Protocol for Carrying Authentication for Network Access
PANA - Protocol for Carrying Authentication for Network Access.
PANA is an IP-based protocol that allows a device to authenticate itself with the network to be granted network access. PANA will not define any new authentication protocol, key distribution, key agreement or key derivation protocols. For this purposes, the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) will be used, and PANA will carry the EAP payload. PANA allows dynamic service provider selection, supports various authentication methods, suitable for roaming users and is independent from the link layer mechanisms.