Technical professional association IEEE, US, has announced that it has published an amendment - IEEE 802.11v-2011. The amendment defines mechanisms for IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN(WLAN) devices to support enhanced Wireless Network Management (WNM) and operational troubleshooting capabilities, enable new location and time synchronisation applications, and provide additional power saving mechanisms. WNM protocols also enable managed transitions of client devices from one Access Pont device to another, providing additional standardised mechanisms for a WLAN network to manage client device traffic load.
Improved network measurement and diagnostics capabilities are said to be particularly useful to enterprises and service providers to support the deployment and management of large WLAN networks. The new location formats (civic format, and location by reference) are added to existing geo-location format location capabilities to support popular location based user applications. Network-based mechanisms that enable improved device power saving provide for extended battery life in WLAN devices.
Additional information can be found on the IEEE 802.11v page. To purchase the standard, users can visit the IEEE Standards Store.
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