Wi-Fi Alliance

The Wi-Fi Alliance is a barter affiliation that promotes Wireless LAN technology and certifies articles if they accommodate to assertive standards of interoperability. Not every IEEE 802.11-compliant accessory is submitted for acceptance to the Wi-Fi Alliance, sometimes because of costs associated with the acceptance process. The abridgement of the Wi-Fi logo does not necessarily betoken a accessory is adverse with Wi-Fi devices.

The Wi-Fi Alliance owns the Wi-Fi trademark. Manufacturers may use the cast to cast certified articles that accord to a chic of wireless bounded breadth arrangement (WLAN) accessories based on the IEEE 802.11 standards

List of WFA certification

Article Result :

Currently, the Wi-Fi Alliance provides acceptance testing as follows:

Mandatory:

Core MAC/PHY interoperability over 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and 802.11n abstract 2.0. (at atomic one)

Wi-Fi Protected Access(tm)2 (WPA2) security,4 which aligns with IEEE 802.11i. WPA2 is accessible in two types: WPA2-Personal for customer use, and WPA2 Enterprise, which adds EAP authentication.

Optional:

Tests agnate to IEEE 802.11h and 802.11d.

WMM(r) Quality of Service,5 based aloft a subset of IEEE 802.11e.

WMM(r) Power Save,6 based aloft APSD aural IEEE 802.11e

Wi-Fi Protected Setup(tm),7 a blueprint developed by the Alliance to affluence the action of ambience up and enabling aegis protections on baby appointment and customer Wi-Fi networks.

CWG-RF (offered in affiliation with CTIA), to accommodate achievement mapping of Wi-Fi and cellular radios in converged devices.

For added advice on Wi-Fi certification, see white cardboard "An Overview of Wi-Fi Alliance Approach to Certification" Wi-Fi.org.

Wi-Fi Direct specification

In October 2010, the Alliance launched a new spec called Wi-Fi Direct[8] that allows Wi-Fi-enabled devices to communicate directly with each other, without going through a wireless access point or hotspot. Some have suggested Wi-Fi Direct could spell the end for Bluetooth[9] for many applications.