On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Sean Robinson <seankrobinson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am working on writing various components for user-space control of > nl80211 devices. I have had some difficulty understanding the > terminology that is taken for granted in source files for and > documentation about nl80211/cfg80211. So, in the interest of learning > the terms used I am volunteering to edit the glossary page > <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Documentation/Glossary> on > the Linux wireless wiki, for at least a brief time (1-2 months). As I > learn a new definition for an appropriate term, I will add it the the > Glossary. > > If you have encountered a word or phrase about the Linux wireless > system for which you need(ed) a definition. Please let me know and I > will add it to the list of terms to define. > > Can anyone answer (or point me to more resources for) the following > questions that I can use to update the Glossary? What is a station? > How does a station relate to an AP? What are the delineations between > mac80211/cfg80211/nl80211? > You might want to start with the IEEE 802.11-2007 standards document (free for download at http://standards.ieee.org/about/get/802/802.11.html). That has many of the definitions you will want, e.g., station is defined as 3.136 in their Definitions section. Dan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
