WBA white papers

• Seamless Session Transfer White Paper	WBA white paper	February 2013
  Seamless session transfer within Wi-Fi networks and between Wi-Fi and cellular networks has been a tantalising vision for many years. There has been a substantial amount of work taking place to fulfil this goal within the mobile industry. However, significant changes in the Wi-Fi and cellular industries are now driving the need to make this possible.
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• White Paper on Next Generation Hotspot Security	WBA white paper	February 2013
  This white paper describes the security features involved in NGH network deployments, and its advantages. In addition, the paper will explore advanced security solutions that service providers can implement to enhance end- user security.
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• Next Generation Hotspot Whitepaper: Maintaining the Profitability of Mobile Data Services	WBA white paper	October 2012
  This report aims to help mobile operators to manage the exponential demand for mobile data services, by focusing on the benefits and challenges of using Wi-Fi technology to offload data traffic and optimize their RANs.
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• The Road to Enhancing the public Wi-Fi access experience	WBA white paper	August 2009
  This White Paper is the result of a joint WBA-FMCA trial to demonstrate the seamless roaming & authentication between GSM and Wi-Fi networks using a IEEE 802.1x network. The paper describes the trial objectives, an overview of the trial, publishes the trial results and finally describes the opportunities that exist post trial. It draws on the learning from trial based on the participation of 16 operators and 3 roaming hub vendors.
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Member white papers

• International Wi-Fi Roaming | Winning Strategies to Construct Wi-Fi/Cellular Data-Roaming Offers for Retail Subscribers	iPass white paper	May 2013
  The whitepaper outlines several market opportunities for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to embrace International Wi-Fi Roaming; outlines various strategies to enter the market, and cites over a dozen examples of CSPs that are in market now - providing analysis on strategy, commercialization models and product messaging.
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• What Wi-Fi Offload Don't Reveal	Greenpacket white paper	March 2013
  Greenpacket White Paper 'What Wi-Fi Offload Don't Reveal' includes sections on '3 steps to Wi-Fi Offload', 'Is it Enough to Wi-Fi Everywhere?' and 'Discover secrets of Wi-Fi Offload'.
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• Wi-Fi Bringing Applications Together for Next Generation Networks	Greenpacket white paper	June 2012
  Even as cellular networks are evolving from today's 3G technology to LTE that brings promise of capacity leaps (by account of nearly 4 times), the overall data traffic projection is expected to increase by an annual CAGR of 32% from 2010 to 2015; outpacing LTE network deployments. LTE networks will fill up very quickly. Until then, network operators have to cope with the consumption of over-the-top (OTT) wireless broadband service.
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• Wi-Fi Authentication and Security through EAP-based Approach	Greenpacket white paper	May 2012
  Data traffic demand is growing rapidly as operators are struggling to overcome declining margins and rising capital costs in their mobile broadband strategies. The telecom industry is talking about offload as a solution but it can take many forms, leaving many operators unsure of which path to take.
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• Wi-Fi Data Offloading Impacts on Capex and Opex	Greenpacket white paper	April 2012
  Continued aggressive growth in data traffic fuelled by increase in smartphones, video and application usage has created an urgent need for faster and efficient networks. Figuring an approach to make systems extensible and scalable is important to the success of effective data offload strategies that bridge the gaps of disparate systems.
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• Wi-Fi Driving Mobile Internet Explosion – Smart Monetization	Greenpacket white paper	March 2012
  The mobile Internet explosion was a result and a victim of its own success; several contributing factors of which, the evolution of better and faster bandwidth, ability to connect multiple nodes (users) from a primitive point to point connectivity to mesh connectivity, advancement of mobility that gave new meaning of pervasive connectivity and more affordable devices, resulting in downward pressure on price per connectivity.
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• Why Wi-Fi offload and roaming are key to meeting growing data demands	Accuris white paper	February 2012
  Data traffic demand is growing rapidly in the wake of operator strategies to encourage mobile broadband adoption. As a result, the industry is talking about offload as a solution but one which takes many forms, leaving many operators unsure of which path to take. The business case for Wi-Fi is evolving, and not just for data offload but also voice and messaging, offering an opportunity for the deeper integration of Wi-Fi with the operator’s service portfolio.
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• Wi-Fi New Service Models for Next Generation Networks	Greenpacket white paper	February 2012
  Wi-Fi had its beginnings as a “good to have” technology, whereby its value were undermined by its range and found its place in niche markets. The evolution of Wi-Fi from its role of connectivity to “Wi-Fi as a service” has come a long way. Throughput speeds have leap-frog from 2Mbps to 11Mbps and now at an astounding rate of up to 150Mbps.
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• Wi-Fi for a Connected World Towards Next Generation Networks	Greenpacket white paper	January 2012
  The next generation networks that we envision to be would be unimaginable with multitude of new generation of services, connected devices value chain and emerging embedded systems like telematics and automation gaining momentum in vertical industries.
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• The Future of Hotspots: Making Wi-Fi as Secure and Easy to Use as Cellular	Cisco white paper	February 2011
  According to the Wi-Fi Alliance, about 200 million households use Wi-Fi networks and there are about 750,000 Wi-Fi hotspots worldwide. Wi-Fi is used by over 700 million people and there are about 800 million new Wi-Fi devices every year. Cisco has shipped over 10 million access points to customers worldwide.
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• Smarter Wi-Fi for Mobile Operator Infrastructures	Ruckus Wireless white paper	2010
  This whitepaper discusses about Optimizing for coverage and capacity while offloading data from 3G/4G networks with smarter 802.11 technology.
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• The Business Value of Mobile Data Offload	Accuris white paper	2010
  This white paper covers the following: Discuss the background to the rising demand for mobile bandwidth and look at some of the approaches being used to address the congestion problem. Focus on Data Offload, explaining why it should be a key element in any operator's longer-term plans. Show how Network Operators who provide a seamless mobile Wi-Fi offload experience for their consumers will create a substantial opportunity to save costs by diverting low value, high volume data traffic to an alternative access network and by creating a powerful, mass market. Engine that differentiates their offers and drives top-line growth.
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