Comments on: Fast roaming with 802.11r

By: Jeevan Patil

Jeevan Patil — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:31:36 +0000

Hi,

You are right about the fact that wireless infrastructure and client device vendors do not usually follow IEEE standards rapidly.
Two factors really make me feel that 11r will be popular soon:
1. Most vendors wait for Wi-Fi alliance to pick a suitable subset of the standard that has the most ROI. The WFA certification around Voice Enterprise readyness will help provide the appropriate push towards 11r.
2. Some of the cool featurette’s within 11r such as pre-association with the neighboring Access Points will help as well.

Regards,
Jeevan

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By: CiscoJunkie

CiscoJunkie — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:12:27 +0000

Standard has been ratified for couple of years now. I havent seen people really caring for TGr, since PKC is available as a easy solution. Why would people want to go to TGr ?

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By: Jeevan Patil

Jeevan Patil — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:40:06 +0000

In the past several client vendors supported CCKM but some did not. Now that the standard has been ratified and WFA testing done, you will see several device vendors gravitate rapidly towards supporting 802.11r.

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By: CiscoJunkie

CiscoJunkie — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 23:22:47 +0000

Are there (m)any 802.11r clients ? Ain’t PMK Caching good enough?

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By: Jeevan Patil

Jeevan Patil — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:10:29 +0000

Thank you Yasir, We are seeing significant interest in wireless today from all segments including Service Providers as you pointed out.
We are planning to release more collaterals with the FCS and launch.
Warm Regards,

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By: Yasir

Yasir — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:29:18 +0000

Very fascinated tech for wireless data improvement. I must say in future it might adopted with wireless services provider for cost cutting and off loading core network traffic. Architecture based detail will make a clear view. Market demands can hail to it. Keep it up CISCO.

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