1. Wi-Fi Alliance

2. Wi-Fi
Only Wi-Fi products that complete Wi-Fi Alliance interoperability certification testing successfully may use the "Wi-Fi CERTIFIED" trademark.

3. Wi-Fi
The Wi-Fi Alliance has since updated its test plan and certification program to ensure all newly certified devices resist attacks.

4. Wi-Fi History
In 1999, the Wi-Fi Alliance was formed as a trade association to hold the Wi-Fi trademark under which most products are sold.

5. Wi-Fi The name
The term Wi-Fi, commercially used at least as early as August 2000, was coined by a brand-consulting firm called Interbrand Corporation. The Wi-Fi Alliance had hired Interbrand to determine a name that was "a little catchier than 'IEEE b Direct Sequence'". Phil Belanger, a founding member of the Wi-Fi Alliance who presided over the selection of the name "Wi-Fi," also stated that Interbrand invented Wi-Fi as a play on words with Hi-Fi (high fidelity), and also created the Wi-Fi logo.

6. Wi-Fi The name
The Wi-Fi Alliance initially used the advertising slogan, "The Standard for Wireless Fidelity", for Wi-Fi but later removed the phrase from their marketing. Despite this, some documents from the Alliance dated 2003 and 2004 still contain the term Wireless Fidelity. There was no official statement related to the dropping of the term.

7. Wi-Fi Wi-Fi certification
Manufacturers with membership in the Wi-Fi Alliance, whose products pass the certification process, gain the right to mark those products with the Wi-Fi logo.

8. Wi-Fi Wi-Fi certification
If it is compliant or partly compatible, the Wi-Fi Alliance may not object to its description as a Wi-Fi device though technically only certified devices are approved

9. Wi-Fi Direct computer-to-computer communications
Similarly, the Wi-Fi Alliance promotes a specification called Wi-Fi Direct for file transfers and media sharing through a new discovery- and security-methodology. Wi-Fi Direct launched in October 2010.

10. Wi-Fi Advantages
Different competitive brands of access points and client network-interfaces can inter-operate at a basic level of service. Products designated as "Wi-Fi Certified" by the Wi-Fi Alliance are backwards compatible. Unlike mobile phones, any standard Wi-Fi device will work anywhere in the world.

11. Wi-Fi Securing methods
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption was designed to protect against casual snooping but it is no longer considered secure. Tools such as AirSnort or Aircrack-ng can quickly recover WEP encryption keys. Because of WEP's weakness the Wi-Fi Alliance approved Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) which uses TKIP. WPA was specifically designed to work with older equipment usually through a firmware upgrade. Though more secure than WEP, WPA has known vulnerabilities.

12. Internet access - Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is the popular name for a "wireless local area network" that uses one of the IEEE standards. It is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. Individual homes and businesses often use Wi-Fi to connect laptops and smart phones to the Internet. Wi-Fi Hotspots may be found in coffee shops and various other public establishments. Wi-Fi is used to create campus-wide and city-wide wireless networks.

13. IEEE n
Prior to the final ratification, enterprises were already migrating to n networks based on the Wi-Fi Alliance's certification of products conforming to a 2007 draft of the n proposal.

14. IEEE Security
The Wi-Fi Alliance announced an interim specification called Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) based on a subset of the then current IEEE i draft

15. Wi-Fi Protected Access
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) are two security protocols and security certification programs developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to secure wireless computer networks. The Alliance defined these in response to serious weaknesses researchers had found in the previous system, WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy).

16. Wi-Fi Protected Access
WPA (sometimes referred to as the draft IEEE i standard) became available in The Wi-Fi Alliance intended it as an intermediate measure in anticipation of the availability of the more secure and complex WPA2. WPA2 became available in 2004 and is a common shorthand for the full IEEE i (or IEEE i-2004) standard.

