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IEEE 802.11u

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The certificate_request message is included when the server desires the peer to authenticate itself via public key. While the EAP server SHOULD require peer authentication, this is not mandatory, since there are circumstances in which peer authentication will not be needed (e.g., emergency services,
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covers the cases where that device is not pre-authorized. A network will be able to allow access based on the user's relationship with an external network (e.g. hotspot roaming agreements), or indicate that online enrollment is possible, or allow access to a strictly limited set of services such as
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Provides Access Network Query Protocol (ANQP), which is a query and response protocol used by a mobile device to discover a range of information, including the hotspot operator's domain name (a globally unique, machine-searchable data element); roaming partners accessible via the hotspot along with
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Because a relatively sophisticated set of conditions can be presented, arbitrary contracts could be presented to the user, and might include providing information on motive, demographics or geographic origin of the user. As such data is valuable to tourism promotion and other public functions,
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which provides for Layer 2 transport of an advertisement protocol's frames between a mobile device and a server in the network prior to authentication. The access point is responsible for the relay of a mobile device's query to a server in the carrier's network and for delivering the server's
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certificates without giving the option to disable the requirement, even though the standard does not mandate their use, which some have identified as having the potential to dramatically reduce adoption of EAP-TLS and prevent "open" but encrypted access points.
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From a user perspective, the aim is to improve the experience of a traveling user who turns on a laptop in a hotel many miles from home, or uses a mobile device to place a phone call. Instead of being presented with a long list of largely meaningless
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handoff, also need a unified and reliable way to authorize their access to all of those networks. 802.11u provides a common abstraction that all networks regardless of protocol can use to provide a common authentication experience.
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The IEEE 802.11u requirements specification contains requirements in the areas of enrollment, network selection, emergency call support, emergency alert notification, user traffic segmentation, and service advertisement.
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Provides for the discovery of suitable networks (preassociation) through the advertisement of access network type {private network, free public network, for-fee public network}, roaming consortium, and venue
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their credential type and EAP method supported for authentication; IP address type availability (for example, IPv4, IPv6); and other metadata useful in a mobile device's network selection process.
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the user could be presented with a list of networks, the services they provide, and the conditions under which the user could access them. 802.11u is central to the adoption of
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This provides a mapping between the IP's differentiated services code point (DSCP) to over-the-air Layer 2 priority on a per-device basis, facilitating end-to-end QoS.
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There have been proposals to use IEEE 802.11u for access points to signal that they allow
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currently makes an assumption that a user's device is pre-authorized to use the network.
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for mobile communication devices such as laptop computers or multi-mode phones to join a
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Mobile users, whose devices can move between 3G and Wi-Fi networks at a low level using
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uses IEEE 802.11u in its "Wi-Fi Certified Passpoint" program, also known as "
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as described in ), or where the peer will authenticate via some other means.
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standard to add features that improve interworking with external networks.
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using only server-side authentication. Unlike most TLS implementations of
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emergency services (client to authority and authority to client.)
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The IEEE 802.11u standard was published on February 25, 2011.
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802.11u is thought to motivate more extensive deployment of
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Index

IEEE 802.11-2007
IEEE
technical standards
wireless local area network
Generic Advertisement Service (GAS),
IEEE 802.11
SSIDs
UMA
IEEE 802.11s
802.21
Wi-Fi Alliance
Hotspot 2.0
iOS 7
EAP-TLS
HTTPS
web browsers
X.509
Generic Access Network
GSM
GPRS
UMTS
CDMA
EV-DO
IEEE 802.21
"Wi-Fi Passpoint Standard Will End Hotspot Sign-Ons"
Tom's Guide
IDG News Service
"iOS 7 will hop from one Wi-Fi hotspot to another, no password needed"
Ars Technica
"Apple iOS 7 supports Wi-Fi Hotspot 2.0 for next-gen network roaming"

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