Carol Ansley, Chair
Jerome Henry, Vice Chair
Antonio de la Oliva, Vice Chair
Stéphane 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 2026. 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. An initial working group ballot was sent out in late January 2025 on Draft 1.0.
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 22 May 2025
The task group is continuing to work on resolving
the comments received during our initial working group ballot.
The task group has teleconferences scheduled most Wednesdays at 10amEDT. Technical submissions are still being
accepted as well as comment resolution submissions.
The task group will have a virtual ad hoc session
for comment resolution and technical submissions July 7 through July 10. We
will meet from 8amEDT until 12:30pmEDT each day. If you would like to present a
submission during the ad hoc or at any of our regular teleconference, please
email the chairperson and ask to be placed on the agenda.
Status as
of 09 April 2025
The task group completed the initial Working Group
ballot with 89% approval. 1072 comments were submitted on the draft.
The task group has divided up the comments for
resolution and spent the March Plenary beginning the comment resolution
process.
The task group has teleconferences scheduled most
Wednesdays at 10amEDT. Technical
submissions are still being accepted as well as comment resolution submissions.
Status as
of 27 January 2025
The task group completed an initial Draft 1.0 coming
out of the IEEE 802.11 January Interim session.
The Draft has been sent out to the 802.11 Working
Group for a 30 day ballot asking for feedback on
whether it can advance to an SA ballot.
The task group has paused teleconferences until
after the March meeting hoping for energy to be put into comment generation as
part of the D1.0 ballot.
Status as
of 17 December 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 anticipates releasing a Draft 1.0 for
an initial ballot out of the January 2025 meeting.
The TGbi teleconferences are generally on Wednesdays
at 10amEDT.
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.
Older Status entries removed for brevity.
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