Summary: This year, Rowell wasn’t able to attend WLPC. But François made it to Phoenix and presented too!<br> <br> Why You Shoulnd’t Skip WLPC<br> WLPC 2018 was packed with a lot of great presentations by different people in the Wi-Fi industry. The format of this years’ conference was a little different:<br> <br> * 3 Main sessions of 55 mins<br> * 13 Short sessions of 30 mins<br> * 29 TEN talks of 10mins<br> * Deep Dive sessions (2x 2.5h) on different topics (Every attendee had to choose one when registering)<br> <br> The trends for WLPC 2018<br> <br> * 802.11ax<br> * AI<br> * Dual 5GHz APs (A little less than last year)<br> * Programming (deep dive on Python + template report)<br> * IoT ready APs<br> <br> What to look for in the Future<br> <br> * Talk on 5G with Peter Thornycroft from Aruba<br> <br> * 5G is not well defined yet but might change a lot of things in our industry<br> * Talked about all the different technology involved (LAA, LWA, Multifire, Wi-Fi)<br> <br> <br> * WPA3. We got a little more details on what it will be from Heather Williams<br> <br> * Enhancement of WPA2 (802.11w mandatory, KRACK mitigation,<br> * What’s coming with WPA3<br> * Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (protect against stupid passwords)<br> * Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE) (Some protection for open SSID)<br> * Device Provisioning Protocol (DPP) (IoT device protection)<br> <br> <br> <br> The Community<br> <br> * Talk on blogging by Lee Badman<br> * Talk on the Wi-Fi Pro slack group from Manon Lessard and Samuel Clements<br> * Update from the WLA from Peter MacKenzie and Mark Raats<br> * Harnessing the Power of community from Tom Hollingsworth<br> * Explained what a community is<br> * Explain how to engage with a community (Wi-Fi community)<br> * How to handle divergent viewpoints: stay civil and respect each other<br> * Presentation of the conference from Keith Parsons<br> * Apart from the presentations, other event got organized<br> * Morning runs<br> * Morning Yoga<br> * Morning prayers<br> * Retro video game night<br> * Whiskey and Wireless podcast recording<br> <br> Interesting Sessions<br> <br> * Impact of LTE-U on Wi-Fi in 5GHz by VEli-Pekka Ketonen<br> * Polarizing Figures by Scott Lester – Talk on external antennas<br> <br> * Interesting stats: 90% to 98% of AP sold with internal integrated antennas<br> <br> <br> * Deep dive into PoE by Jonathan Smith<br> * Does it matter what AP you buy from Wes Purvis<br> <br> * Data comparing different types of APs (2×2:2 vs 3×3:3 vs 4×4:4, 11n vs 11ac w1, 11ac w2)<br> * Get up to 28% performance with higher end APs<br> * Low-end AP can reach hardware limitation<br> * 3×3 offers up to 10% less throughput improvement vs 4×4 (lower retry rate + maintaining 3SS easier)<br> <br> <br> * Challenges in Modeling Campus by Vladan Jevremovic<br> <br> * Showed us how to model a outdoor park<br> <br> <br> * Airport Utility – Monitor iOS devices + Python scripting by Eric Garnel<br> * RRM by Blake Krone<br> <br> * Talked about how different vendors do it (Cisco, Aruba, Ruckus)<br> * Talked about what to do when you enable it (configuration)<br> * Talked about what you do once it’s on (monitoring)<br> <br> <br> * When a WLAN Pro starts a WISP by Steve McKim<br> * RSSI Revealed by GRegor Vucajnk<br> <br> Useful Sessions<br> <br> * Do you have a Mac from Adrian Granados<br> * A lot of good information for Wi-Fi Explorer users<br> * Filtering and coloring Frames with wireshark from Joel Crane<br> <br> Announcements<br> <br> * Wi-Fi Alliance announced the launch of their Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Optimized Connectivity. Talk from Ortiz Consuelo<br> * WLA released their transparent book<br> * Ekahau announced the support for BLE design in ESS in the near future<br> <br>
