Seamless handover in 802.11 networks

Abstract

This paper defines new architecture for fast handover in WiFi networks based on the idea of Personal AP and centralized management. New enterprise solutions achieve their limits for real-time multimedia communication, but they are in general expensive and not widely deployed. The majority of them is based on the 802.11r standard, which targets a 50 ms handover. The proposed architecture targets a 10 ms handover and it can be deployed on a majority of todays APs and does not require any change on the client side.