The two trade organisations Wi-Fi Alliance and Wireless Broadband Alliance are in conversation with each other for the creation of a roamingsysteem. With this system users worldwide can roam on wi-fi networks.
It is thus possible to log in to wi-fi networks to which the provider of the user has a contract, so reports The Register. The organisations are in the setting up of the system led by the telecom sector, which already has an extensive roamingsysteem is set up. Networks that are suitable for the roamingprogramma get a so-called Certified Hotspot certification.
If authentication method is selected for eap, is an authentication protocol that is more commonly used for securing wireless networks. Among others, wpa, and wpa2 support various eap methods to authenticate users. In this case, eap lead users, no password is required to enter if there is a connection with a roaminghotspot is made. For authentication could, for example, sim and usim cards can be used in many phones and tablets are present.
The Uk provider British Telecom is to be involved in the setting up of a roamingsysteem for wi-fi, but there were no names of providers mentioned. Follow-up meetings should lead to a pricing policy for roaming on a wi-fi network. It is also possible that the providers roamingbundel as part of a subscription to deliver the goods. Nor is known what providers are mutually in account for the roaming of users on their wi-fi networks.
The roaming of mobile devices on wi-fi networks must, among other things, result in 3g networks will be relieved. Previously did the Wi-Fi Alliance is already an attempt to do this by the certification of mobile hotspots from different providers. Because of this, the users would automatically switch from 3g to wi-fi as they are within range of a hotspot, the 3g network needs to defecate.