Wi-Fi Alliance Hotspot 2.0 (Release 2) Technical Specification - Version 1.2
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The proxy address resolution protocol (ARP) service defined in section 5.3. The proxy
ARP service has two purposes: 1) enabling the mobile device to remain in power save for
longer periods of time, and 2) protecting against malicious behavior of an associated
mobile device.
When the value of the Access Network Type field in the Interworking element is either
Free Public Network or Chargeable Public Network, all traffic inspection and filtering
operate according to the procedures specified in section 5.1.
The ability to disable downstream forwarding of group-addressed frames (i.e., multicast
and broadcast frames) according to the procedures in section 5.2.
The ability to disable P2P cross connect (see [1]) by advertising the P2P Manageability
attribute with the Cross Connection Permitted field value 0.
BSS Transition Management Request frame with the ESS Disassociation Imminent bit
and Session Information universal resource locator (URL); see [2].
The WNM-Notification Request Action frame (see section 3.2.1)
ANQP responses up to a size of 65535 octets.
The QoS mapping interworking services defined in subclause 10.24.9 of [2]. This
includes the QoS Map Configure frame defined in [2].
The ability to set the Additional Step Required for Access (ASRA) bit to 1, even though
the value of dot11RSNAActivated may be true when a BSS advertises online sign up.
The Country element in Beacon and Probe Response frames, except where prohibited by
regulatory rules.
The HS2.0 Release 2.0 AP shall be compliant with Release 1.
Management Frame Protection per [2].
RADIUS vendor-specific attributes, as defined in Annex D.
When an AP indicates support for HS2.0, it should have the following capability:
Support for Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) attributes, as
recommended in [54].
When an AP indicates support for HS2.0, it may have the following capabilities:
Support for the following HS2.0 ANQP-element (defined in section 4):
o Operating Class Indication
When an AP indicates support for HS2.0, it shall not use the following IEEE 802.11 security
protocols:
Temporal key integrity protocol (TKIP)
Wired equivalent privacy (WEP)
2.2 Required Mobile Device Capabilities
When a mobile device associates to a BSS and includes the HS2.0 element in the
(Re)Association Request frame, the mobile device shall support the following capabilities:
WPA2-Enterprise.
If the device has SIM/USIM credentials, it shall support all credential types and
associated EAP methods listed in Table 1.
If the device does not have SIM/USIM credentials, it shall support certificates and
username/password credential types and their associated EAP methods listed in Table 1.
The Interworking information element including the Venue Info and HESSID fields [2].
The Roaming Consortium information element [2].
Setting the Interworking bit in the Extended Capabilities information element [2].
The BSS Load element; see [2]. This element contains information on the current mobile
device population and channel utilization in the BSS.
Filtering of frames encrypted using the group temporal key (GTK), according to the
procedures in section 6.
The following ANQP-elements; see [2]: