IEEE 802.21a-2012.pdf

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IEEE Std 802.21a-2012
(Amendment to IEEE Std 802.21-2008)

IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks—
Part 21: Media Independent Handover Services
Amendment 1: Security Extensions to Media Independent Handover Services and Protocol

Approved 29 March 2012

Abstract: Extensions to IEEE Std 802.21-2008 are provided for security mechanisms to protect media independent handover services and mechanisms to use MIH to assist proactive authentication to reduce the latency due to media access authentication and key establishment with the target network.
Keywords: IEEE 802.21, IEEE 802.21a, proactive authentication, service access authentication,security protection