{"draft":"draft-ietf-capwap-protocol-binding-ieee80211-12","doc_id":"RFC5416","title":"Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) Protocol Binding for IEEE 802.11","authors":["P. Calhoun, Ed.","M. Montemurro, Ed.","D. Stanley, Ed."],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"76","pub_status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","status":"PROPOSED STANDARD","source":"Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points","abstract":"Wireless LAN product architectures have evolved from single\r\nautonomous access points to systems consisting of a centralized\r\nAccess Controller (AC) and Wireless Termination Points (WTPs).  The\r\ngeneral goal of centralized control architectures is to move access\r\ncontrol, including user authentication and authorization, mobility\r\nmanagement, and radio management from the single access point to a\r\ncentralized controller.\r\n\r\nThis specification defines the Control And Provisioning of Wireless\r\nAccess Points (CAPWAP) Protocol Binding Specification for use with\r\nthe IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Network protocol.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]","pub_date":"March 2009","keywords":["[--------]","Operations and Management","LWAPP","CAPWAP","802.11","IEEE","Wireless LAN","WiFi","Access Point","Access Controller","Wireless Termination Point"],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC5416","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc5416"}