Secure Roaming in 802.11 Networks

Dynamics of 802.11 Task Groups

in the 802.11a market. Undoubtedly, the market forces and trends will continue to be favorable

to some companies and destructive to others.

4.5 Fast Secure Roaming Task Groups

4.5.1 Introduction

We focus on the work of task groups 802.11i, 802.11e, 802.11k, and 802.11r in this section

and also later in this chapter, as the work of these groups most directly influences the form

that fast secure roaming in 802.11 will take. We need the focus of 802.11i for security, the

measurement and reporting focus of 802.11k to make intelligent decisions about which AP

to roam, and the QoS provisioning capabilities afforded by 802.11e ...