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300-425 · Question #288

Which feature ensures seamless roaming between APs with no noticeable delay for voice clients?

The correct answer is C. 802.11r Fast Transition. 802.11r Fast Transition (FT) reduces the re-authentication handshake to a single round-trip during roaming, eliminating the delay that disrupts real-time voice calls.

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Question

Which feature ensures seamless roaming between APs with no noticeable delay for voice clients?

Options

  • AClient load balancing
  • B802.11k
  • C802.11r Fast Transition
  • D802.11d

How the community answered

(32 responses)
  • A
    6% (2)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    91% (29)

Why each option

802.11r Fast Transition (FT) reduces the re-authentication handshake to a single round-trip during roaming, eliminating the delay that disrupts real-time voice calls.

AClient load balancing

Client load balancing distributes new associations across APs for capacity management and has no effect on roaming latency.

B802.11k

802.11k provides Radio Resource Management neighbor reports that help a client identify candidate APs, but it does not accelerate the authentication process when transitioning.

C802.11r Fast TransitionCorrect

802.11r pre-caches the Pairwise Master Key Security Association (PMKSA) at neighboring APs before the client roams, reducing the full 802.1X re-authentication to a Fast BSS Transition exchange. This cuts roaming latency to under 50 ms, which is within the threshold required for uninterrupted VoIP - typically less than 150 ms end-to-end delay.

D802.11d

802.11d is the regulatory domain amendment that advertises country-specific channel and power constraints; it has no roaming or authentication function.

Concept tested: 802.11r Fast BSS Transition for low-latency voice roaming

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#802.11r#Fast Transition#voice roaming#seamless roaming

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