DTIM
Delivery Traffic Indication Message

A Delivery Traffic Indication Message may be found in an IEEE 802.11b Beacon Frame which is transmitted from an AP (Access Point). The message is comprised of two parts; DTIM Count and the DTIM Period and indicates that broadcast and multicast frames, buffered at the AP, will be delivered in the near future.

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