| Chair | Tony Xiao Han (Huawei) |
| Vice Chair | Sang Kim (LG Electronics) |
| Vice Chair | Assaf Kasher (Self) |
| Secretary | Leif Wilhelmsson (Ericsson) |
| Technical Editor | Claudio Da Silva (Meta Platforms) |
802.11bf is a new Task Group about WLAN sensing within the IEEE 802.11 working group.
WLAN sensing is the use of PHY and MAC features of IEEE 802.11 stations to obtain measurements that may be useful to estimate features of objects in an area of interest.
Task Group bf is expected to develop an amendment that defines modifications to the IEEE 802.11 medium access control layer (MAC) and to the Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) and enhanced DMG (EDMG) PHYs to enhance Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) sensing (SENS) operation in license-exempt frequency bands between 1 GHz and 7.125 GHz and above 45 GHz.
This amendment enables:
| Documents | link |
| Project Authorization Request (PAR) | 11-19/2103r11 (Last update: July 2020) |
| Critera for Standards Development (CSD) | 11-20/0042r6 (Last update: July 2020) |
| TGbf Selection Procedure Document | 11-20/1812r0 (Last update: November 2020) |
| TGbf Functional Requirements Document (FRD) | 11-20/1813r0 (Last update: November 2020) |
| TGbf Spec Framework Document (SFD) | 11-21/0504r2 (Last update: July 2021) |
| TGbf Use Cases document | 11-20/1712r2 (Last update: January 2021) |
| TGbf Channel Models document | 11-21/0782r5 (Last update: January 2023) |
| TGbf Evaluation Methodology and Simulation Scenarios document | 11-21/0876r5 (Last update: January 2023) |
| MILESTONE | TIME |
| Project Authorization Request approved | Sep 2020 |
| First Task Group Meeting | Oct 2020 |
| Comment Collection (D0.1) | |
| Initial Letter Ballot (D1.0) | |
| Recirculation LB (D2.0) | |
| Recirculation LB (D3.0) | |
| Recirculation LB (D4.0) | |
| Initial SA Ballot (D4.0) | |
| 1st SA Ballot Recirculation (D5.0) | Sep 2024 |
| 2nd SA Ballot Recirculation (D6.0) | Jan 2025 |
| 3rd SA Ballot Recirculation (D7.0) | Mar 2025 |
| Final 802.11 Working Group approval | |
| Final 802 EC approval | |
| RevCom and SASB approval | |
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-1378-08-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2024-09-interim.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-1642-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-september-2024-interim-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Complete the comment resolution for Initial SA Ballot (D4.0)
100 % of all Initial SA Ballot (D4.0) comments are now resolved (207 /207)
Approved motion: P802.11bf first recirculation SA ballot
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-1001-08-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2024-07-plenary.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-1336-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-july-2024-plenary-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Initial SA Ballot (D4.0) started on May 8, closed on June 12, 2024
Passed with ~90% approval.
Total comments: 207
Comment resolution for Initial SA Ballot (D4.0)
65.2 % of all LB281 comments are now resolved or marked as "ready for motion" (135 /207)
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-0667-05-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2024-05-interim.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-0950-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-may-2024-interim-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Technical discussion on some important topics
Approved some TGbf motions:
Vice Chair/Secretary election/reaffirmation
PAR extension
Initial SA Ballot (D4.0) started
Close on June 7, 2024
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-0239-13-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2024-03-plenary.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-0624-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-march-2024-plenary-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Comment resolution for D3.0 (LB281)
100% of all LB281 comments are now resolved (308/308)
Approved some TGbf motions:
Approved IEEE802.11bf MDR report
Approved report to EC on conditional approval for SA ballot
PAR/CSD/CAD Re-affirmation
Request conditional approval to go to IEEE SA ballot
TGbf Recirculation LB (D4.0)
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/23/11-23-2169-07-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2024-01-interim.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/24/11-24-0185-01-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-january-2024-interim-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
LB281, the second recirculation ballot on P802.11bf D3.0 passed with an approval rate of 92.54%.
308 comments were received.
Comment resolution for D3.0 (LB281)
The Comment resolution for 54 CID are newly approved or marked as "ready for motion"
17.53% of all LB281 comments are now resolved (54/308)
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/23/11-23-1717-15-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2023-11-plenary.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/23/11-23-2134-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-november-2023-plenary-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Comment resolution for D2.0 (LB276)
The Comment resolution for 127 CID are newly approved or marked as "ready for motion"
100% of all LB276 comments are now resolved (545/545)
Finished CR for LB276
TG Motion passes: TGbf Recirculation LB (D3.0)
Released the Draft 3.0
The 802.11 Working Group is officially beginning WG Technical Letter Ballot 281 (LB281), which is a recirculation Working Group Letter Ballot on forwarding P802.11bf D3.0 to Standards Association ballot: "Shall WG11 forward P802.11bf D3.0 to Standards Association (SA) Ballot?"
