Passpoint

Seamless, secure connection to Wi-Fi® networks
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Passpoint® is an industry-wide solution that streamlines Wi-Fi access and eliminates the need for users to find and authenticate a network each time they visit. Passpoint access points (APs) can be deployed almost anywhere, from retail shops to large managed network environments such as enterprise, hotels, airports, and stadiums.
Once a user accesses the Wi-Fi network offered at a location, the Passpoint-enabled client device will automatically connect upon subsequent visits. This eliminates the need for users to search for and choose a network, request Wi-Fi access, and re-enter authentication credentials each time they visit. Passpoint automates the entire process, enabling more seamless connectivity between Wi-Fi networks and mobile devices, all while delivering enterprise-level security. Passpoint provisioning supports on-boarding of new devices (with or with-out a SIM card) by establishing credential information and providing policy information to the mobile device.
Passpoint features
Passpoint improves the mobile user experience by offering:
- Automatic network discovery and selection
- Simplified online sign-up and instant account provisioning
- Seamless network access and roaming between hotspots
- Enhanced WPA3™ security
Supported by most enterprise-class APs on the market today and natively supported by major mobile operating systems such as Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows, Passpoint devices and networks go beyond providing a reliable, secure, automatic connection experience. Passpoint also delivers more value to carriers, service providers, and IT managers of enterprise networks, enabling:
- Mobile data offload
- Wi-Fi roaming agreements across carriers and service providers
- Opportunities to engage users and extract additional value from the network
- Wi-Fi–based services such as Wi-Fi calling
- Streamlined, enterprise-class device provisioning and credential management for enterprise and other private networks
Passpoint is a foundational ingredient to global Wi-Fi roaming standards, reflects the depth and breadth of that collaboration as a great solution for end users, network operators, and device vendors.
Passpoint is a key component of Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Vantage™, a suite of technologies that drastically improve the user experience in managed networks. Wi-Fi Vantage™ devices layer the benefits of Passpoint’s seamless light-touch authentication, with better resource management, enterprise-level security, and high performance Wi-Fi to bring a better user experience in challenging network environments.
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ advancements give operators more specialized choices for better connectivity |
Wi-Fi Alliance® members predict 2022 Wi-Fi® trends |
Wi-Fi Alliance® 2022 Wi-Fi® trends |
Episode 28: Using Passpoint® and OpenRoaming to deliver seamless Wi-Fi® connectivity with Cisco Fellow Mark Grayson |
Episode 6: 2022 Wi-Fi® trends with Edgar Figueroa of Wi-Fi Alliance |
Wi-Fi Vantage certified products |
Passpoint certified products |
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- Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Vantage™ Highlights
- Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Passpoint® Online Sign-Up Certificate Policy Specification
- Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Passpoint® Operator Best Practices for AAA Interface Deployment (2020)
- Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Passpoint® Deployment Guidelines
- Passpoint Specification Package
- Infographic - Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Passpoint®
- Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Passpoint™: An essential and strategic solution for service provider Wi-Fi® deployments (2014)
- Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Passpoint® Technology Overview (2019)
- Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Passpoint® Highlights
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