FIG. 2 is a more detailed block diagram illustrating the (authorized) AP 101 of the system of FIG. 1, according to one embodiment. The AP 101 includes a station management module 210, an operating system 220, and a radio array/connection ports 230. The components can be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of both.

The station management module 210 manages station connections by advertising beacons, receiving probe request, sending probe responses and other management frames. Further, individual stations can be tracked as to bandwidth usage, QoS, BSSID assignment, and the like. Beacons and probe responses can also be modified by the station management module 112 to include channel switch announcement information

The operating system 220 interfaces between the software and hardware of the AP 101. The operating system 114 can also include integrated applications. The operating system 114 can handle connections to stations by sending out beacons.

The radio array 230 includes one or more transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx) antennas and electronics (e.g., encoders/decoders) for communication with the physical layer.

FIG. 3 is a more detailed block diagram illustrating a station 102 of the system of FIG. 1, according to one embodiment. The station 102 comprises a network application 310, an operating system 320, and a radio array 330. The components can be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of both.