17. Wi-Fi Protected Access - WPA
The Wi-Fi Alliance intended WPA as an intermediate measure to take the place of WEP pending the availability of the full IEEE i standard. WPA could be implemented through firmware upgrades on wireless network interface cards designed for WEP that began shipping as far back as However, since the changes required in the wireless access points (APs) were more extensive than those needed on the network cards, most pre-2003 APs could not be upgraded to support WPA.

18. Wi-Fi Protected Access - WPA2
WPA2 has replaced WPA. WPA2, which requires testing and certification by the Wi-Fi Alliance, implements the mandatory elements of IEEE i. In particular, it introduces CCMP, a new AES-based encryption mode with strong security. Certification began in September, 2004; from March 13, 2006, WPA2 certification is mandatory for all new devices to bear the Wi-Fi trademark.

19. Wi-Fi Protected Access - WPS PIN recovery
The Wi-Fi Alliance standardized these methods as Wi-Fi Protected Setup; however the PIN feature as widely implemented introduced a major new security flaw

20. Wi-Fi Protected Access - EAP extensions under WPA and WPA2 Enterprise
In April 2010, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced the inclusion of additional Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) types to its certification programs for WPA- and WPA2- Enterprise certification programs. This was to ensure that WPA-Enterprise certified products can interoperate with one another. Previously, only EAP-TLS (Transport Layer Security) was certified by the Wi-Fi alliance.

21. Wired Equivalent Privacy
Although its name implies that it is as secure as a wired connection, WEP has been demonstrated to have numerous flaws and has been deprecated in favour of newer standards such as WPA2. In 2003 the Wi-Fi Alliance announced that WEP had been superseded by Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). In 2004, with the ratification of the full i standard (i.e. WPA2), the IEEE declared that both WEP-40 and WEP-104 "have been deprecated as they fail to meet their security goals".

22. n
Prior to the final ratification, enterprises were already migrating to n networks based on the Wi-Fi Alliance's certification of products conforming to a 2007 draft of the n proposal.

23. Security
The Wi-Fi Alliance announced an interim specification called Wi-Fi Protected Access (Wi-Fi Protected Access|WPA) based on a subset of the then current IEEE i draft

24. IEEE 802.11n-2009 - Wi-Fi Alliance
The Wi-Fi Alliance is investigating further work on certification of additional features of n not covered by the baseline certification, including higher numbers of spatial streams (3 or 4), Greenfield Format, PSMP, implicit and explicit beamforming and space-time block code|space-time block coding.

25. IEEE n Timeline
;June 25, 2007: The Wi-Fi Alliance announced its official certification program for devices based on draft 2.0.

26. Wi-Fi Direct - Automated setup
A common example is the Wi-Fi Protected Setup system included in most access points built since 2007 when the standard was introduced., Wi-Fi Alliance Knowledge base Wi-Fi Protected Setup allows access points to be set up simply by entering a PIN or other identification into a connection screen, or in some cases, simply by pressing a button

27. Wi-Fi Direct - Technical description
The Wi-Fi Direct certification program is developed and administered by the Wi-Fi Alliance, the industry group that owns the Wi-Fi trademark. The specification is available for purchase from the Wi-Fi Alliance.

28. WiFi
Only Wi-Fi products that complete Wi-Fi Alliance interoperability certification testing successfully may use the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED trademark.

29. WiFi
The Wi-Fi Alliance has since updated its test plan and certification program to ensure all newly certified devices resist attacks.

30. WiFi - History
In 1999, the Wi-Fi Alliance formed as a trade association to hold the Wi-Fi trademark under which most products are sold.

31. WiFi - The name
Phil Belanger, a founding member of the Wi-Fi Alliance who presided over the selection of the name Wi-Fi, also stated that Interbrand invented Wi-Fi as a pun|play on words with High fidelity|Hi-Fi (high fidelity), and also created the Wi-Fi logo. The term 'fidelity' refers to the faithfulness/accuracy of reproduction or transmission of the signal, and 'wireless' is a distinguishing feature that contrasted with earlier internet connection technologies such as wired Ethernet.

