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5Explaining wireless 802.11 networking in the Linux kernel
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7Copyright 2007-2009 Johannes Berg
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9These books attempt to give a description of the various subsystems
10that play a role in 802.11 wireless networking in Linux. Since these
11books are for kernel developers they attempts to document the
12structures and functions used in the kernel as well as giving a
13higher-level overview.
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15The reader is expected to be familiar with the 802.11 standard as
16published by the IEEE in 802.11-2007 (or possibly later versions).
17References to this standard will be given as "802.11-2007 8.1.5".
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