This Letter Ballot opens Tuesday December 5, 2023 at 23:59 Eastern Time USA (11:59 PM) and will close 30 days later on Thursday January 4, 2024 at 23:59 Eastern Time USA (11:59 PM). All necessary documents are available on the IEEE 802.11 web site at https://www.ieee802.org/11/LetterBallots/LB281bf/LB281_instructions.html.
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/23/11-23-1345-13-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2023-09-interim.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/23/11-23-1641-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-september-2023-interim-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
LB276, the initial recirculation ballot on P802.11bf D2.0 passed with an approval rate of 85.8%.
545 comments were received.
Comment resolution for D2.0 (LB276)
The Comment resolution for 130 CID are newly approved or marked as "ready for motion"
23.85% of all LB276 comments are now resolved (130/545)
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/23/11-23-0957-14-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2023-07-plenary.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/23/11-23-1284-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-july-2023-plenary-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Successfully hold TGbf ad-hoc meeting on July 6, 7, 8, 2023, in the Ericsson Office, Lund, Sweden
Comment resolution for D1.0 (LB272)
The Comment resolution for 157 CID are newly approved or marked as "ready for motion"
100% of all LB272 comments are now resolved (1302/1302)
Finished CR for LB272
TG Motion passes: TGbf Recirculation LB
Released the Draft 2.0
The 802.11 Working Group is officially beginning WG Technical Letter Ballot 276 (LB276), which is a recirculation Working Group Letter Ballot on forwarding P802.11bf D2.0 to Standards Association ballot: "Shall WG11 forward P802.11bf D2.0 to Standards Association (SA) Ballot?"
This Letter Ballot opens Wednesday July 26, 2023 at 23:59 Eastern Time USA (11:59 PM) and will close 25 days later on Sunday August 20, 2023 at 23:59 Eastern Time USA (11:59 PM). All necessary documents are available on the IEEE 802.11 web site at https://www.ieee802.org/11/LetterBallots/LB276bf/LB276_instructions.html.
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/23/11-23-0580-16-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2023-05-interim.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/23/11-23-0900-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-may-2023-interim-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Comment resolution for D1.0 (LB272)
The Comment resolution for 226 CID are newly approved or marked as "ready for motion"
56.682 % of all LB272 comments are now resolved or marked as "ready for motion" (738/1302)
Approve a TGbf ad-hoc meeting on July 6, 7, 8, 2023, in the Ericsson Office, Lund, Sweden
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/23/11-23-0182-06-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2023-03-plenary.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/23/11-23-0485-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-march-2023-plenary-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Initial Working Group Letter Ballot (LB272) on forwarding P802.11bf D1.0 to Standards Association ballot
The ballot passed with an approval rate of 77.71%
1302 comments were received
Assign the comments
Start comment resolution for D1.0 (LB272)
the Comment resolution for 23 CID are newly approved
1.77% of all CC40 comments are now resolved (23/1302)
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/22/11-22-2131-11-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2023-01-interim.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/23/11-23-0152-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-january-2023-interim-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Finished comment resolution for D0.1 (802.11bf CC40 comments)
Newly approved the comment resolution for 6+ CID
100% of all CC40 comments are now resolved (912/912)
Discussed of updating the TGbf Timeline (Update the timeline for Recirculation LB and all followed milestone)
Presentation of technical submissions (e.g., Comment resolution, PDT......)
Successfully hold TGbf ad-hoc meeting on January 13-14, 2023, in the Baltimore Hilton, Baltimore, Maryland for the purpose of TGbf comment resolution and consideration of document submissions.
Released the Draft 1.0
Initial Working Group Letter Ballot (LB272) on forwarding P802.11bf D1.0 to Standards Association ballot opened Tuesday January 31, 2023 at 23:59 Eastern Time USA (11:59 PM) and will close 30 days later on Thursday March 2, 2023 at 23:59 Eastern Time USA (11:59 PM)
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/22/11-22-1708-09-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2022-11-plenary.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/22/11-22-2046-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-november-2022-plenary-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Continued comment resolution for D0.1 (802.11bf CC40 comments)
Newly approved the comment resolution for 70+ CID
~77.9% of all CC40 comments are now resolved (711/912)
Discussed of updating the TGbf Timeline (Update the timeline for Initial Letter Ballot (D1.0), from November 2022 to January 2023)
Presentation of technical submissions (e.g., Comment resolution, PDT......)
Further developing the Draft 0.1-1.0
Approve a TGbf ad-hoc meeting on January 13-14, 2023, in the Baltimore Hilton, Baltimore, Maryland for the purpose of TGbf comment resolution and consideration of document submissions.
