ISO/IEC 8802-11: 1999(E)
ANSI/IEEE Std 802.11, 1999 Edition LOCAL AND METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS: WIRELESS LAN
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3.13 coordination function:
The logical function that determines when a station operating within a basic
service set (BSS) is permitted to transmit and may be able to receive protocol data units (PDUs) via the wire-
less medium (WM). The coordination function within a BSS may have one point coordination function
(PCF) and will have one distributed coordination function (DCF).
3.14 coordination function pollable:
A station able to (1) respond to a coordination function poll with a
data frame, if such a frame is queued and able to be generated, and (2) interpret acknowledgments in frames
sent to or from the point coordinator.
3.15 deauthentication:
The service that voids an existing authentication relationship.
3.16 directed address:
See:
unicast frame
.
3.17 disassociation:
The service that removes an existing association.
3.18 distributed coordination function (DCF):
A class of coordination function where the same coordination
function logic is active in every station in the basic service set (BSS) whenever the network is in operation.
3.19 distribution:
The service that, by using association information, delivers medium access control
(MAC) service data units (MSDUs) within the distribution system (DS).
3.20 distribution system (DS):
A system used to interconnect a set of basic service sets (BSSs) and inte-
grated local area networks (LANs) to create an extended service set (ESS).
3.21 distribution system medium (DSM):
The medium or set of media used by a distribution system (DS)
for communications between access points (APs) and portals of an extended service set (ESS).
3.22 distribution system service (DSS):
The set of services provided by the distribution system (DS) that
enable the medium access control (MAC) to transport MAC service data units (MSDUs) between stations
that are not in direct communication with each other over a single instance of the wireless medium (WM).
These services include transport of MSDUs between the access points (APs) of basic service sets (BSSs)
within an extended service set (ESS), transport of MSDUs between portals and BSSs within an ESS, and
transport of MSDUs between stations in the same BSS in cases where the MSDU has a multicast or broad-
cast destination address or where the destination is an individual address, but the station sending the MSDU
chooses to involve DSS. DSSs are provided between pairs of IEEE 802.11 MACs.
3.23 extended rate set (ERS):
The set of data transfer rates supported by a station (if any) beyond the
extended service set (ESS) basic rate set. This set may include data transfer rates that will be defined in
future physical layer (PHY) standards.
3.24 extended service area (ESA):
The conceptual area within which members of an extended service set
(ESS) may communicate. An ESA is larger than or equal to a basic service area (BSA) and may involve sev-
eral basic service sets (BSSs) in overlapping, disjointed, or both configurations.
3.25 extended service set (ESS):
A set of one or more interconnected basic service sets (BSSs) and inte-
grated local area networks (LANs) that appears as a single BSS to the logical link control layer at any station
associated with one of those BSSs.
3.26 Gaussian frequency shift keying (GFSK):
A modulation scheme in which the data is first filtered by a
Gaussian filter in the baseband and then modulated with a simple frequency modulation.
3.27 independent basic service set (IBSS):
A BSS that forms a self-contained network, and in which no
access to a distribution system (DS) is available.