AKM is a certificate free, combined decentralized key management system and secure communication protocol layer based on zero knowledge.
The secure communication protocol aspect of AKM accomplishes a number of things, including, Zero Latency at the start of a session, end-to-end, multipoint encryption, validation of the sender with a Message Authentication Code on every frame, Implicit Replay Attack Protection, Anti-spoofing, and Perfect Forward Secrecy between sessions.