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Activity |
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Description |
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IEEE 802.11 Working Group |
WG |
The Working Group is comprised of all of the Standing Committees, Task Groups, Study Groups, and Ad-Hoc Groups. Membership is at the WG level. All WG members may participate in any of these sub-groups. |
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Task Group |
TG |
The committee(s) that are tasked by the WG as the author(s) of the Standard or subsequent Amendments via an approved PAR |
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Study Group |
SG |
A committee responsible for researching a possible future
amendment. The output of the SG is usually a project
authorization request (PAR). Study groups are authorized by the IEEE 802 executive
committee (EC) and are expected to have a relatively short
lifetime (~6 months). The SG terminates when it has submitted a PAR, or failed to gain approval for a PAR, or when the IEEE 802 EC declines to approve an SG extension. |
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Standing Committee |
SC |
A committee with a determined role/task, that does not modify the IEEE 802.11 standard. These committees are created by the 802.11 chair and are relatively long-lived. |
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Ad-hoc Committee |
AHC |
A committee with a determined role/task, that does not modify the IEEE 802.11 standard. These committees are created by the 802.11 chair and are relatively short-lived. |
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Name |
Tag |
Description |
Status |
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This group provides maintenance of the IEEE 802.11 standard by rolling published amendments into revisions of the 802.11 standard. Note that Mentor and Email reflectors refer to "TGm". References in WG official documentation to "TGmc" or "REVmc" are synonyms for TGm. |
Active Std 802.11-2012 published March 2012. REVmc started in September 2012 |
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This amendment specifies enhancements to the 802.11 MAC and PHY to support very high throughput (500-1000 Mbps) in the 5 GHz bands. |
Active |
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An amendment that defines modifications to both the 802.11 physical layers (PHY) and the 802.11 Medium Access Control Layer (MAC), to meet the legal requirements for channel access and coexistence in the TV White Space. |
Active (since Jan 2010) |
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An amendment that defines operation in Sub 1 GHz frequencies. Supports applications that benefit from range extension, such as smart meters. |
Active |
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An amendment that supports Fast Link Setup, i.e., to reduce time to set up an association. |
Active |
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| Task Group aj | TGaj | An amendment that supports very high throughput in the China millimetre-wave bands | Active (first meeting Sept 2012) |
| Task Group ak | TGak |
An amendment that supports General Links (i.e., bridging using 802.1
mechanisms across an 802.11 link) Note that a parallel activity is taking place in 802.1 on the same topic, and these two groups will collaborate. |
Approved Dec 2012 |
| Task Group aq | TGq | An amendment that supports Pre-Association Discovery. Pre-Association Discovery relates to the problem of how a Station - STA (e.g., a Mobile Device) discovers the availability of services within the network to which another STA (e.g., an Access Point) is connected. | Approved Dec 2012 |
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Name |
Tag |
Description |
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Publicity SC |
Pub SC |
Provides advice to the WG chair on all matters related to publicity, such as the preparation of press releases and outgoing non-technical liaisons |
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Wireless Next Generations |
To provide an opportunity for all new or updated ideas to be presented for immediate 802.11 peer review. This committee acts as a clearing house for the wireless next generation of features to the plus refinements to the existing 802.11 Standard |
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Architecture |
The WG Chair's Architecture SC engages senior members of 802.11 to discover, analyze, codify and promote a common understanding of 802.11 architecture; provides an interface point for architectural topics from other 802 groups; and advises the WG Chair re architecture interactions between 802.11 task groups. |
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Regulatory |
To monitor the global regulatory environment relating to 802.11 standards and work with the 802.11 WG on any issues requiring special consideration; work with 802.18 to assist regulatory agencies understand the needs of coming 802.11 standards. To ensure that past and current 802.11 standards and amendments are in compliance with global regulations; help 802.11 task groups deal with regulatory changes. |
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Name |
Tag |
Description |
| High Efficiency WLAN | HEW SG |
The study group will focus on: o Improving spectrum efficiency and area throughput o Improving real world performance in indoor and outdoor deployments - in the presence of interfering sources, dense heterogeneous networks - in moderate to heavy user loaded APs |
