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IEEE P802.11Wireless LANsUse Cases Requiring Fast InitializationDate:2011-01-18Author(s):NameAffiliationAddressPhoneemailLee ArmstrongUS Department of Transportation132 Fomer RoadSouthampton, MA 01073USA+1 617 620 1701lra@AbstractThere are multiple applications/uses for 802.11 devices that require extremely low latency when establishing a new link. The uses cases described herein will be the basis for defining specific system requirements to be used in creating the TGai draft amendment to 802.11.Note, this is a work in progress and not complete. The Use Case definitions are felt to be complete as of v4, with remaining work to be done on extracting requirements. Additional Use Cases are known to exist, there are just none identified that would have any further impact on requirements or determining the scope and nature of the work to be done in TGai. What previously had been Section 1, Applications that might use FI, and the annexes providing additional detail have been deleted because they arefelt to be no longer needed..Use Case DescriptionsGeneralAs a general rule, what distinguishes uses requiringfast association are devices operating while mobile as opposed to devices that may be mobile but operate while stationary (e.g. the typical laptop computer). In the context of this document (which is considering the end uses/applications), the device may be something like a smart phone or pad computer that contains an IEEE 802.11 STA. When describing the usage, it is often more appropriate to refer to the device rather than the STA contained within it.There are two types of mobility considered, a device carried by a pedestrian and the other being a device in a vehicle. All forms of vehicles are considered and unless otherwise specified, will be simply referred to as the vehicle, this includes passenger cars, trucks, buses, subway cars, light rail cars, and heavy rail cars.The pedestrian situation is relatively well known, with a person walking or running while carrying an