There are a large number of new products including home entertainment systems and industrial control equipment that have both an IEEE 802.11 wireless station capability and a wired IEEE 802.3 Ethernet capability. IEEE 802.11 has media operating in the gigabit per second range and has standardized security and quality of service improvements. These developments raise a demand for bridging of IEEE 802.11 media to the same level as other media can be bridged: as media internal to the network as well as media offering access to the network.
This effort is being coordinated with the parallel 802.1Qbz and 802.1AC-REV projects both of which have completed. IEEE Std 802.1Qbz-2016 and IEEE Std 802.1Qbz-2016 have been published.
To amend the 802.11 standard so as to provide protocols, procedures, and managed objects that enhance the ability of IEEE P802.11 media to provide internal connections as transit links within IEEE Std 802.1Q bridged networks.
Draft P802.11ak_D6.0 has passed Sponsor Ballot with no unsatisfied comments. Transmission of Draft D6.0 to the IEEE Standards Revision Committee for final approval has been approved by 802.11 Task Group ak, the 802.11 Working Group, and the 802 Executive Committee.
For recent submissions, minutes, and reports, see here.
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Between the November 2017 802.11 Working Group meeting and the Janary 2018 802.11 Working group meeting, two Sponsor Ballot recirculations were held on Drafts 5.0 and 6.0 respectively and all comments were resolved with no changes to Draft 6.0. At the January 802.11 meeting, Task Group ak passed a motion to send Draft 6.0 to IEEE Revcom. This motion was then passed by the IEEE 802.11 Working Group and, after the January meeting, the IEEE 802 Executive Committee voted to forward P802.11ak draft D6.0 to IEEE RevCom.
March 2018 plans
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Reviewed comments received so far on the P802.11ak Sponsor Ballot reciruclation. Agreed to speculative resolutions to all comments exept for 2 of them and suggest a resolution for those 2 -- to be finalized on the first teleconference. Noted 802.11 Amendment re-ordering.
January 2018 plans
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Resolved all remaining comments from the initial P802.11ak Sponsor Ballot. Voted to authorize a P802.11ak Sponsor Ballot recirculation on a Draft D5.0.
November 2017 plans
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Further work on resolving P802l11ak sponsor ballot comments.
September 2017 plans
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The initial Sponsor Ballot on P802.11ak Draft 4.0 ran until Thursday of the meeting week. Some work was done on early submitted comments. A motion was passed by TGak and the 802.11 WG to liaise Draft 4.0 to ISO/IEC JTC1/SC6.
July 2017 plans
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TGak entered the week with the 7 comments from recirculation LB227 unresolved. Early in the week, it resolved all of these comments and produced D4.0. Recirculation ballot #229 on D4.0 was initiated and TGak was conditionally approved to go to Sponsor Ballot. Received and discussed the following submisions:
May 2017 plans
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TGak entered the week with the 57 comments from recirculation LB227 unresolved. During the week, it resolved 49 of these comments. Met jointly with 802.11 ARC SC and 802.1 Thursday AM1. Received and discussed comment resoltion related sumbissions lited below.
March 2017 plans
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Entered the week with only 12 of the 346 comments from WG recirculation ballot LB218 unresolved. During the week, all 12 were resolved and the Task Group and WG have approved the creation of a Draft 3.0 and a WG recirculation ballot. Met jointly with 802.11 ARC SC Thurday AM1. Received and discussed comment resoltion related sumbissions lited below.
January 2017 plans
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Met jointly with 802.11 ARC SC Thursday AM1. Adjusted our timeline by moving remaining dates out by two months and final milestone out by 4 months. TGak entered the week with 73 of the 346 comments from recirculation LB218 unresolved. During the week, it resolved 61 comments leaving 12 comments unresolved. Received and discussed comment resoltion related sumbissions lited below.
November 2016 plans
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Resolved additional comments from recirculation LS 218. As of the end of the meeting, 294 (85%) out of 346 comments had been resolved. Adjusted TGak timeline. Reaffirmed CSD and requeste PAR extension. Met jointly with 802.11 ARC SC. Discussed some architectural questions including "What is an ESS?" Received and discussed comment resoltion related sumbissions lited below.
September 2016 plans
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Resolved additional comments from recirculation LS 218. As of the end of the meeting, 227 out of 346 comments had been resolved. Met jointly with 802.11 ARC SC. Discussed some architectural questions including "What is an ESS?" Did not receive any presentations of submissions.
July 2016 plans
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Resolved 141 of the 346 comments from recirculation LS 218. Met jointly with 802.1 TSN and 802.11 ARC SC. Received and discussed the submissions listed below.
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Resolved all remaining comments from WG LB 212. Met jointly with 802.1 TSN and 802.11 ARC SC. Received and discussed the submissions listed below.
