The 802.11 subsystems – for kernel developers
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# The 802.11 subsystems – for kernel developers

## Explaining wireless 802.11 networking in the Linux kernel

### Johannes Berg

`<johannes@sipsolutions.net>`

Copyright © 2007-2009 Johannes Berg

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Abstract

These books attempt to give a description of the various subsystems that play a role in 802.11 wireless networking in Linux. Since these books are for kernel developers they attempts to document the structures and functions used in the kernel as well as giving a higher-level overview.

The reader is expected to be familiar with the 802.11 standard as published by the IEEE in 802.11-2007 (or possibly later versions). References to this standard will be given as "802.11-2007 8.1.5".

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