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Table 3 Parameters for Analysis 2

From: A novel pre-authentication scheme based on fast channel switching in IEEE 802.11 WLANs

Parameter

Description

l

Length of message

T c

Average session connection time

T r

Average WLAN cell resident time

N m

Average number of movements in session, i.e., N m = ⌈T c /T r ⌉ - 1

LI

LI

n

Total number of CSP during HOs, i.e., n = ⌈T EAP /LI⌉

B w

Bandwidth of wired link

B wl

Bandwidth of wireless link

L w

Latency of wired link (propagation delay and L2 delay)

L wl

Latency of wireless link (propagation delay and L2 delay)

P t

Routing table lookup and processing delay

EAP w

The total length of EAP-AKA messages exchanged in wired link

EAP wl

The total length of EAP-AKA messages exchanged in wireless link

T CSP

Average time need for CSP operations

T L2HO

Average time need for L2 HO

T 4WHS

Average time need for 4-way handshake

sec_cxt

Security context transferred from CAP to TAP