Basic Service Set
• This makes every wireless service area a closed group.
• It is called Basic Service Set (BSS).
• The wireless Access Point (AP) is required (Fig.2).
• End devices or clients are not permitted to directly
communicate to other end devices.
• The area where AP’s signal is reachable/usable is
called Basic Service Area (BSA) or cell.
• The AP serves a single of contact for devices that want
to use the BSS.
• It uses a unique BSS Identifier (BSSID) based on its own
radio MAC Address.
• It advertises its wireless network with a Service Set Identifier
(SSID) which is a text string containing a logical name.