March 2016 plans
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Resolved more of the 437 comments from 802.11 WG Letter Ballot 212 so that now 59 remain to be resolved. Met jointly with 802.1 TSN and 802.11 ARC SC. Received and discussed the submissions listed below.
January 2016 plans
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Resolved more of the 437 comments from 802.11 WG Letter Ballot 212 so that now 282 are resolved. Met jointly with 802.1 IWK and 802.11 ARC SC. Received and discussed the submissions listed below.
November 2015 plans
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Resolved 157 more out of the 437 comments from 802.11 WG Letter Ballot 212 so that now 263 are resolved. Met jointly with 802.1 IWK and 802.11 ARC SC. Received and discussed the submissions listed below.
September 2015 plans
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Resolved 106 out of the 437 comments from 802.11 WG Letter Ballot 212. Met jointly with 802.11 ARC SC. Received and discussed the submissions listed below.
July 2015 plans
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All comments and other issues were resolved. The 802.11ak Task Group and the 802.11 WG votes to direct the Editor to preare a Draft D1.0 and to go to WG Letter Ballot. Met jointly with 802.1 IWK and 802.11 ARC SC. Received and discussed the submissions listed below.
May 2015 plans
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3% of CC17 comments remain to be resolved, plus one other technical issue. Met jointly with 802.1 IWK and 802.11 ARC SC. A TGak Draft D0.07 will be produced incorporating the comment resolutions. Received and discussed the submissions listed below.
March 2015 plans
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Resolved 14% more of the comments from CC17 12% of the comments remaining. Met jointly with ARC SC. A TGak Draft D0.04 will be produced incorporating the comment resolutions. Received and discussed the submissions listed below.
September 2014 plans
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Resolved 9% more of the comments from Comment Collection 17 (CC17) on Draft P802.11ak_D0.01. A draft D0.03 incorporating those resolutions. Met jointly with the 802.11 Architecture (ARC) Standing Committee and the 802.1 Interworking and Time Sensitive Networks Task Groups. Adopted a revised time line. Received and discussed the submissions listed below.
September 2014 plans
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Selected Officers for the next two year term:
Resolved 65% of the comments from Comment Collection 17 (CC17) on Draft P802.11ak_D0.01 and directed the Editor to produce a D0.02 incorporating those resolutions. Met jointly with the 802.11 Architecture (ARC) Standing Committee. Received and discussed the submissions listed below.
July 2014 plans
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Approved a Draft P802.11ak_D0.01 based on submission 11-14/0454r1. Elected Mark Hamilton as TGak Vice-Chair. Met jointly with IEEE 802.1 WG. Received and discussed the submissions listed below.
May 2014 plans
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Reviewed and improved documents 11-14/4r4 and 11-14/130r1 with proposed draft text. Approved holding an Ad Hoc in Hawaii for the end of the week before the May 802.11 Waikoloa meeting. Met jointly with 802.1. Decided to have a Vice Chair and issue a call for candidates.
March 2014 plans
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Adopted the solution in 11-13/0526r3 to the sub-setting problem. Adopted a timeline. Met jointly with 802.1. There were no objections to the solution to the tagging problem in 11-13/1216r0, either in 11ak or at the joint meeting with 802.1.
January 2014 plans
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Received and discussed several submissions. Met jointly with ARC.
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Received and discussed 3 submissions. Met jointly with 802.1Qbz.
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Received and discussed 4 submissions. Met jointly with 802.11 ARC.
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Received and discussed 4 submissions. Met jointly with 802.1 WG.
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Donald Eastlake (Huawei) was recommended by the GLK TG and confirmed by the 802.11 WG as TG Chair and Yan ZHUANG was recommended by the TG and confirmed by the WG as TG Secretary.
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The main action at this meeting was the adjustment of the draft 802.11ak PAR, 11-12/1207r0, to r1 to respond to a comment on the r0 document. The GLK Study Group passed this revision on to the 802.11 WG which also approved it.
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The main achievement of this meeting was the approval of 11-12/1077r4 as the draft PAR and Five Criterion for GLK/802.11ak. The GLK Study Group passed this document on to the 802.11 WG which also approved it. [It has since been split into two documents, 12-11/1207r0 for the PAR and 12-11/1208r0 for the 5C. These will be considered by the IEEE 802 Executive Committe at the November 802 Plenary Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.]
Creation of the GLK Study Group
At this meeting, a motion was approved by both the IEEE 802.11 WNG Standing Committeee and the IEEE 802.11 ARC Standing Committee, passed by the IEEE 802.11 Working Group, and then forwarded to and passed by the IEEE 802 Executive Committee (LMSC) as follows:
Request approval by IEEE 802 LMSC to form a Study Group on enabling the use of 802.11 infrastructure, PBSS, and IBSS associations as general transit links capable of supporting bridging, with the intent of creating a PAR and five criteria.
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The main achievement of this meeting was the creation of the General Link (GLK) IEEE 802.11 Study Group.
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