32. WiFi - The name
The Wi-Fi Alliance initially used the advertising slogan, The Standard for Wireless Fidelity, for Wi-Fi but later removed the phrase from their marketing. Despite this, some documents from the Alliance dated 2003 and 2004 still contain the term Wireless Fidelity.

33. WiFi - Wi-Fi certification
, the Wi-Fi Alliance consisted of more than 375 companies from around the world.The Wi-Fi Alliance also developed technology that expanded the applicability of Wi-Fi, including a simple set up protocol (Wi-Fi Protected Set Up) and a peer to peer connectivity technology (Wi-Fi Peer to Peer)

34. WiFi - Wi-Fi certification
Manufacturers with membership in the Wi-Fi Alliance, whose products pass the certification process, gain the right to mark those products with the Wi-Fi logo.

35. WiFi - Securing methods
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption was designed to protect against casual snooping but it is no longer considered secure. Tools such as AirSnort or Aircrack-ng can quickly recover WEP encryption keys. Because of WEP's weakness the Wi-Fi Alliance approved Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) which uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol|TKIP. WPA was specifically designed to work with older equipment usually through a firmware upgrade. Though more secure than WEP, WPA has known vulnerabilities.

36. ZTE - History
March 8, 2007 That same year also saw ZTE find a customer in the Canadian Telus[ History] ZTE Official Site and membership in the Wi-Fi Alliance.[ ZTE joins Wi-Fi Alliance----- one of the first Chinese members] ZTE Official Site, More customers in developed nations soon followed Telus' lead, and in 2007 ZTE had sold to UK's Vodafone, Spain's Telefonica, and the Australian Telstra, as well as garnering the greatest number of CDMA contracts globally.[ ZTE Tops 2007 Global CDMA Market] ZTE Official Site, By 2008 ZTE would be able to claim its customer base was truly global, as it had made sales in 140 countries.

37. ZigBee - Standard and profiles
The ZigBee Alliance is a group of companies that maintain and publish the ZigBee standard. The term 'ZigBee' is a registered trademark of this group, not a single technical standard. The Alliance publishes application profiles that allow multiple Original equipment manufacturer|OEM vendors to create interoperable products. The relationship between IEEE and ZigBee is similar to that between IEEE and the Wi-Fi Alliance.

38. High definition optical disc format war - Background
Format wars have been avoided in notable cases such as the DVD Forum for the unified DVD standard (except for a minor war between with the DIVX format), the Grand Alliance (HDTV)|Grand Alliance for the HDTV standard, and the Wi-Fi Alliance for Wi-Fi|wireless networking standards.

39. Broadband Internet access - Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is the popular name for a wireless local area network that uses one of the IEEE standards. It is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. Individual homes and businesses often use Wi-Fi to connect laptops and smart phones to the Internet. Hotspot (Wi-Fi)|Wi-Fi Hotspots may be found in coffee shops and various other public establishments. Wi-Fi is used to create campus-wide and Municipal wireless network|city-wide wireless networks...

40. Hotspot (Wi-Fi) - Hotspot 2.0
Also known as HS2 and Wi-Fi Certified Passpoint, Hotspot 2.0 is a new approach to public access Wi-Fi by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The idea is for mobile devices to automatically join a Wi-Fi subscriber service whenever the user enters a Hotspot 2.0 area. The intention is to provide better bandwidth and services-on-demand to end-users, whilst also alleviating mobile carrier infrastructure of traffic overheads.

41. Hotspot (Wi-Fi) - Security concerns
In order to provide robust security to hotspot users, Wi-Fi Alliance is developing a new hotspot program that aims to encrypt hotspot traffic with WPA2 security. The program is planned to launch in the first half of 2012.

42. WiMAX-Advanced - Terminology
WiMAX refers to interoperable implementations of the IEEE family of wireless-networks standards ratified by the WiMAX Forum. (Similarly, Wi-Fi, refers to interoperable implementations of the IEEE Wireless LAN standards certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance.) WiMAX Forum certification allows vendors to sell fixed or mobile products as WiMAX certified, thus ensuring a level of interoperability with other certified products, as long as they fit the same profile.

