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Title : IEEE 802.11 MAC Profile for CAPWAP
Authors : Chunju Shao
Hui Deng
Rajesh S. Pazhyannur
Farooq Bari
Rong Zhang
Satoru Matsushima
Filename : draft-ietf-opsawg-capwap-hybridmac-07.txt
Pages : 11
Date : 2014-12-03
Abstract:
The Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP)
protocol defines two entities: a Wireless Transmission Point (WTP)
and an Access Controller (AC). The CAPWAP protocol binding for IEEE
802.11 defines two MAC (Medium Access Control) modes for IEEE 802.11
WTP: Split and Local MAC, and describes the required functionality
split between the WTP and AC for each mode. However, in the Split
MAC mode, the partitioning of encryption/decryption functions are not
clearly defined. In the Split MAC mode description, IEEE 802.11
encryption is specified as located in either at the AC or the WTP,
with no clear way for the AC to inform the WTP of where the
encryption functionality should be located. This lack of
specification leads to interoperability issues, especially when the
AC and WTP come from different vendors. To prevent interoperability
issues, this specification defines an IEEE 802.11 MAC profile message
element in which each profile specifies an unambiguous division of
encryption functionality between the WTP and AC. The IEEE 802.11 MAC
profile is used as follows: the WTP informs the AC of the supported
profiles during the discovery or join process and the AC configures
the WTP with one of the supported profiles when configuring the WLAN.
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