IEEE P802.11 - ENHANCED LIGHT COMMUNICATION (ELC) TASK GROUP (TG) - MEETING UPDATE


Status of IEEE 802.11br Enhanced Light Communication TG

Nikola Serafimovski (pureLiFi), Chair
Volker Jungnickel, Vice-chair
Mohamed Islim, Recording Secretary

Page Contents

Background
Goals
March 2025
January 2025
November 2024
September 2024

Background

TGbr - Enhanced Light Communication (ELC), is a new Task Group within the IEEE 802.11 working group that will address the problem of how a Station - STA (e.g. a Mobile Device) can communicate in the light spectrum within the network to which another STA (e.g. an Access Point) is connected. The Project Authorization Request is available here. The Criteria for Standards Development is available here.

Goals

The scope of this standard is to define one medium access control (MAC) and several physical layer (PHY) specifications for wireless connectivity for fixed, portable, and moving stations (STAs) within a local area.

This amendment provides enhanced light communications (ELC) for Wireless LAN operation. This amendment modifies the IEEE 802.11 MAC to support the ELC PHY and multi-link operation. The amendment introduces an ELC PHY through the modification of IEEE 802.11 sub-7.25 GHz PHYs. These modifications are limited to specifying:

This amendment modifies the IEEE 802.11 MAC to support the ELC PHY and multi-link operation. This amendment provides for compatibility with legacy Light Communications (LC) IEEE 802.11bb devices as defined in IEEE Std 802.11bb-2023™ operating in the identified optical bands.

The stakeholders include chipset manufacturers to deliver PHY & MAC sub-systems, system integrators and lighting companies, telecom operators, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), emerging IoT companies, large industrial manufacturers, aviation and transportation industries.


March 2025

Main documents

Achievements

The IEEE 802.11 Working Group approved the ELC SG proposed PAR and CSD.

The main achievements of this meeting were:

May 2025 plans


January 2025

Main documents

Achievements

The IEEE 802.11 Working Group approved the ELC SG proposed PAR and CSD.

The main achievements of this meeting were:

March 2025 plans


November 2024

Main documents

Achievements

The main achievements of this meeting were

January 2025 plans


September 2024

Main documents

Achievements

The main achievements of this meeting were

November 2024 plans


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