802.11k

November 29, 2016

TECHWISETV

Cisco and Apple: Understanding the Innovation

3 min read

To fully appreciate what these two industry leaders have accomplished, I thought it would be helpful to pull back the covers a bit, and level set on how things are usually done. This can help highlight where and how these tweaks can improve your own enterprise experience.

April 13, 2015

NETWORKING

Why the 802.11k and Neighbor Report are Important?

4 min read

A lot of air time (pun intended) has been provided for the PHYsical layer amendments to the 802.11 standard. These would include 802.11n, 802.11ac, 802.11ad, and others. These amendments tend to get a lot of publicity because they have increased the speed/throughput of 802.11 over the years (from 1-2 Mbps in 1997 for the original […]

June 5, 2014

NETWORKING

Wi-Fi Roaming 101

3 min read

Wi-Fi roaming is often a tumultuous subject.  The crux of the issue is, with Wi-Fi the roaming decision is left to the client. In the recent years, there have been...