1. P802.11aq Pre-Association Service Discovery Summary
November 2017
doc.: IEEE /1565r1
November 2017
P802.11aq Pre-Association Service Discovery Summary
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Stephen McCann, BlackBerry
Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

2. November 2017
doc.: IEEE /1565r1
November 2017
Purpose
The P802.11aq amendment enables delivery of pre-association Service Discovery information by IEEE stations (STAs).
Pre-association protocol designed to discover services on a WLAN
Printer discovery in a hotel
Stephen McCann, BlackBerry
Stephen McCann, Blackberry

3. November 2017
doc.: IEEE /1565r1
November 2017
Technical Highlights
Container MAC protocol to carry upper layer service discovery protocols (e.g. UPnP, mDNS)
Provisioning and configuration of services in the access point
Service Transaction Proxy is a logical element connected to the access point
Universal identification of services
Using a hash name
Provide service attributes (e.g. 3D printer capability or point of sale service)
Currently considering request/response or broadcast concept
Stephen McCann, Blackberry

4. November 2017
doc.: IEEE /1565r1
November 2017
So why does P802.11aq help?
Discover services without having to connect to the network:
Information about services that can be accessed/reached IF STA 1 subsequently chooses to connect to STA 2.
This is the first pre-association mechanism to use STA specific information in a request (uplink).
Stephen McCann, BlackBerry
Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

5. November 2017
doc.: IEEE /1565r1
November 2017
Device Configuration
Majority of STAs are configured with a saved network (including local administration policy) ‘out of band’. Most devices have multiple saved networks.
Provisioning for Public networks:
Captive Portal or Passpoint
Provisioning for Enterprise networks:
Provisioning SSID, Out of Band (e.g. USB connection to a PC), or mobile device management (MDM)
This enables the wireless device to successfully connect and interoperate on a LAN.
Note: This amendment would allow a device to determine information about the local administration used by an AP pre-association.
Stephen McCann, BlackBerry
Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

6. Pre-association Privacy
November 2017
doc.: IEEE /1565r1
November 2017
Pre-association Privacy
Fixed MAC addresses can be tracked
Some countries have a legal requirement to provide privacy of device addresses
“It's a real issue because stores can buy Wi-Fi equipment that logs smartphones' MAC addresses, so that shoppers are recognized by their handheld when they next walk in, or walk into affiliate shop with the same creepy system present. This could be used to alert assistants, or to follow people from department to department, store to store, and then sell that data to marketers and ad companies.
Public wireless hotspots can do the same. Transport for London in the UK, for instance, used these techniques to study Tube passengers.
Regularly changing a device's MAC address is supposed to defeat this tracking.”
[The Register]
Stephen McCann, BlackBerry
Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

7. November 2017
doc.: IEEE /1565r1
November 2017
IEEE aq and IEEE 802c-2017
MAC address shall conform to IEEE and IEEE 802c-2017
Pre-association:
MAC address follows IEEE format
MAC behaviour when MAC address privacy is enabled:
Shall select a random MAC address in the local address space in accordance with IEEE 802c-2017
When the STA selects a network to associate it checks dot11LocallyAdministeredMACConfig to config its MAC address according to the network its associating with.
dot11LocallyAdministeredMACConfig is configured for a saved network on the device by the local administrator of the network
Stephen McCann, BlackBerry
Stephen McCann, BlackBerry

8. Progress P802.11aq P802c November 2017 November 2017
doc.: IEEE /1565r1
November 2017
Progress
P802.11aq
P802c
Stephen McCann, BlackBerry
Stephen McCann, Blackberry