Upcoming session
The meetings between now and the upcoming session will be held by teleconference.
Working group ballots and comment collections
Letter ballot 285 on P802.11bf D4.0 is open and will close April 26, 2024. See instructions.
Letter ballot 286 on P802.11bk D2.0 is open and will close April 26, 2024. See instructions.
IEEE SA ballots
An initial SA ballot for P802.11bh opened April 9, 2024 and will close May 9, 2024.
Recent activities
The draft agenda for the May 2024 interim session
will be posted shortly.
A report summarizing our work at the March 10-15, 2024 plenary session is available.
The working group approved formation of the AI/ML standing committee.
The 802 EC approved the PAR for P802.11bp on Ambient Power IoT Devices.
IEEE 802 Wireless participants have created a
spreadsheet of the frequencies for which operation
is defined in 802 standards, including in the 802.11
standard.
See the document
ec-22-0266-00-WCSG-ieee-802-s-wireless-standards-table-of-frequency-ranges.xlsx.
Recent standard approvals
IEEE Std 802.11bc™-2023 (incorporating IEEE Std 802.11-2020/Cor 2-2024) was published on February 28, 2024.
IEEE Std 802.11bb™-2023 was published on November 10, 2023.
IEEE Std 802.11bd™-2022 was published on March 10, 2023.
IEEE Std 802.11az™-2022 was published on March 3, 2023.
IEEE Std 802.11™-2020/Cor 1-2022 was published on December 27, 2022.
IEEE Std 802.11ba™-2021 was published on October 8, 2021.
IEEE Std 802.11ay™-2021 was published on July 28, 2021.
IEEE Std 802.11ax™-2021 was published on May 19, 2021.
IEEE Std 802.11™-2020, was published February 26, 2021.
Congratulations to the many 802.11 members who participated in development of these standards. Please visit the photographs page to see pictures of the leadership and major contributors receiving their awards.
The IEEE has made available IEEE 802 standards for free download. Under this program, a standard may be downloaded for free six months after the initial publication of the standard. All relevant IEEE 802.11 Standard, Amendments, and Recommended Practices are listed.
Liaison statments and external communications
Recent liaison statements and communications are available here.
Access to 802.11 draft standards
Draft standards are available from a number of sources:
- If you are a voting 802.11 member, go to the members' area and log in using the 802.11 members ID and password supplied to you by the 802.11 officers. Contact Robert Stacey if you have lost this. During an 802.11 session, attendees may access 802.11 draft standards from a local fileserver, regardless of their membership status.
- If you are an active member of one of the other 802 groups, you may be able to access the 802.11 members' area using the same credentials used to access your own group. If this doesn't work, ask your group's Chair to request access from the 802.11 Chair (Robert Stacey).
- Draft IEEE standards are, from time to time, made available for purchase using the IEEE store or Techstreet.
IEEE standards development guide
The IEEE-SA has created an easy to use Online Standards Development web site that has a wealth of information that details the whole standards process flow, from creation of the initial PAR, to balloting to final draft, and beyond. It even includes, tutorials, and online forms of the various processes evolved. This site is recommended for all Members and Chairs involved.
Upcoming meetings
A google calendar (embedded below) is maintained for 802.11 meetings.
You can import the calendar as an iCal file, or use the "Add to Google Calendar" at the bottom right of the calendar below.