IEEE P802.11 - ENHANCED LIGHT COMMUNICATION (ELC) STUDY GROUP (SG) - MEETING UPDATE

Status of IEEE 802.11 Enhanced Light Communication SG

Page Contents

Background

Goals

November 2024

September 2024

Background

Enhanced Light Communication - ELC, is a new Study 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.

Goals

The goal of this IEEE 802.11 Study Group is to produce a Project Authorization Request (PAR) to allow a common approach to allow IEEE 802.11 STAs to review potential improvements that could be introduced in addition to the capabilities defined in IEEE 802.11bb.

It is felt that this will not only help users within home, enterprise and public access markets, but also assist manufacturers and operators to provide common components and services for IEEE 802.11 customers.

January 2025

Main documents

• Closing report

Achievements

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

The main achievements of this meeting were:

• ELC approved the proposed draft Project Authorization Request as well as the Criteria for Standards Development (CSD) documents.
• Contributions discussed included:
  • ELC scope and features summary doc. 11-25/0143r1
  • Underwater LiFi Prototype Performance doc. 11-25/0175r1
  • Ad-hoc mode for ELC doc. 11-25/0180r1

• Meeting agenda and motions are available here.

• Minutes of the meeting are available in here.

March 2025 plans

• Resolve any comments from the IEEE 802 LMSC and other IEEE 802 Working Groups.
• Working Group motion to approve the revised PAR and CSD with a target to start the Task Group in May 2025.

November 2024

Main documents

• Closing report

Achievements

The main achievements of this meeting were

• ELC reviewed the proposed draft Project Authorization Request as well as the Criteria for Standards Development (CSD) documents and agreed the PAR and CSD.
• Contributions discussed included:
  • Low-Power Enhanced-Range PHY Mode for ELC doc. 11-24/1926r1
  • Underwater Interoperability and Backwards Compatibility doc. 11-24/1928r0
  • ELC Support for positioning doc. 11-24/1956r0
• The timeline for ELC SG was agreed with a target completion by Jan. 2025

• Meeting agenda and motions are available here.

• Minutes of the meeting are available in here.

January 2025 plans

• Review and approve the PAR.
• Review the CSD.
• Working Group motion to approve the PAR and CSD.

September 2024

Main documents

• Closing report

Achievements

The main achievements of this meeting were

• Current status
  • ELC reviewed the proposed draft Project Authorization Request and several contributions on the possible need and scope of the eventual Task Group
  • The Scope section of the PAR (section 5.2.b) was agreed
  • The timeline for ELC SG was agreed with a target completion by Jan. 2025
  • Teleconferences
    • Tuesday, 23th October 2024, 10:00 CET (04:00 ET), 1 hour

• Meeting agenda and motions are available here.

• Minutes of the meeting are available in here and here.

November 2024 plans

• Complete and approve the PAR.
• Review the CSD.

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• IEEE 802.11 WiKi
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• IEEE P802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee (LMSC)

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