RFC 4118 · INFORMATIONAL · 2005

Architecture Taxonomy for Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points

Overview

RFC 4118, “Architecture Taxonomy for Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points”, is an Informational document published in June 2005 by L. Yang, P. Zerfos, E. Sadot. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document provides a taxonomy of the architectures employed in the existing IEEE 802.11 products in the market, by analyzing Wireless LAN (WLAN) functions and services and describing the different variants in distributing these functions and services among the architectural entities. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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