
Chapter 9
signal, there is limited ability to benefit from the potential location-sensitive sophistication
allowed by incorporating 802.11k information into the roaming-decision process.
9.5.4 Limitations of 802.11k
There are a number of limitations to the amount of help that 802.11k will actually provide to
roaming clients. Ideally, the information made available to a client via 802.11k about the
surrounding network would provide a global view of the nearby 802.11 environment. The
802.11k information is derived by the neighboring APs gathering information and sharing it
indiscriminately with their neighbors. Both the accuracy and the granularity of ...