Monday, August 9, 2010

Basic service set

The basic service set (BSS) is a set of all stations that can communicate with each other.

There are two types of BSS: Independent BSS (also referred to as IBSS), and infrastructure BSS.

Every BSS has an identification (ID) called the BSSID, which is the MAC address of the access point servicing the BSS.

An independent BSS (IBSS) is an ad-hoc network that contains no access points, which means they can not connect to any other basic service set.

An infrastructure can communicate with other stations not in the same basic service set by communicating through access points.

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