IEEE P802.11 - TASK GROUP BF (WLAN SENSING) - MEETING UPDATE

Status of Project IEEE 802.11bf

Leadership

Background

802.11bf is a new Task Group about WLAN sensing within the IEEE 802.11 working group.

WLAN sensing is the use, by a WLAN sensing capable STA(s), of received WLAN signals to detect feature(s) of an intended target(s) in a given environment.

• Features = Range, velocity, angular, motion, presence or proximity, gesture, etc.

• Target = Object, human, animal, etc.

• Environment = Room, house, car, enterprise, etc.

Goals (Derived from PAR)

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:

• Stations to inform other stations of their WLAN sensing capabilities

• Request and setup transmissions that enable WLAN sensing measurements to be performed

• Exchange of WLAN sensing feedback and information

Task Group Documents

Project Authorization Request (PAR)	11-19/2103r11   (Last update:  July 2020)
Critera for Standards Development (CSD)	11-20/0042r6     (Last update:  July 2020)

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