
24 ◾ Security for Multihop Wireless Networks
2.2.2 Standard “IEEE 802.11b” in Ad Hoc Mode
e standard “IEEE 802.11” [1] defines two operational modes: (i) infrastructure
method, which requires the presence of specialized equipment called an access
point, and control point-to-point communications between hosts on a network.
Infrastructure method is the most common configuration where is used, for exam-
ple, to allow mobile workstations to access corporate networks or public networks
(hotspots); and ad hoc method, presented in ref. [2], show that applications still
belong to the field of research.
◾ LLC: Logical link control (data link layer)
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