41. A method of decoding character set information, comprising: locating character set information identifying a non-Unicode character set for an 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; decoding 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 presenting the service set identification in Unicode format to a user of at least one station receiving the wireless beacon to select a network connection.
41. A method of decoding character set information, comprising: locating character set information identifying a non-Unicode character set for an 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; decoding 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 presenting the service set identification in Unicode format to a user of at least one station receiving the wireless beacon to select a network connection. 42. The method of claim 41 , wherein locating the character set information comprises extracting the character set information from a specified field of the service set identification information element.