FullMAC
An editor has nominated this article for deletion. You are welcome to participate in the deletion discussion, which will decide whether or not to retain it. |
A FullMAC wifi device (also known as HardMAC)) is a device that performs MAC Sublayer Management Entity (MLME) in hardware/firmware[1]
A FullMAC device hides the complexity of the 802.11 protocol from the main CPU, instead providing an 802.3 (ethernet) interface.
FullMAC chips are typically used in mobile devices is three-fold: (1) easier to integrate in complete products, (2) power savings (by having a specialized CPU perform the 802.11 processing), and (3) tighter firmware control by the chip vendor.
References
See also
 | This network-related software article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |