Company informationAnother Step Closer to WLAN Standardization: Two RFCs Drafted by H3C Formally Issued by IETF
Hangzhou China, June 25, 2010 – H3C Technologies, one of the world’s leading IP technology and solution providers, recently announced that two abstracts concerning wireless technology that were written by a group of H3C experts passed a review by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and were formally issued as RFC5833 and RFC5834. The two requests for comments (RFCs) establish more complete wireless network standards and promote the development of wireless LAN (WLAN) applications. The issuance of the two RFCs is the result of continuous efforts made by H3C in Chinese and international wireless standard stipulation, and marks another achievement by H3C in the development of WLAN standards.
Engaged in Internet-related technology, and standards research and development, IETF has stipulated a series of protocols in the IP protocol stack, including TCP/IP, OSPF, MPLS VPN and IPv6. It is recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities in Internet technology research.
Since enterprises and telecom operators need to deploy and manage a large number of access points (APs), H3C engineers addressed issues concerning a fit AP architecture; the IETF has a special CAPWAP workgroup to establish standards in this field. The two RFCs drafted by H3C wireless experts address AP architecture management: Based on RFC5415 and RFC5416 issued by the CAPWAP workgroup, the two RFCs provide a complete standard system for fit AP architecture applications. They reuse the wireless management information bases (MIBs) that are defined or being defined by IEEE and other international organizations to simplify and facilitate wireless network management. With the new RFCs, users can easily manage fat AP and fit AP networks through their original fat AP network management systems with a few changes. This will reduce capital and operational expenses.
According to an H3C technical expert and the chief author of the drafts, the concerns of IETF in establishing standards are application- and solution-based; the application mode of fit AP architecture has become a major concern of WLAN applications. Focusing on fit AP applications, the RFCs drafted by H3C draw on the company’s experience in wireless product development and deployment, and make a significant contribution to the development of WLAN technology.
In addition to the formally issued RFCs, H3C has several drafts pending approval. H3C has been actively cooperating with China Communications Standards Association (CCSA), IETF, SMTA, SPC, PCI-SIG, Wi-Fi®, USB, SNIA and VCCI in prescribing a number of national, industrial and application standards. H3C now has had two RFCs pass IETF review, signifying the company’s expertise and innovation in the field, as well as its commitment to research and development, and strengthening its involvement in the creation of international standards.
About IETF
Founded in 1986, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is an organization engaged in the creation of Internet standards. IETF is an open international organization composed of network planners, operators, service providers and researchers committed to developing the Internet’s architecture. IETF completes most of its tasks through workgroups comprised of professionals in various networking specialties, such as routing, transmission and network security. For more information about IETF, please visit http://www.ietf.org/.