Wi-Fi Alliance
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Wi-Fi Alliance
- Wi-Fi Alliance (originally named Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA))
- Responsible for ensuring Wireless interoperability certification programs
- The Wi-Fi certification programs are:
- WMM QOS mechanisms
- Helps conserve battery power for devices using Wi-Fi by managing the time the client spends in sleep mode
- Wi-Fi Protected Setup
- Simplified and automatic WPA and WPA2 security configs for home and small business.
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Enables devices to connect directly without the use of an access point.
- Converged Wireless Group-RF Profile
- Defines the performance metrics for Wi-Fi and cellular radios in a converged handset to help ensure that both technologies perform well in the presence of the other.
- Defines the performance metrics for Wi-Fi and cellular radios in a converged handset to help ensure that both technologies perform well in the presence of the other.
- Voice Personal
- Enhanced support for voice applications in residential or small business Wi-Fi networks. Single AP
- Voice Enterprise
- Voice QOS highest priority (Access Category voice AC_VO)
- Seamless roaming within Enterprise Wi-Fi network (multiple Aps)
- Tunnelled Direct Link Setup
- Allows devices to establish a secure link to each other after they have joined a Wi-Fi network
- Passpoint
- Designed to revolutionize the end user experience when connecting to a Wi-Fi hotspot. Uses EAP to Auth
- Also known as Hotspot 2.0
- WMM-Admission Control
- Allows Wi-Fi networks to manage network traffic based upon channel conditions, network load and type of traffic (Voice, Video, best effort data or background data)
- IBSS with Wi-Fi Protected Setup
- Provides easy config and strong security for ad hoc Wi-Fi networks.
- Designed for devices with limited user interfaces
- Feature easy push button or PIN setup, task-orientated short term connections and dynamic networks that can be established anywhere
- Miracast
- Seamlessly integrates the display of streaming video between devices.
- Core Technology and Security
- Wi-Fi Multimedia
- WMM Power Save
Reference:
Coleman, David D.,Westcott, David A. CWNA: Certified Wireless Network Administrator Official Study Guide: Exam CWNA-106 Wiley.
Coleman, David D.,Westcott, David A. CWNA: Certified Wireless Network Administrator Official Study Guide: Exam CWNA-106 Wiley.
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