None currently active
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Name |
Tag |
Description |
Status |
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MAC Task Group |
MAC |
The scope of the project is to develop one common MAC for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) applications, in-conjunction with the PHY Task Group work |
Work has been completed on the ISO / IEC version of the original Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11, 1999 (ISO/IEC 8802-11: 1999) |
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PHY Task Group |
PHY |
The scope of the project is to develop three PHY's for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) applications, using Infrared (IR), 2.4 GHz Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS), and 2.4 GHz Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS), in-conjunction with the one common MAC Task Group work |
Work has been completed on the ISO / IEC version of the original Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11, 1999 (ISO/IEC 8802-11: 1999) |
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Task Group a |
TGa |
The scope of the project is to develop a PHY to operate in the UNII band. |
Work has been completed on the ISO / IEC version of the original Standard as an amendment - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11a-1999 (ISO/IEC 8802-11: 1999 (E)/Amd 1: 2000 (ISO/IEC) and is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2007 |
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Task Group b |
TGb |
The scope of the project is to develop a standard for a higher rate PHY in the 2.4GHz band |
Work has been completed and is now part of the Standard as an amendment - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11b-1999 |
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Task Group b-Cor1 |
TGb-Cor1 |
The scope of this project is to correct deficiencies in the MIB definition of 802.11b |
Work has been completed and is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2007 |
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Task Group c |
TGc |
This amendment adds a subclause under 2.5 Support of the Internal Sub-Layer Service by specific MAC Procedures to cover bridge operation with IEEE 802.11 MAC. This supplement to ISO/IEC 10038 (IEEE 802.1D) will be developed by the 802.11 Working Group in cooperation with the IEEE 802.1 Working Group. |
Work has been completed and is now part of the ISO/IEC 10038 (IEEE 802.1D) Standard and part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2007 |
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Task Group d |
TGd |
This amendment defines the physical layer requirements (channelization, hopping patterns, new values for current MIB attributes, and other requirements to extend the operation of 802.11 WLANs to new regulatory domains (countries) |
Work has been completed and is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2007 |
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Task Group e |
TGe |
This amendment enhances the 802.11 Medium Access Control (MAC) to improve and manage Quality of Service. |
Work has been completed and is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2007 |
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Task Group F |
TGF |
This is a recommended practice for an Inter-Access Point Protocol (IAPP) which provides the necessary capabilities to achieve multi-vendor Access Point interoperability across a Distribution System supporting IEEE P802.11 Wireless LAN Links. |
Work has completed and was Published as IEEE Std. 802.11F-2003, which was withdrawn as of February 2006. |
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Task Group g |
TGg |
This amendment provides a higher speed(s) PHY extension to the 802.11b standard. |
Work has been completed and is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2007 |
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Task Group h |
TGh |
This amendment enhances the 802.11 Medium Access Control (MAC) standard and 802.11a High Speed Physical Layer (PHY) in the 5GHz Band supplement to the standard; adds indoor and outdoor channel selection for 5GHz license exempt bands in Europe; and enhances channel energy measurement and reporting mechanisms to improve spectrum and transmit power management (per CEPT and subsequent EU committee or body ruling incorporating CEPT Recommendation ERC 99/23) |
Work has been completed and is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2007 |
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Task Group i |
TGi |
This amendment enhances the 802.11 Medium Access Control (MAC) to enhance security and authentication mechanisms |
Work has been completed and is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2007 |
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Task Group j |
TGj |
This amendment enhances the 802.11 standard to add channel selection for 4.9 GHz and 5 GHz in Japan to additionally conform to the Japanese rules for radio operation |
Work has been completed and is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2007 |
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TGk |
This amendment defines Radio Resource Measurement enhancements to provide interfaces to higher layers for radio and network measurements |
