2.4 IEEE 802.11 MAC Hardware

The SoC contains a hardware accelerator to ensure fast and compliant implementation of the IEEE 802.11 MAC layer and associated timing. It offloads IEEE 802.11 MAC functionality from firmware to improve performance and boost the MAC throughput. The accelerator includes hardware encryption/decryption of Wi-Fi traffic and traffic filtering mechanisms to avoid unnecessary processing in software.

The online versions of the documents are provided as a courtesy. Verify all content and data in the device’s PDF documentation found on the device product page.