I-D ACTION:draft-singh-capwap-ctp-02.txt

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	Title		: CAPWAP Tunneling Protocol (CTP)
	Author(s)	: I. Singh, et al.
	Filename	: draft-singh-capwap-ctp-02.txt
	Pages		: 41
	Date		: 2005-7-5

With the overwhelming choice of proprietary implementations of 
   centralized control and management of wireless access points and 
   access controllers there is a great demand for a standard protocol 
   and architecture that enables the deployment of large scale wireless 
   networks. 

   This document describes the CAPWAP Tunneling Protocol, a protocol 
   that allows for the centralized control and provisioning of a large 
   number of wireless access points from access controllers.  It is 
   supported by an architecture where the MAC layer of the RF technology 
   is terminated within the AP.  This allows for the protocol to be 
   extensible to multiple radio technologies.  It assumes an IP 
   connection between the access points and access controllers and has 
   signaling primitives to enable wireless station mobility between 
   access points.  Therefore, seamless Layer 3 subnet mobility is 
   seamlessly enabled by this protocol.

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