51. A wireless station, comprising: a wireless interface to at least one wireless access point in wireless range of the wireless station; and a processor, communicating with the at least one access point via the wireless interface, the processor being configured to— locate character set information identifying a non-Unicode character set for the access point in a wireless beacon broadcast by the access point, the wireless beacon comprising a service set identification information element comprising a service set identification for the access point encoded in the character set, decode the service set identification information element packed in the wireless beacon in accordance with the non-Unicode character set and broadcast by the access point using the non-Unicode character set, and present the service set identification in Unicode format to a user of the wireless station to select a network connection.
58. The wireless station of claim 51 , wherein the access point comprises a wireless router.