Upcoming sessions
The meetings between now and the upcoming session will be held by teleconference.
Current and recent ballots and comment collections
| ID | Type | Stage | Project | Draft | Open | Close | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P802.11bi-R2 | SA Ballot | Recirculation | P802.11bi | D6.0 | 2026-07-23 | 2026-08-04 | Closed: 94% approval |
| P802.11bi-R3 | SA Ballot | Recirculation | P802.11bi | D6.0 | 2026-08-12 | 2026-08-22 | Closed: 94% approval |
| LB295 | WG ballot | Recirculation | P802.11REVmf | D3.0 | 2026-07-30 | 2026-08-31 | Closed: 95% approval |
| LB296 | WG ballot | Initial | P802.11bn | D2.0 | 2026-08-03 | 2026-09-02 | Closed: 76.5% approval |
| LB297 | WG ballot | Initial | P802.11bt | D1.0 | 2026-08-04 | 2026-09-03 | Closed: 89.3% approval |
| For WG ballots, close is at 23:59 ET on the date indicated. | |||||||
Recent activities
Leading up to and during the September 2026 interim session, 802.11 made progress as follows:
- TGbi (Enhanced Privacy Protection): Completed SA balloting. Standards board approval to publish is pending.
- TGmf (Maintenance revision): Completed a WG recirc ballot on D3.0 with 774 comments received. Half of the comments were resolved in September. Expect to go to ballot again (possibly the last before SA ballot) in November.
- TGbn (Ultra High Reliability, aka Wi-Fi 8): Passed WG initial ballot on D2.0 with 8000+ comments received. Around 20% were resolved in September. The WG approved making the draft available for sale.
- TGbp (Ambient Power Communications): Approved a draft D1.0 for WG initial ballot. Congratulations!
- TGbt (Post-Quantum Cryptography): Passed WG initial ballot on D1.0 with 651 comments received. Around 1/3 of the comments were resolved in September. The WG approved making the draft available for sale.
- TGbq (Integrated mmWave): Continues to review technical contributions.
- Wireless Intelligent Networking SG: The next big thing in 802.11. Debated a scope for their project. A project authorization request (PAR) and Criteria for Standards Development (CSD) is expected to be ready in January 2027.
- AI Offload SG: PAR and CSD approved by the working group. 802 review and approval expected in November. In the mean time, the group is reviewing technical contributions.
A more detailed report is available here.
Recent standards approvals
IEEE Std 802.11bf™-2025 was published on September 26, 2025.
IEEE Std 802.11bk™-2025 was published on September 5, 2025.
IEEE Std 802.11be™-2024 was published on July 22, 2025.
IEEE Std 802.11bh™-2024 was published on June 3, 2025.
IEEE Std 802.11™-2024 was published on April 28, 2025.
The IEEE has made available IEEE 802 standards for free download. Under this program, a standard may be downloaded for free six months after the initial publication of the standard. All relevant IEEE 802.11 Standard, Amendments, and Recommended Practices are listed.
802.11 members Jerome Henry, Brian Hart, Binita Gupta and Malcolm Smith have written a detailed guide to IEEE Std 802.11be-2024, known in the industry as Wi-Fi 7.
Access to 802.11 draft standards
Draft standards are available from a number of sources:
- If you are a voting 802.11 member, go to the members' area and log in using the 802.11 members ID and password supplied to you by the 802.11 officers. Contact Robert Stacey if you have lost this. During an 802.11 session, attendees may access 802.11 draft standards from a local fileserver, regardless of their membership status.
- If you are an active member of one of the other 802 groups, you may be able to access the 802.11 members' area using the same credentials used to access your own group. If this doesn't work, ask your group's Chair to request access from the 802.11 Chair (Robert Stacey).
- Draft IEEE standards are, from time to time, made available for purchase using the IEEE store or Techstreet.
IEEE standards development guide
The IEEE-SA has created an easy to use Online Standards Development web site that has a wealth of information that details the whole standards process flow, from creation of the initial PAR, to balloting to final draft, and beyond. It even includes, tutorials, and online forms of the various processes evolved. This site is recommended for all Members and Chairs involved.
Upcoming meetings
A google calendar (embedded below) is maintained for 802.11 meetings.
You can import the calendar as an iCal file, or use the "Add to Google Calendar" at the bottom right of the calendar below.
The 802 calendar, which contains the 802 meetings and also rolls up the working group calendars, is available here.