One of the lesser-known ingredients in the alphabet soup of [802.11] wireless LAN specifications, [802.11f] is a proposal that describes wireless access-point communications among multivendor systems.

This technology, to be specified as the Inter-Access Point Protocol, handles the registration of APs within a network and the exchange of information when a user is roaming among coverage areas supported by different vendors' access points. It will help with fast hand-off from AP to AP. 

From (http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/wireless/2002/01539428.html Do we need AP interoperability?) Network World on Wireless in the Enterprise, 09/02/02.

* (http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/Reports/tgf_update.htm Task Group F)
* (http://www.drizzle.com/~aboba/IEEE/draft-aboba-802-context-02.txt A Model for Context Transfer in IEEE 802)

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