Completed with the publication of IEEE Std 802.11k-2008. The amendment has been superseded as it is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2012. |
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TGn |
This amendment provides improvements to the 802.11 standard to provide high throughput (>100Mbps) |
Published as IEEE Std 802.11n-2009 The amendment has been superseded as it is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2012. |
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TGp |
This amendment supports communication between vehicles and the roadside and between vehicles while operating at speeds up to a minimum of 200 km/h for communication ranges up to 1000 meters. The amendment supports communications in the 5 GHz bands; specifically 5.850-5.925 GHz band within North America with the aim to enhance the mobility and safety of all forms of surface transportation, including rail and marine. |
Published as IEEE Std 802.11p-2010 The amendment has been superseded as it is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2012. |
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TGr |
This amendment provides enhancements to the 802.11 Medium Access Control (MAC) layer to minimize or eliminate the amount of time data connectivity between the Station (STA) and the Distribution System (DS) is absent during a Basic Service Set (BSS) transition, limited to the state necessary for the operation of the MAC. |
Completed with the publication of IEEE Std 802.11r-2008 The amendment has been superseded as it is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2012. |
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| Task Group s | TGs | This amendment provides a protocol for auto-configuring paths between APs over self-configuring multi-hop topologies in a WDS to support both broadcast/multicast and unicast traffic in an ESS Mesh using the four-address frame format or an extension. |
Completed with the publication of IEEE Std 802.11s-2011 The amendment has been superseded as it is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2012. |
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TGT |
This recommended practice was intended to provide a set of performance metrics, measurement methodologies, and test conditions to enable measuring and predicting the performance of 802.11 WLAN devices and networks at the component and application level as a recommended practice. |
Work abandoned without achieving WG approval of a draft. |
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TGu |
This amendment to the IEEE 802.11 MAC and PHY supports InterWorking with External Networks. |
Completed and published as IEEE Std 802.11u-2011 The amendment has been superseded as it is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2012. |
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TGv |
This amendment provides Wireless Network Management enhancements to the 802.11 MAC, and PHY, and extends prior work in radio measurement to effect a complete and coherent upper layer interface for managing 802.11 devices in wireless networks. |
Completed and published as IEEE Std 802.11v-2011 The amendment has been superseded as it is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2012. |
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TGw |
The amendment enhances the IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control layer to provide, mechanisms that enable data integrity, data origin authenticity, replay protection, and data confidentiality for selected IEEE 802.11 management frames. |
Completed and published as IEEE Std 802.11w-2009 The amendment has been superseded as it is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2012. |
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TGy |
This amendment supports use of 802.11 based systems in the 3650-3700 MHz band in the USA (FCC 05-56). |
Completed and published as IEEE Std 802.11y-2008 |
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TGz |
This amendment defines a Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS) mechanism to allow operation without access point support for this feature and allow stations with an active TDLS session to enter power save mode. |
Completed and published as IEEE Std 802.11z-2010 The amendment has been superseded as it is now part of the IEEE 802.11 Standard - Published as IEEE Std. 802.11-2012. |
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This amendment specifies enhancements to the 802.11 MAC (Medium Access Control) for robust audio video streaming, while maintaining co-existence with other types of traffic. It also supports interworking with relevant 802.1AVB mechanisms (802.1Qat, 802.1Qav, 802.1AS) |
Completed and published as IEEE Std 802.11aa-2012 |
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This amendment defines standardized modifications to both the 802.11 physical layers (PHY) and the 802.11 Medium Access Control Layer (MAC) to enable operation in the 60 GHz frequency band (typically 57-66 GHz) capable of very high throughput (>= 1Gbps). It also enables fast session transfer between 802.11 PHYs . |
Completed and published as IEEE Std 802.11ad-2012 |
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This amendment defines mechanisms for prioritizing IEEE 802.11 management frames using existing mechanisms for medium access. |
Completed and published as IEEE Std 802.11ae-2012 |
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