43. Wi-Fi Alliance
'Wi-Fi Alliance' is a trade association that promotes Wi-Fi technology and certifies Wi-Fi products if they conform to certain standards of interoperability. Not every IEEE compliant device is submitted for certification to the Wi-Fi Alliance, sometimes because of costs associated with the certification process. The lack of the Wi-Fi logo does not necessarily imply a device is incompatible with Wi-Fi devices.

44. Wi-Fi Alliance
The Wi-Fi Alliance owns the Wi-Fi trademark. Manufacturers may use the trademark to brand certified products that have been tested for interoperability.

45. Wi-Fi Alliance - History
Most producers of equipment became members, and , the Wi-Fi Alliance had over 550 member companies. Wi-Fi Alliance extended Wi-Fi beyond wireless LAN|wireless local area network applications into point-to-point and personal area networking, and enabled specific applications such as Miracast.

46. Wi-Fi Alliance - Wi-Fi certification
The Wi-Fi Alliance owns and controls the Wi-Fi Certified logo, a registered trademark, which is permitted only on equipment which has passed testing. Purchasers relying on that trademark will have greater chances of interoperation than otherwise. Testing is rigorous because the standards involve not only radio and data format interoperability, but security protocols, as well as optional testing for quality of service and power management protocols.

47. Wi-Fi Alliance - Wi-Fi certification
From a Wi-Fi Alliance paper on Wi-Fi Certification A focus on user experience has shaped the overall approach of the Wi-Fi Alliance certification program: Wi-Fi Certified products have to demonstrate that they can perform well in networks with other Wi-Fi Certified products, running common applications, in situations similar to those encountered in everyday use.

48. Wi-Fi Alliance - Wi-Fi certification
The Wi-Fi Alliance definition of interoperability goes well beyond the ability to work in a Wi-Fi network

49. Wi-Fi Alliance - Wi-Fi certification
The Wi-Fi Alliance certification process includes three types of tests to ensure interoperability. Wi-Fi Certified products are tested for:

50. Wi-Fi Alliance - Wi-Fi certification
* Performance: the equipment meets the performance levels required to meet end-user expectations in support of key applications. Performance tests are not designed to measure and compare performance among products, but simply to verify that the product meets the minimum performance requirements for a good user experience as established by the Wi-Fi Alliance. Specific performance tests results are not released by the Wi-Fi Alliance.

51. IEEE y Features
In the n D2.0 implementation (which is shipping undergoes Wi-Fi Alliance testing) 20MHz 40MHz channel switching is provided for by the 11n PHY's ECSA implementation

52. Wilocity
In addition, Wilocity led the creation of the Wi-Fi Alliance 60GHz Gigabit Wireless Marketing Task Group and serves as its Chair.[ WiGig Alliance completes multi-gigabit 60GHz wireless specification: let the streaming begin]

53. Wireless Gigabit Alliance
The 'Wireless Gigabit Alliance' ('WiGig') was a trade association that developed and promoted the adoption of multi-gigabit speed wireless communications technology operating over the unlicensed Extremely high frequency|60 GHz frequency band. The alliance was subsumed by the Wi-Fi Alliance in March of 2013.

54. Wireless Gigabit Alliance
The formation of the WiGig alliance to promote the 'IEEE ad' protocol was announced in May The completed version 1.0 WiGig specification was announced in December In May 2010, WiGig announced the publication of its specification, the opening of its Adopter Program, and the liaison agreement with the Wi-Fi Alliance to cooperate on the expansion of Wi-Fi technologies. In June 2011, WiGig announced the release of its certification-ready version 1.1 specification.

55. Wireless Gigabit Alliance - History
In 2010 WiGig and the Wi-Fi alliance announced a cooperation agreement

56. Wireless Gigabit Alliance - History
After more than two years of collaboration, in January 2013 the Wireless Gigabit Alliance announced it would merge with the Wi-Fi Alliance. The merger was finalized in March.

