RoadClosed,
I'm still digesting what you said in your post. I'm a little slow at picking up certain things. Usually I have to read and re-read something quiet a few times before it "sticks". In any event, I do believe I got the jist of your reply. Correct me if I'm wrong though.
**note:I put what caught my attention in bold
In the 802.11 application, the term bursting in this case is nothing more the channel hopping (in my opinion). The data is continuous; however, a channel is only active for a small amount of time and then it switches to another, then another in a seemingly random pattern but it is not random
You wait until its your turn and burst a few thousands of a second worth of stuff and then you stop. Then a few more thousands of a second later you do it again
But while you are stopped another channel sends the data in a continuous stream
From what I read here, it appears as though wireless routers do transmit continuously by utilizing multiple channels in a rapid (seemingly random) succession.

The beacon doesn't even come into play. It operates in frames and frequencies outside the data stream.
This is why I still have some learning to do. I obviously haven't grapsed the concept as of yet. Thanks for the details though.