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/22/11-22-1287-07-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2022-09-interim.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/22/11-22-1643-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-september-2022-interim-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Continued comment resolution for D0.1 (802.11bf CC40 comments)
Newly approved the comment resolution for 232+ CID
~49.8% of all CC40 comments are now resolved (454/912)
Discussed of updating the TGbf Timeline (Update the timeline for Initial Letter Ballot (D1.0), from September to November 2022)
Presentation of technical submissions (e.g., Comment resolution, PDT......)
Further developing the Draft 0.1-1.0
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/22/11-22-0850-06-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2022-07-plenary.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/22/11-22-1151-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-july-2022-plenary-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Released TGbf D0.1, and 30-day comment collection window closed on Friday May 20
Received 912 comments (591 Technical, 55 General, 266 Editorial)
Identified topics, PoCs, and volunteers
Classified comments and share them with TTTs
Assigned all comments
Started comment resolution for D0.1 (802.11bf CC40 comments)
Approved the comment resolution for 228 CID (First set of approved CR, please refer to the figure)
~25% of all CC40 comments are now resolved (228/912)
Presentation of technical submissions (e.g., Feedback type, PDT......)
Further developing the Draft 0.1-1.0
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/22/11-22-0583-07-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2022-05-interim.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/22/11-22-0811-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-may-2022-interim-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Presentation of technical submissions (e.g., Feedback type, general protocol and procedure, DMG/EDMG, PDT......)
Worked towards the creation of TGbf D0.1
Editor released TGbf D0.1, and 30-day comment collection window opens, from Wednesday April 20, 2022 at 23:59 Eastern Time USA (11:59PM), and will close 30 days later on Friday May 20, 2022 at 23:59 Eastern Time USA (11:59pm).
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/22/11-22-0221-06-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2022-03-plenary.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/22/11-22-0499-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-march-2022-plenary-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Presentation of technical submissions (e.g., Feedback type, general protocol and procedure, DMG/EDMG, PDT......)
Worked towards the creation of TGbf D0.1
Discussed of updating the TGbf Timeline (Update the timeline for Comment Collection (D0.1), from March to April 2022)
Editor releases D0.01 (As reference, not for comment collection)
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/21/11-21-1981-05-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2022-01-interim.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/22/11-22-0191-01-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-january-2022-interim-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Presentation of technical submissions (including feedback type, general protocol and procedure......)
Developing the SFD and D0.1
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/21/11-21-1597-07-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2021-11-plenary.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/21/11-21-1889-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-november-2021-plenary-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Presentation of technical submissions (including feedback type, general protocol and procedure......)
Discussed of updating the TGbf Timeline (during the call in November 22 and 23)
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/21/11-21-1304-05-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2021-09-interim.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/21/11-21-1567-03-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-september-2021-interim-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Presentation of technical submissions (including feedback type, general protocol and procedure, channel model......)
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/21/11-21-0934-04-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2021-07-plenary.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/21/11-21-1306-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-july-2021-plenary-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Presentation of technical submissions (including feedback type, general protocol and procedure, Radar discussion, channel model......)
TGbf Channel Models document (11-21/0782r2), motion passed
Developing the SFD: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/21/11-21-0504-02-00bf-specification-framework-for-tgbf.docx .
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/21/11-21-0593-05-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2021-05-interim.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/21/11-21-0870-01-00bf-meeting-minutes-may-2021.docx .
Achievements
Presentation of technical submissions (including definition, general protocol and procedure, channel model......)
Developing the SFD: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/21/11-21-0504-01-00bf-specification-framework-for-tgbf.docx .
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/21/11-21-0206-05-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2021-03-plenary.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/21/11-21-0476-00-00bf-meeting-minutes-march-2021.docx .
Achievements
Presentation of technical submissions (including definition, general protocol and procedure, channel model......)
Initiate the discussion of SFD: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/21/11-21-0504-00-00bf-specification-framework-for-tgbf.docx .
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/20/11-20-1913-04-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2021-01-interim.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/21/11-21-0120-01-00bf-meeting-minutes-january-2021.docx .
Achievements
TGbf Selection Procedure (11-20/1812r0), motion passed
TGbf Functional requirement document (11-20/1813r0), motion passed
TGbf use cases document (11-20/-1712r2), motion passed
Presentation of technical submissions (e.g., usage model, general protocol and procedure, channel model...)
Main documents
Agenda: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/20/11-20-1624-04-00bf-tgbf-meeting-agenda-2020-11-plenary.pptx .
Draft meeting minutes: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/20/11-20-1834-00-00bf-ieee-802-11bf-november-2020-plenary-meeting-minutes.docx .
Achievements
Approved TGbf Timeline
Elected/Appointed Task Group Officers: 2 Vice Chairs, Secretary and Technical Editor
Presentation of technical submissions
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