# OpenWiFi 1.2

## What is OpenWiFi?

TIP OpenWiFi is an open source community project that believes in democratizing premium Wi-Fi experiences for multiple market use cases. The TIP approach to OpenWiFi creates an open source disaggregated technology stack without any vendor lock in. OpenWiFi offers premium managed Wi-Fi features, local break-out design, cloud native open source controller, and an open source AP firmware operating system tested nightly.

![TIP Open Wi-Fi 1.x Solution](/files/-M_6EKkFtg-Cj6gFqyeC)

TIP OpenWiFi is the industry's first CI/CD open source Wi-Fi eco-system. Built nightly with a strong community of Wi-Fi leaders, new features are unit tested in automated RF chambers and checked from cloud to ground for Wi-Fi performance and conformance.

### High Level Features

#### Cloud SDK in OpenWiFi offers:

* Zero Touch Provisioning 
* Firmware Management
* Integration Northbound Interface (NBI) RESTful
* Data model driven API 
* Template based device provisioning with RADIUS profile management 
* Advanced RF control with RRM  

#### Each OpenWiFi AP offers:

* Multiple topologies including Bridging, Virtual LAN, NAT Gateway, Local Breakout, Overlay 
* Multiple authentications WPA2, WPA3, Enterprise Radius models
* Passpoint® Release 2 and above
* Zero Touch Provisioning 
* Captive Portal

**OpenWiFi AP Detail List:**

* Wi-Fi 4 (n) Wi-Fi 5 (ac) Wi-Fi 6 (ax) 

* Dual Bank Bootloader

* Multi-SSID per Radio

* SSID Authentications: WPA/WPA2/WPA3 - Mixed, Personal, Enterprise

* Un-Authorized Device Control

* 802.1Q VLAN per SSID 

* 802.1d Bridge Mode per SSID

* RADIUS Accounting, Interim-Accounting, NAS-IP, CUI

* Network Address Translation Gateway Mode Operation

* Network Time Protocol Client

* Management VLAN 

* Wi-Fi 6 (ax) Specific
  * BSS Coloring
  * UL/DL OFDMA sub-carrier allocation
  * Channel Switch Announcement

* Wi-Fi General Features

  * WMM® - Wi-Fi Multi Media
    * UAPSD Procedures (Unscheduled Power Save) 
    * Upstream/Downstream Queues & L3 DSCP
    * Over The Air QoS EDCH Procedures
  * WMM-Admission Control (AC) 
  * WMM-Power Save (PS)
  * Wi-Fi Optimized Connectivity
    * (ai) Fast Initial Link Support
  * Wi-Fi Agile Multiband
    * (k) Client Radio Resource Management - Directed Steering
    * (v) Network Assisted Roaming
    * (r) Fast BSS Transition
  * Protected Management Frames (PMF) 
    * (w) Management Frame Encryption
  * Channel Switch Announcement (CSA)
  * Dynamic Frequency Selection & Transmit Power Control (DFS/TPC)
  * Beacon Rate 
  * Min Client Noise Immunity
  * Basic Rate Control
  * De-Auth RSSI Control
  * Burst Beacon Support
  * Per SSID Client Rate Limiting
  * Promiscuous Mode Support

* **Additional TIP AP NOS Features**
  * Embedded Captive Portal (Local Splash non-auth)
  * Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
  * Airtime Fairness
  * Wireline & Wireless Tracing (PCAP Cloud Remote Troubleshooting)
  * Synthetic Client (Cloud Remote Troubleshooting)
  * Flight Recorder (Stack Remote Collection)
  * Local Provisioning over SSID (when Cloud or WAN down)
  * Multimedia Heuristics (Detection of Unified Communication Sessions)
  * SSID Rate Limiting
  * Inter-AP Communication (Client - Session Signalling)
  * Client / AP / Network Metric Telemetry (MQTT)

**Cloud SDK additional features**

* **Provisioning** 
  * Device Identity (Model, MAC, Serial Number)
  * AP Software Upgrade
  * Profile Provisioning Templates
  * Multiple SSID Configuration
  * Bandwidth Rate Control per SSID
  * Multi-Radio 2.4/5GHz control
  * AP Network Mode Control (Bridge/NAT mode)
  * Basic Captive Portal (Local Splash Page admin from Controller)
  * Security (WPA2/WPA3 Personal/Enterprise Mixed)
  * VLAN per SSID
  * NTP Enable/Disable
  * RTLS (Location Services) Enable/Disable 
* **RF Control**
  * Wi-Fi Agile Multiband
    * (k) Client Radio Resource Management - Directed Steering
    * (v) Network Assisted Roaming
    * (r) Fast BSS Transition
  * RRM Location AP Channel Table Provisioning
  * RRM Location AP Cell Size Table Provisioning
  * RRM Location Client Steering Threshold Table Provisioning 
* **Remote Troubleshooting and Service Assurance**
  * Syslog 
  * Synthetic Client
    * Remote DHCP, RADIUS, UE Network Analysis 
  * Remote Shell 
  * Remote Packet Capture Analysis

### **How to contribute**

If you or your company are interested in contributing to TIP Open Wi-Fi, please join the Wi-Fi Product Group by visiting [Telecom Infra Project](https://telecominfraproject.com/apply-for-membership/) to become a member.


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