CTS 258: This Week In Wireless – 802.11-2020

New IEEE-802.11 Standard



The IEEE published, on February 26th, a new version of the IEEE 802.11 standards. It is called IEEE-802.11-2020. Did you get your copy yet?




Congratulations to the TGmd Task Group on the publication of IEEE 802.11-2020, officially published on 26 February, 2021!— Rick Murphy (@RickMurphyWiTS) February 26, 2021




But take note: 802.11ax didn’t make it to this version – womp womp.



You can buy it here if you cannot wait: https://standards.ieee.org/standard/802_11-2020.html



Here is the timeline of the 802.11 group: https://www.ieee802.org/11/Reports/802.11_Timelines.htm



Wi-Fi Awards



They have announced the 2021 winners:



* 2021 Company Leadership of the Year: Mist Systems, a Juniper Company* Product of the Year: Ekahau Analyzer* Innovation of the Year: WLAN Pi* Rookie of the year: Gjermund Raaen* 2021 Content Contribution of the Year: Rowell Dionicio* Lifetime Achievement Award: Peter Mackenzie



Check out all the winners here: https://thewifiawards.com/2021-award-winners



For all the award finalists, check them out here: https://thewifiawards.com/award-finalists



News from the WLA



The Wireless LAN Association published a standardized framework for WLAN standards this week.



Here is the link: https://wlanassociation.org/wla-standards-framework/



They are working on 4 standards documents:



* Red book: Define* Blue book: Design* Grey book: Deploy* Green book: Diagnose Validate



What are your thoughts?



News from the Wi-Fi Alliance



The Wi-Fi Alliance has been announcing a few things since the beginning of the year:



Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Vantage: Wi-Fi Alliance certification problem that improves mobility and allows users to experience more consistent connections while roaming within and across networks by reducing airtime overhead and enabling faster authentication to the selected access point.



Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Vantage is composed of the following certifications:



* Wi-Fi 5 or 6* Passpoint* Wi-Fi Agile Multiband* Wi-Fi Optimized Connectivity (the new kid on the block)



Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Optimized Connectivity: improves mobility and allows users to experience more consistent connections while roaming within and across Wi-Fi® networks, and between Wi-Fi and cellular networks.



Link: https://www.wi-fi.org/discover-wi-fi/wi-fi-optimized-connectivity



Technical document: https://www.wi-fi.org/downloads-registered-guest/Wi-Fi_Optimized_Connectivity_Specification_v2.0_0.pdf/37256



FILS: Fast Initial Link Setup (802.11ai)