Secure Roaming in 802.11 Networks

Dynamics of 802.11 Task Groups

In this section we have attempted to provide a brief review of the major import of the 802.11r

standard. As 802.11r is central to fast secure roaming in 802.11, we provide additional

in-depth coverage of the standard in Chapter 9.

4.10 Other 802.11 Subgroups

In addition to the a, b, g, i, e, k, and r standardization efforts discussed earlier, in Table 4.3,

we briefly summarize the other 802.11 task groups for the sake of generating a complete

reference. The table shows the d, F, h, j, n, p, s, T, u, v, w, and y task groups as well as the

status of their work. Standard 802.11d was ratified in 2005, whereas the next three ...