Carol Ansley, Chair
Stephen McCann, Vice Chair
Jerome Henry, Vice Chair
Amelia Andersdotter, 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 2025. 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. The task group now seeks proposals for technical solutions to meet the agreed upon requirements.
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
https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/20/11-20-1346-04-0rcm-csd-draft-for-privacy-amendment-of-rcm-project.docx
Status as of 24 April
2023
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 next
goal in the TGbi timeline is an initial draft in September
of 2023.
Technical presentations of potential technical
solutions and text proposals are welcomed.
The task group meets every other Thursday at 10am
EDT for two hours. Please consult the 802 web calendar
for the next scheduled meeting.
Status as of 6
February 2023
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 next
goal in the TGbi timeline is an initial draft in
March of 2023. The timeline will be
evaluated in the March meeting based on the group’s progress.
Technical presentations of potential technical
solutions and text proposals are welcomed.
The task group meets every other Thursday at 10am
EDT for two hours. Please consult the 802 web calendar
for the next scheduled meeting.
Status as of 11
October 2022
The task group has continued to meet regularly. The group approved by motion in September a
document containing requirements that address the previously identified use
cases and issues. The task group will
now primarily work on technical submissions to satisfy the approved
requirements. The next goal in the TGbi timeline is
an initial draft in March of 2023. The
timeline will be evaluated in the November meeting based on the group’s
progress.
Technical presentations of potential technical
solutions and text proposals are welcomed.
The task group meets most Thursdays at 9amEDT or
10am EDT for one or two hours. Please consult the 802 web
calendar for the next scheduled meeting.
Status as of 11
August 2022
The task group has continued to meet regularly. The group has begun to approve by motion
proposed requirements that address the identified use cases and issues. The group has extended its timeline for
requirement identification until September. After the September Interim session, the group
will primarily work on technical submissions to satisfy the approved
requirements.
Technical presentations of proposed requirements and
potential technical solutions are welcomed.
The task group meets most Thursdays at 9amEDT or
10am EDT for one hour.
Status as of 03
June 2022
The task group has continued to meet regularly. The group has reviewed and discussed
submissions for proposed requirements address the identified use cases and
issues. Of some interest may be
proposals to allow optionally features that enhance privacy but may not be
backwards compatible.
Technical presentations of proposed requirements are
welcomed.
The task group meets most Thursdays at 9amEDT for
one hour.
Status as of 14
March 2022
The task group has continued to meet regularly. The group has approved the use case and issue
identification for the project. The
group is now accepting and discussing submissions that present requirements to
address the identified use cases and issues.
Technical presentations of proposed requirements are
welcomed.
The task group generally meets every Thursday at
9amET for one hour.
Status as of 24
January 2022
The task group has continued to meet regularly
including at the January Interim session.
The group has completed issue identification and plans to approve the
document summarizing them shortly. The
group is now accepting and discussing submissions that present requirements to
address the identified use cases and issues.
Technical presentations of proposed requirements are
welcomed.
The task group generally meets every Thursday at
9amET for one hour.
Older Status entries removed for brevity.
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