problem

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Figure Industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band

Table Physical layers

Figure Physical layer of IEEE 802.11 FHSS Figure Physical layer of IEEE 802.11 DSSS

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Figure Physical layer of IEEE 802.11 infrared Figure Physical layer of IEEE 802.11b