Marc Emmelmann, Chair
Hitoshi Morioka & Stephen McCann, Vice Chairs
Xiaofei Wang, Recording Secretary
Carol Ansley, Technical Editor
September 2021 virtual interim
September 2020 virtual interim
Teleconferences from 11 Feb. to 7 Jul.
Enhanced Broadcast Services (eBCS) is a new initiative within the IEEE 802.11 working group that will consider broadcast service enhancements within an 802.11-based network. The initiative started as a Technical Interest Group (TIG) in the March 2018 meeting and was afterwards transformed into a Study Group (SG) chartered to create a PAR and CSD document in order to start a new amendment project to the IEEE 802.11 standard. The IEEE Standards Board approved the project in December 2018; as a result a new task group (TGbc) was created within IEEE 802.11.
The new task group is named IEEE 802.11 TGbc (Enhanced Broadcast Services).
The goal of the Enhanced Broadcast Services Task Group (IEEE 802.11 TGbc) is to draft a new amendment to the IEEE 802.11 standard.
The amendment specifies modifications to the IEEE 802.11 medium access control (MAC) specifications that enable enhanced transmission and reception of broadcast data both in an infrastructure BSS where there is an association between the transmitter and the receiver(s) and in cases where there is no association between transmitter(s) and receiver(s).
The amendment introduces origin authenticity protection for broadcast data frames.
In addition to enancing traditional broadcasting services directed from an access point (AP) towards several non-AP stations (STA), the BCS TIG/SG discussed use cases in which non-AP STAs employs broadcasting to disseminate information, e.g. in an IoT environment, to other STAs so that any of the receiving STAs may act as a access to the Internet.
The IEEE 802.11 TGbc met two times during March plenary session in Atlanta, Georgia, from March 14-16, 2023.
The TGbc scheduled no teleconferences.
The IEEE 802.11 TGbc met two times during January interim session in Baltimore, Maryland, from January 16-19, 2023.
The TGbc scheduled weekly teleconferences before the January interim.
The IEEE 802.11 TGbc met three times during November plenary session in Bangkok, Thailand, from November 14-17, 2022.
The TGbc scheduled weekly teleconferences before the January interim.
The IEEE 802.11 TGbc met three times during September interim session in Waikoloa, Hawaii, from September 12-15, 2022.
The TGbc scheduled weekly teleconferences before the November plenary.
The IEEE 802.11 TGbc met two times during July plenary session in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from July 12-13, 2022.
The TGbc scheduled weekly teleconferences before the September interim.
The TGbc had five telecenferences during May 2022 virtual interim session.
The TGbc scheduled weekly teleconferences before the July plenary.
The TGbc had five telecenferences during March 2022 virtual plenary session.
The TGbc scheduled weekly teleconferences before the May interim.
The TGbc had five telecenferences during January 2022 virtual interim session.
The TGbc scheduled weekly teleconferences before the March plenary.
The TGbc had five telecenferences during November 2021 virtual plenary session.
The group received 294 comments on D2.0.
The TGbc scheduled weekly teleconferences before the January interim except Dec. 28th.
The TGbc had four telecenferences during September 2021 virtual interim session.
The TGbc scheduled weekly teleconferences before the November Pleanry.
The TGbc had four telecenferences during July 2021 virtual plenary session.
The TGbc scheduled weekly teleconferences before the September Interim.
The TGbc had four telecenferences during May 2021 virtual interim session.
The TGbc scheduled weekly teleconferences before the July Plenary.
The TGbc had four telecenferences during March 2021 virtual plenary session.
The TGbc scheduled weekly teleconferences before the May Interim.
The TGbc had four telecenferences during January 2021 virtual interim session.
The group received 643 comments on D1.0.
The TGbc scheduled weekly teleconferences before the March plenary.
The TGbc had three telecenferences during November 2020 virtual plenary session.
The group agreed the following items.
The TGbc scheduled weekly teleconferences before the January Interim.
The TGbc had four telecenferences during September 2019 virtual interim session.
The group agreed the following items.
The TGbc scheduled weekly teleconferences before the November Plenary.
The TGbc had one telecenference during July 2020 virtual plenary session.
The group agreed the following items.
The TGbc scheduled the following teleconferences before the September Interim.
March 2020 and May 2020 sessions were cancelled. The TGbc had teleconferences between January Interim and July Plenary. The minutes follows:
The IEEE 802.11 TGbc met in Irvine, California, from January 13-16, 2020.
The TGbc met four times during this week. The group discussed the following items.
The TGbc scheduled the following teleconferences before the next face-to-face meeting:
Additional telcos may be scheduled with a 10-day notice.
