
CHAPTER 9
The 802.11 Workgroups’ Solutions
for Fast Secure Roaming
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Overview of the 802.11r Standard
9.3 Detailed Concepts and Terminology of 802.11r
9.4 Protocol Exchanges in 802.11r
9.5 The 802.11k Standard Applied to Roaming
9.6 Concluding Remarks
References
9.1 Introduction
There are two task groups under IEEE 802.11 whose efforts contribute strongly to
improving the speed and security of the 802.11-roaming experience. The more obvious of
these two is 802.11r, whose work is titled Fast BSS Transition; this task group is dedicated
to fast secure roaming between access points within the same Extended Service Set. The
work of the second ...