In the recently released White Paper on High-quality WLAN Network Construction in Typical Enterprise Scenarios, the World Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Application Alliance (WAA), a Huawei-led international standards development organization, disclosed its recent standardization activities.
WAA has been mainly conducting two projects for typical enterprise scenarios: the Testing and Certification Project for Office Park Scenarios and the Industrial WLAN Communication Working Group.
The Testing and Certification Project for Office Park Scenarios aims to identify KQI indicators and performance indicators for office park scenarios by analyzing their business and scenario features. Based on the specific performance indicators and corresponding testing methods of a given scenario, it will develop a “testing and certification standard for office park scenario” to facilitate an office park scenario client establishing its WLAN network.
The Industrial WLAN Communication Working Group is currently focusing on defining business requirements and scenario characteristics within the scope of intelligent manufacturing. In the near future, the working group will release corresponding testing and certification standards.
Apart from the above, WAA is currently engaged in the Network-Terminal Collaboration Technology Standards Project, which primarily addresses two issues in collaborative interaction between network-side devices and terminal devices. Firstly, roaming optimization: When terminals move among multiple AP devices, differing roaming decision logic can result in slow roaming switching or laggy terminals when conflicting decisions occur. Secondly, Quality of Service (QoS) assurance: As WiFi protocol bears increasingly diverse and complex services, including latency-sensitive services like interactive gaming and XR/VR, the latency directly impacts user experience. The lack of a unified negotiation mechanism between AP and STA currently leads to user experience problems, such as lagging and disconnection when some terminal-side network information is absent. Based on these discussions, the Network-Terminal Collaboration Technology Standards Project aims to elevate user experience by coordinating AP and STA through protocols, achieving air interface performance akin to cellular technology.
In addition to the ongoing projects and working groups mentioned above, WAA also plans to develop a series of testing and certification projects in typical enterprise scenarios such as education and healthcare. These initiatives aim to provide standards for users in network construction and device selection.
More information about WAA can be found at: https://sesec.eu/2022/news-events/news/china-to-set-standards-for-wlan/
