Access points broadcast a signal regularly to make the network known to clients.This configuration allows wireless clients to connect to each other directly, without an access point as a central manager.
An independent basic service set or IBSS is the ad hoc configuration. An extended service set is a configuration with multiple access points and roaming capabilities for the clients. A BSS is identified by a BSSID, usually the MAC address of the access point. Infrastructure networks are composed of one or more access points that coordinate the wireless traffic between the nodes and often connect the nodes to a wired network, acting as a bridge or a router. By default, people refer to infrastructure networks. This is a set of standards defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