The IEEE 802.11 TGbc met in Waikoloa, Hawaii, from November 11-14, 2019.
The TGbc met four times during this week. The group discussed the following items.
The TGbc scheduled the following teleconferences before the next face-to-face meeting:
Additional telcos may be scheduled with a 10-day notice.
The IEEE 802.11 TGbc met in Hanoi, Vietnam, from September 16-19, 2019.
The TGbc met three times during this week. The group discussed the following items.
The TGbc scheduled the following teleconferences before the next face-to-face meeting:
Additional telcos may be scheduled with a 10-day notice.
The IEEE 802.11 TGbc met in Vienna, Austria, from July 16-18, 2019.
The TGbc met three times during this week. The group discussed the following items.
The TGbc scheduled the following teleconferences before the next face-to-face meeting:
Additional telcos may be scheduled with a 10-day notice.
The IEEE 802.11 TGbc met in Atlanta, GA, from May 13-15, 2019.
The TGbc met three times during this week. The group discussed the following items.
Carol Ansley has been assigned as the TGbc Technical Editor.
The TGbc scheduled the following teleconferences before the next face-to-face meeting:
Additional telcos may be scheduled with a 10-day notice.
The IEEE 802.11 TGbc met in Vancouver, BC, Canada, from March 12-13, 2019.
The TGbc met two times during this week. The group discussed the following items.
The TGbc scheduled the following teleconferences before the next face-to-face meeting:
April 9th, 2019, 10:00h ET, 1 hour
Cancelled March 19th, 2019, 10:00h ET, 1 hour
Additional telcos may be scheduled with a 10-day notice.
The IEEE 802.11 TGbc met in St. Louis, MO, from January 14-18, 2019.
The TGbc met three times during this week. The group discussed the following items.
The TGbc scheduled the following teleconferences before the next face-to-face meeting:
Additional telcos may be scheduled with a 10-day notice.
The IEEE Standards Board approved in December 2018 the project authorization request. As a result, a new task group is created within IEEE 802.11 working per PAR on Enhanced Broadcasting Services (eBCS). The new task group is doneted as IEEE 802.11 TGbc (enhanced broadcast services) and will conduct its first meeting during the January face-to-face meeting of IEEE 802.11.
The Broadcasting Service (BCS) group met as a study group (SG) in Bangkok, Thailand, from November 11-15, 2018.
The BCS SG met one time during this week. The group discussed to refine PAR and CSD documents accoring to the comments and got consensus about these documents.
The BCS SG scheduled the following teleconferences before the next face-to-face meeting:
Additional telcos may be scheduled with a 10-day notice.
The Broadcasting Service (BCS) group met as a study group (SG) in Waikoloa, Hawaii, from September 10-14, 2018.
The BCS SG met two times during this week. The group discussed PAR and CSD documents and got consensus about these documents. The project name has been changed to enhanced Broadcast Service (eBCS).
The BCS SG scheduled no teleconferences before the next face-to-face meeting:
The Broadcasting Service (BCS) group met as a study group (SG) in San Diego, California, from July 9-13, 2018.
The BCS SG met three times during this week.
The group discussed PAR and CSD documents and got consensus about these documents.
The project name has been changed to Enhanced Broadcast Service (EBS).
The BCS SG scheduled the following teleconferences before the next face-to-face meeting:
Additional telcos may be scheduled with a 10-day notice.
The Broadcasting Service (BCS) group met as a study group (SG) in Warsaw, Poland, from May 7-11, 2018.
The BCS TIG met twice during this week. The group received furhter presentations on BCS use cases namely
and discussed an intial proposed PAR and initial proposed CSD document. The group concluded the week by summarizing and discussing the BCS problem statement.
Besides, the group conducted Vice Chair elections and confimed the chair's appointment of the BCS editor position.
The BCS TIG scheduled the following teleconferences before the next face-to-face meeting:
Additional telcos may be scheduled with a 10-day notice.
The Broadcasting Service (BCS) group met as a technical interest group (TIG) in Chicago, IL, USA, from March 5-9, 2018.
The BCS TIG met twice during this week. The group discussed 8 submissions focusing on
The group jointly addressed specific items, which should be detailed in upcoming submissions. An updated call for submissions was correspondingly issued. Besides technical discussions, the group agreed fill two vice chair positions during the next face-to-face meeting. A call for nominations was sent to the 802.11 email reflector.
The BCS TIG scheduled two teleconferences before the next face-to-face meeting:
Additional telcos may be scheduled with a 10-day notice.
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