57. Wireless Gigabit Alliance - History
Although no longer a separate organization, the WiGig technology kept its name, with the Wi-Fi Alliance planning to jointly certify both devices in late 2013.

58. Wireless Gigabit Alliance - History
On September 9, 2013, a statement revealed that the WiGig protocol would be used in a new wireless version of USB through a deal between the Wi-Fi Alliance and the USB Implementers Forum. The Wireless USB standard would use existing USB 2.0 and 3.0 drivers. The Wi-Fi alliance transferred WiGig wireless transmission technology to the USB Implementers Forum as it is expected that WiGig certified products will implement USB functionality.

59. Wireless Gigabit Alliance - Liaisons
On May 10, 2010, the Wi-Fi Alliance and WiGig Alliance announced a cooperation agreement for multi-gigabit wireless networking. The Wi-Fi Alliance and the WiGig Alliance shared technology specifications for the development of a Wi-Fi Alliance certification program supporting Wi-Fi operation in the 60GHz frequency band.

60. IEEE n
Prior to the final ratification, enterprises were already migrating to n networks based on the Wi-Fi Alliance's certification of products conforming to a 2007 draft of the n proposal.

61. IEEE u - Hotspot 2.0
The Wi-Fi Alliance uses IEEE u in its Wi-Fi Certified Passpoint program, also known as Hotspot (Wi-Fi)#Hotspot 2.0|Hotspot 2.0. Apple iOS 7 will reportedly support Hotspot 2.0.

62. IEEE 802.11i-2004 - Replacement of WEP
The Wi-Fi Alliance refers to their approved, interoperable implementation of the full i as 'WPA2', also called 'RSN' (Robust Security Network)

63. Media Agnostic USB
, 'Media Agnostic USB' ('MA USB') is a specification being developed by the USB Implementers Forum. It is intended to enable communication using the Universal Serial Bus (USB) protocol to be performed over a wide range of physical communication media, including WiFi and WiGig wireless networks. The protocol is being developed from the base of the Wi-Fi Alliance's previous WiGig Serial Extension specification.

64. Ralink
Some of Ralink's n RT2800 chipsets have been accepted into the Wi-Fi Alliance n draft 2.0 core technology testbed. They have also been previously selected in the Wi-Fi Protected Set Up (WPS) and Wireless Multimedia Extensions Power Save (WMM-PS) testbeds. Ralink was a participant in the Wi-Fi Alliance and the IEEE standards committees.[ Wi-Fi Alliance Announces First Wi-Fi Certified n Draft Products]

65. Wi-Fi Protected Setup
Created by the Wi-Fi Alliance and introduced in 2006, the goal of the protocol (computing)|protocol is to allow home users who know little of wireless security and may be intimidated by the available security options to set up Wi-Fi Protected Access, as well as making it easy to add new devices to an existing network without entering long passphrases. Prior to the standard, several competing solutions were developed by different vendors to address the same need.

66. It was created by the Wi-Fi Alliance
Miracast
It was created by the Wi-Fi Alliance

67. Miracast - Devices
The Wi-Fi Alliance maintains a current list of Miracast-certified devices, both [ source devices] and [ display devices]

68. Miracast - Advantages
In particular, it obviates having to worry about format or codec details. Miracast is effectively a wireless HDMI cable, copying everything from one screen to another using the H.264 codec and its own digital rights management (DRM) layer emulating the HDMI system. The Wi-Fi Alliance suggested that Miracast could also be used by a set-top box wanting to Streaming media|stream content to a TV, or tablet.

69. Miracast - Legacy device incompatibility
The Wi-Fi Alliance certified the Wi-Fi Direct protocol in October 2010, and the first smartphone to ship with Wi-Fi Direct was the Samsung Galaxy S II, released in February All new Android devices starting with Android 4.0x (Ice Cream Sandwich) support Wi-Fi Direct. Desktop PC hardware can be upgraded with new Wi-Fi-Direct-compatible hardware. Only embedded devices will not be able to be upgraded.

