Just published wireless VoIP spec signals more market erosion for legacy wireless

The IEEE’s publication of the 802.11r spec cold have far reaching implications for wireless voice. Aside of the obvious opportunity for device convergence in the corporate campus. there are simply too many opportunities to build a business on the concept to beleive that both fixed and legacy wireless carriers won’t be effected.

The IEEE standards body has officially published the Wi-Fi protocol 802.11r, something that has been in the works since 2004 and was finally approved by the body earlier this year. The new protocol is designed to allow for quick roaming between access points while maintaining security. Handoffs between access points that used to take seconds (and result in dropped calls) can now take place in less than fifty milliseconds. This improves connections between multiple private networks but is particularly beneficial to Wireless VoIP.  (DSL Reports)