A communication protocol that provides load balancing and/or test patterninformation between devices is described. A first embodiment of the protocolprovides such information via a data frame that is transmitted a definitivetime after a special DTIM beacon is transmitted. This protocol provides fullcompliance with IEEE 802.11. The second embodiment of the protocol modifiesthe 802.11 beacon data structure with additional information elements.
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