70. Miracast - OS support
Miracast support is built into Android (operating system)|Android 4.2 or later and starting with Android 4.4, devices can be certified to the Wi-Fi Alliance Display Specification as Miracast compatible

71. HomeRF - Description
The group promoting technology, the Wi-Fi Alliance|Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA) changed their name to the Wi-Fi Alliance in 2002, as the Wi-Fi brand became popular.

72. Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
TKIP was designed by the IEEE i task group and the Wi-Fi Alliance as an interim solution to replace Wired Equivalent Privacy|WEP without requiring the replacement of legacy hardware

73. Temporal Key Integrity Protocol - Background
On October 31, 2002, the Wi-Fi Alliance endorsed TKIP under the name Wi-Fi Protected Access|Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). The IEEE endorsed the final version of TKIP, along with more robust solutions such as 802.1X and the Advanced Encryption Standard AES based CCMP, when they published IEEE i-2004 on 23 July The Wi-Fi Alliance soon afterwards adopted the full specification under the marketing name WPA2.

74. Temporal Key Integrity Protocol - Legacy
ZDNet reported on June 18, 2010 that WEP TKIP would soon be disallowed on Wi-Fi devices by the Wi-Fi alliance.[ Wi-Fi Alliance to dump WEP and TKIP ... not soon enough]

75. List of Australian inventions - 20th century Post-World War II
This method has caused WiFi to be attributed as an Australian invention, although the Wi-Fi trademark, under which most products are sold, is under the ownership of the Wi-Fi Alliance based in Austin, Texas.

76. Wireless Broadband Alliance - Collaborations
The WBA works with the Wi-Fi Alliance [ to promote ease of use on and roaming between wireless hotspots.

77. IEEE n - Wi-Fi Alliance
The Wi-Fi Alliance is investigating further work on certification of additional features of n not covered by the baseline certification, including higher numbers of spatial streams (3 or 4), Greenfield Format, PSMP, implicit and explicit beamforming and space-time block code|space-time block coding.

78. WiMAX Forum - Terminology
WiMAX refers to interoperable implementations of the IEEE family of wireless-networks standards ratified by the WiMAX Forum. (Similarly, Wi-Fi refers to interoperable implementations of the IEEE Wireless LAN standards certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance.) WiMAX Forum certification allows vendors to sell fixed or mobile products as WiMAX certified, thus ensuring a level of interoperability with other certified products, as long as they fit the same profile.

79. History of IEEE ad
The certification program is now being developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance instead of the now defunct WiGig Alliance. The peak transmission rate of ad is 7Gbit/s.

80. Super Wi-Fi
'Super Wi-Fi' is a term coined by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to describe a wireless networking proposal which the FCC plans to use for the creation of longer-distance wireless Internet access. The use of the trademark Wi-Fi in the name has been criticized because it is not based on Wi-Fi technology or endorsed by the Wi-Fi Alliance.

81. Internet usage - Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is a trade name for a wireless local area network (WLAN) that uses one of the IEEE standards. It is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. Individual homes and businesses often use Wi-Fi to connect laptops and smart phones to the Internet. Hotspot (Wi-Fi)|Wi-Fi Hotspots may be found in coffee shops and various other public establishments. Wi-Fi is used to create campus-wide and Municipal wireless network|city-wide wireless networks.

82. Wireless internet service provider - Overview
Since it is difficult for a single service provider to build an infrastructure that offers global access to its subscribers, roaming between service providers is encouraged by the Wi-Fi Alliance with the protocol WISPr is a set of recommendations approved by the alliance which facilitate inter-network and inter-operator roaming of Wi-Fi users. Modern wireless services have comparable Lag|latency to other terrestrial broadband networks

83. National broadband plans from around the world - Nigeria
The project has been long-delayed, having been postponed because of government red tape and a lack of budget. According to TeleGeography's GlobalComms database, at the start of 2009 three companies were given letters of intent from the NCC: ipNX, MTN and a Wi-Fi alliance of several ISPs. The first phase of the project will cover the 36 state capitals, before being extended to government buildings.

