Carol Ansley, Chair
Stephen McCann, Vice Chair
Jerome Henry, Vice Chair
Stephane Baron, Secretary
Po-Kai Huang, Technical Editor
Users and regulatory agencies are concerned about
protecting personal information such as location, movements, contacts and
activities.
IEEE 802.11 is cognisant of these
issues and through this task group will strive to provide enhanced data privacy
for all users.
The Enhanced Data Privacy Task Group came out of a
study group within the IEEE 802.11 working group originally considering the
merits and challenges presented by the privacy-related initiatives behind the
deployment of randomized and changing MAC addresses within 802.11-based
networks that grew to also include other privacy-related concerns.
This amendment specifies modifications to the IEEE Std 802.11 medium access control (MAC) specification to specify new mechanisms that address and improve user privacy.
Users and regulatory agencies are concerned about
protecting personal information such as locations, movements, contacts and
activities, etc. Devices incorporating IEEE Std 802.11 are ubiquitous, and
being compliant with IEEE Std 802.11 does not sufficiently protect users from
user tracking and user profiling attacks.
Work has been done in this area in IEEE Std 802.11aq-2018. To
ensure continued growth and support for IEEE Std 802.11, this project
standardizes user privacy solutions applicable to IEEE Std 802.11.
The group expects to have a participation of about 50 people during the lifetime of the project, which is estimated to finish in September 2025. The group is meeting regularly to progress through the material.
The first goal of TGbi was to identify potential areas of concern and use cases to be addressed. The use cases and issues were documented with doc 11-21-0641. The group has completed identification of requirements for technical solutions to address the issues previously identified. The approved Requirements document is 11-21-1848r16. The task group now seeks proposals for technical solutions to meet the agreed upon requirements.
The task group welcomes all interested parties from
industry and academia to participate.
Link to TGbi PAR
https://development.standards.ieee.org/myproject-web/public/view.html#pardetail/8772
Link to TGbi CSD
Status as
of 17 October 2024
The task group is continuing to meet addressing the
comments brought in the comment collection. The group met 5 times in each of the
past Plenaries and Interims and has continued meeting regularly by
teleconference. The group is continuing
to refine the sections already committed to the draft as well as developing
additional sections to cover other requirements.
Technical presentations of additional technical
solutions addressing other requirements and accompanying text proposals are
welcomed.
The task group will have an ad hoc meeting October
28-20 continuing discussions on resolving comments.
The TGbi teleconferences are generally on Wednesdays at 10amEDT.
Status as
of 01 June 2024
The task group has continued to meet regularly. The task group completed a draft with
sufficient content to enable a comment collection (specifically D0.4). The comment collection will close on June 27,
2024. The group is continuing to refine
the sections already committed to the draft as well as developing additional
sections to cover other requirements.
Technical presentations of additional technical
solutions addressing other requirements and accompanying text proposals are
welcomed.
The task group is meeting only twice before the July
Plenary session as the comment collection proceeds. Please consult the 802 web
calendar for the next scheduled meeting.
Status as
of 07 February 2024
The task group has continued to meet regularly. The task group is now working on technical
submissions and text submissions to satisfy the approved requirements. The
initial draft of the TGbi amendment was completed in January of 2024 and is
available in the 802.11 voters area. It
addresses many requirements, with more content still needed.
Technical presentations of potential technical
solutions and text proposals are welcomed.
The task group meets most weeks on Wednesday or
Thursday at 10am EDT for two hours. Please consult the 802 web calendar for the
next scheduled meeting.
Status as
of 31 October 2023
The task group has continued to meet regularly. The task group is now working on technical
submissions and text submissions to satisfy the approved requirements. The
initial draft in the TGbi timeline is expected in January of 2024.
Technical presentations of potential technical
solutions and text proposals are welcomed.
The task group meets every other Thursday at 10am
EDT for two hours. Please consult the 802 web calendar for the next scheduled
meeting.
Status as
of 28 August 2023
The task group has continued to meet regularly. The task group is now working on technical
submissions and text submissions to satisfy the approved requirements. The next
goal in the TGbi timeline is an initial draft in September of 2023.
Technical presentations of potential technical
solutions and text proposals are welcomed.
The task group meets every other Thursday at 10am
EDT for two hours. Please consult the 802 web calendar for the next scheduled
meeting.
Status as
of 24 April 2023
The task group has continued to meet regularly. The task group is now working on technical
submissions and text submissions to satisfy the approved requirements. The next
goal in the TGbi timeline is an initial draft in September of 2023.
Technical presentations of potential technical
solutions and text proposals are welcomed.
The task group meets every other Thursday at 10am
EDT for two hours. Please consult the 802 web calendar for the next scheduled
meeting.
Status as
of 6 February 2023
The task group has continued to meet regularly. The task group is now working on technical
submissions and text submissions to satisfy the approved requirements. The next
goal in the TGbi timeline is an initial draft in March of 2023. The timeline will be evaluated in the March
meeting based on the group’s progress.
Technical presentations of potential technical
solutions and text proposals are welcomed.
The task group meets every other Thursday at 10am
EDT for two hours. Please consult the 802 web calendar for the next scheduled
meeting.
Older Status entries removed for brevity.
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