Dictionary · NIST SP 800-121

A device that logically connects wireless client devices operating in infrastructure to one another and provides access to a distribution system, if connected, which is typically an organization’s enterprise wired network.

A wireless network that dynamically connects wireless client devices to each other without the use of an infrastructure device, such as an access point or a base station.

A small Bluetooth network created on an ad hoc basis that includes two or more devices.

A chain of piconets created by allowing one or more Bluetooth devices to each be a slave in one piconet and act as the master for another piconet simultaneously. A scatternet allows several devices to be networked over an extended distance.