20Passpoint

20Passpoint is a term that has appeared in a limited set of online technical discussions relating to wireless networking. There is no widely accepted definition or official specification for 20Passpoint, and sources vary in how they describe it. In some contexts, 20Passpoint is presented as a hypothetical extension of the Passpoint (Hotspot 2.0) framework, envisaged as a deployment where credentials or access-provisioning information could be managed across twenty distinct points of access within a single domain. In other contexts, 20Passpoint is used as a project name or a lab scenario intended to illustrate scaling of credential provisioning, roaming, or automated provisioning for multiple hotspots. Because the term is not standardized, its meaning is highly dependent on the source.

Relation to Passpoint: Passpoint (Hotspot 2.0) is an industry specification that enables seamless, operator-assisted roaming and automatic authentication to participating networks. A reference to 20Passpoint in discussions is usually about scalability or experimental configurations rather than a formal extension of the standard.

Current status: There is no official Wi-Fi Alliance or IEEE documentation for 20Passpoint, and the term is not widely recognized in formal publications. If encountered, it is advisable to examine the surrounding context to determine whether it refers to a theoretical model, a particular lab setup, or a project nickname.

See also: Passpoint, Hotspot 2.0, 802.11u, roaming authentication.