Objectives for Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP)
RFC 4564
Document | Type | RFC - Informational (July 2006; No errata) | |
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Authors | Zhonghui Yao , Wenhui Zhou , Lily Yang , Saravanan Govindan , Hong Cheng | ||
Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
Stream | IETF | ||
Formats | plain text html pdf htmlized bibtex | ||
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IESG | IESG state | RFC 4564 (Informational) | |
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Responsible AD | Dan Romascanu | ||
Send notices to | zhouwenhui@chinamobile.com, yaoth@huawei.com, dorothy.gellert@nokia.com |
Network Working Group S. Govindan, Ed. Request for Comments: 4564 H. Cheng Category: Informational Panasonic ZH. Yao Huawei WH. Zhou China Mobile L. Yang Intel July 2006 Objectives for Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) Status of This Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2006). Abstract This document presents objectives for an interoperable protocol for the Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP). The document aims to establish a set of focused requirements for the development and evaluation of a CAPWAP protocol. The objectives address architecture, operation, security, and network operator requirements that are necessary to enable interoperability among Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) devices of alternative designs. Govindan, et al. Informational [Page 1] RFC 4564 CAPWAP Objectives July 2006 Table of Contents 1. Introduction ....................................................3 2. Terminology .....................................................3 3. Requirements Notation ...........................................4 4. Objectives Overview .............................................4 5. Objectives ......................................................5 5.1. Mandatory and Accepted Objectives ..........................5 5.1.1. Logical Groups ......................................5 5.1.2. Support for Traffic Separation ......................6 5.1.3. Wireless Terminal Transparency ......................8 5.1.4. Configuration Consistency ...........................8 5.1.5. Firmware Trigger ....................................9 5.1.6. Monitoring and Exchange of System-wide Resource State .....................................10 5.1.7. Resource Control Objective .........................11 5.1.8. CAPWAP Protocol Security ...........................12 5.1.9. System-wide Security ...............................14 5.1.10. IEEE 802.11i Considerations .......................15 5.1.11. Interoperability Objective .......................17 5.1.12. Protocol Specifications ..........................18 5.1.13. Vendor Independence ..............................19 5.1.14. Vendor Flexibility ...............................19 5.1.15. NAT Traversal ....................................20 5.2. Desirable Objectives ......................................21 5.2.1. Multiple Authentication Mechanisms .................21 5.2.2. Support for Future Wireless Technologies ...........21 5.2.3. Support for New IEEE Requirements ..................22 5.2.4. Interconnection Objective ..........................23 5.2.5. Access Control ....................................24 5.3. Non-Objectives ............................................25 5.3.1. Support for Non-CAPWAP WTPs ........................25 5.3.2. Technical Specifications ...........................26 5.4. Operator Requirements .....................................27 5.4.1. AP Fast Handoff ....................................27 6. Summary and Conclusion .........................................27 7. Security Considerations ........................................28 8. Acknowledgements ...............................................29 9. Normative References ...........................................29 10. Informative References ........................................29 Govindan, et al. Informational [Page 2] RFC 4564 CAPWAP Objectives July 2006 1. Introduction The growth in large-scale Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) deployments has brought into focus a number of technical challenges. Among them is the complexity of managing large numbers of Wireless Termination Points (WTPs), which is further exacerbated by variations in their design. Another challenge is the maintenance of consistentShow full document text