Before going into a low-power state (sleep), what function must a wireless station operating in a BSS perform?
- Notify the access point of its intention to sleep.
- Notify other wireless stations of its intention to sleep.
- Broadcast an ATIM on the network.
- Send an RTS to the access point.
Answer(s): A
Explanation:
Traffic Indication Map (TIM) - transmitted by the access point to indicate to sleeping stations the presence of buffered transmissions for a particular station Traffic Indication Map (TIM)
The TIM is used an as indicator of which sleeping stations have packets queued at the access point. This information is passed in each beacon to all associated stations. While sleeping, synchronized stations power up their receivers, listen for the beacon, check the TIM to see if they are listed, then, if they are not listed, they power down their receivers and continue sleeping.
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