"CAPWAP Protocol Specification", Michael Montemurro, Dorothy Stanley, Pat Calhoun, 1-Nov-08. ( bytes)

This specification defines the Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) Protocol, meeting the objectives defined by the CAPWAP working group in RFC 4564. The CAPWAP protocol is designed to be flexible, allowing it to be used for a variety of wireless technologies. This document describes the base CAPWAP protocol, while separate binding extensions will enable its use with additional wireless technologies.

"CAPWAP Protocol Binding for IEEE 802.11", Michael Montemurro, Dorothy Stanley, Pat Calhoun, 1-Nov-08. ( bytes)

Wireless LAN product architectures have evolved from single autonomous access points to systems consisting of a centralized Access Controller (AC) and Wireless Termination Points (WTPs). The general goal of centralized control architectures is to move access control, including user authentication and authorization, mobility management and radio management from the single access point to a centralized controller. This specification defines the Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) Protocol Binding Specification for use with the IEEE 802.11 Wireless Local Area Network protocol.

"CAPWAP Threat Analysis for IEEE 802.11 Deployments", Scott Kelly, Charles Clancy, 10-Sep-08. ( bytes)

Early Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) deployments feature a "fat" Access Point (AP) which serves as a stand-alone interface between the wired and wireless network segments. However, this model raises scaling, mobility, and manageability issues, and the Control and Provisioning for Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) protocol is meant to address these issues. CAPWAP effectively splits the fat AP functionality into two network elements, and the communication channel between these components may traverse potentially hostile hops. This document analyzes the security exposure resulting from the introduction of CAPWAP, and summarizes the associated security considerations for IEEE 802.11-based CAPWAP implementations and deployments.

"CAPWAP Access Controller DHCP Option", Pat Calhoun, 14-Oct-08. ( bytes)

The Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points Protocol allows a Wireless Termination Point to use DHCP to discover the Access Controllers it is to connect to. This document describes the DHCP options to be used by the CAPWAP protocol.

"CAPWAP Protocol Base MIB", Yang Shi, David Perkins, Chris Elliott, Yong Zhang, 1-Nov-08. ( bytes)

This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols. In particular, it describes managed objects for modeling the Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) Protocol.

"CAPWAP Protocol Binding MIB for IEEE 802.11", Yang Shi, David Perkins, Chris Elliott, Yong Zhang, 27-Oct-08. ( bytes)

This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for use with network management protocols. In particular, it describes managed objects for modeling the Control And Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) Protocol for IEEE 802.11 wireless binding.

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