Assisted Roaming: 802.11k

The 802.11k standards help in distributing traffic within a network. It provides radio resource measurements designed to allow a wireless client to request details of the neighboring access points.

Having a list of neighboring access points avoids active and passive scanning, and the device makes more informed roaming decisions, by discovering the best available access point.

For example, the 802.11k neighbor report provides measurements and information about nearby potential roaming points to the wireless client. An 802.11k client device can also determine whether an end-to-end link can carry a voice call reliably.

To enable assisted roaming, refer to Enabling 802.11k.