wi-fi The IEEE has officially made the standard wireless protocol that adds functionality 802.11r roaming to Wi-Fi, a technology that will allow users connected to a wireless network, the rapid transition from an access point to another, thus improving the performance of VoIP on LANs with multiple access-point.

The IEEE has worked 802.11r for four years, and the concept has been said since 2005, but the standard was officially approved and published by the IEEE this summer.

The original 802.11 standard was in fact designed for a single access point. Currently, however, is evident in large buildings may need to install complex networks with multiple access points. The transition from an access point to another requires, at present, a minimum latency of 100 ms for the reassociation and even a few seconds to re-authenticate the client connected securely. A situation that makes any difficult conversations set in motion VoIP networks spread across multiple access points.

The new standard 802.11r will move from one access point to another in about 50 ms. The new standard known as Fast Basic Service Set Transition is able to meet the specifications for roaming voice. With this new performance VoIP applications and data in motion will improve considerably.

The fact remains that using the same channel with the same ssid and same network key, as recommended by us here , eliminates roaming. So with more than a year and a half before had suggested the low-cost solution to the problem.

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