Comments on: Unplugging My Career http://www.hackmyidea.com/wordpress/2008/04/19/unplugging-my-career/ stuff i'm working on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:38:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Sam Yorko http://www.hackmyidea.com/wordpress/2008/04/19/unplugging-my-career/#comment-94 Sam Yorko Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:47:26 +0000 http://www.hackmyidea.com/wordpress/2008/04/19/unplugging-my-career/#comment-94 802.11 has always been client mediated; that is, the client has always had control of roaming (and many other things as well). 802.11v in conjunction with 802.11k may change that; 802.11v will add commands from the AP to the client. It's unclear, however, if the client must obey or not. 802.11r is just a method to speed up the roaming process within a BSS. It doesn't enable any roaming to cellular, nor does it handle higher network layer issues associated with the handoff. You might take a look at 802.21, which is trying to facilitate handover among heterogeneous 802 networks, and possibly to and from cellular as well. It's unclear if it will be picked up by the industry, however. 802.11 has always been client mediated; that is, the client has always had control of roaming (and many other things as well). 802.11v in conjunction with 802.11k may change that; 802.11v will add commands from the AP to the client. It’s unclear, however, if the client must obey or not.

802.11r is just a method to speed up the roaming process within a BSS. It doesn’t enable any roaming to cellular, nor does it handle higher network layer issues associated with the handoff.

You might take a look at 802.21, which is trying to facilitate handover among heterogeneous 802 networks, and possibly to and from cellular as well. It’s unclear if it will be picked up by the industry, however.

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