84. EAPOL - EAP-TLS
On 22 August 2012 hostapd (and wpa_supplicant) added support in its Git (software)|Git repository for an UNAUTH-TLS vendor-specific EAP type (using the hostapd/wpa_supplicant project RFC 5612 Private Enterprise Number), and on 25 February 2014 added support for the WFA-UNAUTH-TLS vendor-specific EAP type (using the Wi-Fi Alliance Private Enterprise Number), which only do server authentication

85. In 2010 WiGig and the Wi-Fi alliance announced a cooperation agreement
802.11ad - History
In 2010 WiGig and the Wi-Fi alliance announced a cooperation agreement

86. WiFi Direct - Automated setup
A common example is the Wi-Fi Protected Setup system included in most access points built since 2007 when the standard was introduced.[ Wi-Fi Protected Setup], Wi-Fi Alliance Knowledge base Wi-Fi Protected Setup allows access points to be set up simply by entering a PIN or other identification into a connection screen, or in some cases, simply by pressing a button

87. Vic Hayes - Awards and honors
* 2002: Wi-Fi Alliance Leadership Award “in recognition of the outstanding leadership of the Regulatory Committee of the Wi-Fi Alliance”.

88. Vic Hayes - Awards and honors
* 2003: Wi-Fi Alliance Leadership Award “for outstanding leadership as Regulatory Chair and continued support of the Wi-Fi Alliance”.

89. Wi-Fi hotspot - Hotspot 2.0
Hotspot 2.0, also known as HS2 and Wi-Fi Certified Passpoint, is a new approach to public access Wi-Fi by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The idea is for mobile devices to automatically join a Wi-Fi subscriber service whenever the user enters a Hotspot 2.0 area, in order to provide better bandwidth and services-on-demand to end-users, whilst also alleviating mobile carrier infrastructure of traffic overheads.

90. Wi-Fi hotspot - Security concerns
In order to provide robust security to hotspot users, the Wi-Fi Alliance is developing a new hotspot program that aims to encrypt hotspot traffic with WPA2 security. The program was scheduled to launch in the first half of 2012.

91. Wi-Fi Multimedia
'Wireless Multimedia Extensions' ('WME'), also known as 'Wi-Fi Multimedia' ('WMM'), is a Wi-Fi Alliance interoperability certification, based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|IEEE e standard

92. Wi-Fi Multimedia
WMM replaces the traditional Wi-Fi DCF distributed coordination function for traditional CSMA/CA wireless frame transmission with EDCF, Enhanced Distributed Coordination Function, which according to version 1.1 of the WMM specifications by the Wi-Fi Alliance, defines four Access Categories (AC_BK, AC_BE, AC_VI, AC_VO) labels, for the EDCA Enhanced Distributed Channel Access parameters that are used by a WMM-enabled station to control how long it shall set its TXOP Transmission Opportunity, according to the information transmitted by the access point to the station, and is implemented for wireless QoS between RF media.

93. Wi-Fi Multimedia - Power Save Certification
The Wi-Fi Alliance has added Power Save Certification to the WMM specification. Power Save uses mechanisms from e and legacy to save power (for battery powered equipment) and fine-tune power consumption. The certification provides an indication that the certified product is targeted for power critical applications like Mobile/Smart Phones and portable power devices (I.e Those that require battery or recharging such as smart phones.)

94. Hotspot 2.0
Hotspot 2.0, also known as HS2 and Wi-Fi Certified Passpoint, is an approach to public access Wi-Fi by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The idea is for mobile devices to automatically join a Wi-Fi subscriber service whenever the user enters a Hotspot 2.0 area, in order to provide better bandwidth and services-on-demand to end-users, whilst also alleviating mobile carrier infrastructure of traffic overheads.

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