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802.21a-2012 - IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Media Independent Handover Services - Amendment for Security Extensions to Media Independent Handover Services and Protocol

Description: Amendment to IEEE Std 802.21-2008. Extensions to IEEE Std 802.21-2008 are provided for security mechanisms to protect media independent handover services and mechanisms to use MIH to assist proactive authentication to reduce the latency due to media access authentication and key establishment with the target network. The PDF of this standard is available at no charge compliments of the IEEEGET802 program located at http://standards.ieee.org/about/get/802/support.html
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