This MIB is intended to be implemented on all those
devices operating as Central controllers, that
terminate the Light Weight Access Point Protocol
tunnel from Cisco Light-weight LWAPP Access Points.

Information provided by this MIB is used to manage
Local authentication information on the controller.

The relationship between CC and the LWAPP APs
can be depicted as follows:

      +......+     +......+     +......+
      +      +     +      +     +      +
      +  CC  +     +  CC  +     +  CC  +
      +      +     +      +     +      +
      +......+     +......+     +......+
        ..            .             .
        ..            .             .
       .  .            .             .
      .    .            .             .
     .      .            .             .
    .        .            .             .
+......+ +......+     +......+      +......+
+      + +      +     +      +      +      +
+  AP  + +  AP  +     +  AP  +      +  AP  +
+      + +      +     +      +      +      +
+......+ +......+     +......+      +......+
           .              .             .
         .  .              .             .
        .    .              .             .
       .      .              .             .
      .        .              .             .
   +......+ +......+     +......+      +......+
   +      + +      +     +      +      +      +
   +  MN  + +  MN  +     +  MN  +      +  MN  +
   +      + +      +     +      +      +      +
   +......+ +......+     +......+      +......+


The LWAPP tunnel exists between the controller and
the APs.  The MNs communicate with the APs through
the protocol defined by the 802.11 standard.

LWAPP APs, upon bootup, discover and join one of the
controllers and the controller pushes the configuration,
that includes the WLAN parameters, to the LWAPP APs.
The APs then encapsulate all the 802.11 frames from
wireless clients inside LWAPP frames and forward
the LWAPP frames to the controller.

                   GLOSSARY

Access Point ( AP )

An entity that contains an 802.11 medium access
control ( MAC ) and physical layer ( PHY ) interface
and provides access to the distribution services via
the wireless medium for associated clients.  

LWAPP APs encapsulate all the 802.11 frames in
LWAPP frames and sends them to the controller to which
it is logically connected.

Gratuitous Probe Response (GPR)

The Gratuitous Probe Response feature aids in conserving
battery power of WLAN-enabled cell phones by providing
a high rate packet on the order of tens of milliseconds
such that these kind of phones can wake up and wait at
predefined intervals, to reduce battery power.  The 
GPR packet is transmitted from the AP at a predefined
time interval.
 

Light Weight Access Point Protocol ( LWAPP )

This is a generic protocol that defines the 
communication between the Access Points and the
Central Controller. 

Mobile Node ( MN )

A roaming 802.11 wireless device in a wireless
network associated with an access point. Mobile Node 
and client are used interchangeably. 

Extensible Authentication Protocol ( EAP )

EAP is a universal authentication protocol used in 
wireless and PPP networks. It is defined by RFC 3748. 

EAP-Flexible Authentication ( EAP-FAST )

This protocol is used via secure tunneling for 802.1X EAP.

Transport Layer Security ( TLS )

This is a cryptographic protocol which provides secure 
communication over the network.

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol ( LDAP )

LDAP is a protocol used for obtaining directory services 
and runs over TCP/IP.

REFERENCE

[1] Wireless LAN Medium Access Control ( MAC ) and
Physical Layer ( PHY ) Specifications

[2] Draft-obara-capwap-lwapp-00.txt, IETF Light 
Weight Access Point Protocol