'''IEEE 802.11ai''' is a Wireless LAN standard from IEEE that since June 2017<ref name="IEEE802.11ai">{{cite web|url=http://standards.ieee.org/news/2017/ieee_802.11.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626213428/http://standards.ieee.org/news/2017/ieee_802.11.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 26, 2017|title=IEEE Announces Significant Enhancements Available with Release of IEEE 802.11ai and IEEE 802.11 Wireless Standards|website=IEEE|access-date=15 May 2018}}</ref> provides '''fast initial link setup''' ('''FILS''') methods that enable a wireless LAN client to achieve a secure link setup within 100ms, designed to improve dense environments.<ref name="IEEE802.11ai"/> FILS provides fast roaming without 802.11r.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqjtVxZNfss|title=Faster Connections | Veli-Pekka Ketonen | WLPC Phoenix 2018|date=February 28, 2018|via=YouTube}}</ref>
The Intel wireless daemon IWD in Linux added support for FILS in May 2019.<ref name="phoronix">{{Cite web|url=https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=IWD-0.18-Linux-Wireless-Daemon|title=IWD 0.18 Wireless Daemon Brings Fast Initial Link Setup - Phoronix|website=Phoronix}}</ref>
A denial-of-service attack has been reported for 802.11ai.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Sokjoon |last1=Lee |first2=Byung Ho |last2=Chung |title=Denial of Service Attack against IEEE 802.11 WLAN Fast Initial Link Setup Technology |journal=International Journal of Computer Science and Electronics Engineering |volume=3 |issue=4 |year=2015 |url=https://www.isaet.org/images/extraimages/P1215040.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417102019/http://www.isaet.org/images/extraimages/P1215040.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2018 }}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.ieee802.org/11/Reports/tgai_update.htm Status of Project IEEE 802.11ai]
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