The MSM7712 is the first release in a series of wireless LAN baseband controllers, designated .XI (a suffix of the IEEE P802.11 protocol). The MSM7712 integrates the baseband physical layer and the lower MAC layers into a single IC that supports specific draft standards of the P802.11 specification. The architecture targets optimum integration with maximum user flexibility, providing a migration path to low-cost module handsets and access points. In accordance with all three P802.11 media, the MSM7712 directly supports frequency hopping (FH), spread spectrum, direct-sequence spread spectrum, and infrared protocols., A board-level system contains the MSM7712, a radio, a 16-bit processor, and buffer memory ICs.