Edward Au (Huawei Technologies), Chair
Rui Cao (NXP), Co-Vice Chair
Sang Kim (LG Electronics), Co-Vice Chair
Abhishek Patil (Qualcomm), Co-Vice Chair
Jonghoe Koo (Samsung Electronics), Recording
Secretary
Cheng Chen (Intel), Editor
Use
of WLANs based on IEEE 802.11 technology continues to grow and diversify over
many market segments including residential, enterprise, industrial. More
stringent requirements are emerging to meet the demands of new applications
(e.g. augmented and virtual reality, proximity ranging and sensing) both in
terms of throughput, latency bounds and accuracy. The very large bandwidth
available in the unlicensed bands between 42 GHz and 71 GHz, combined with the
widely used 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz bands, is a great opportunity to help meet these
requirements even in the densest environments. Enabling non-standalone
operation in the unlicensed bands between 42 GHz and 71 GHz in a cost-effective
manner is required so that many devices can benefit from it.
This
amendment defines standardized modifications to both the IEEE Std 802.11
Physical Layer (PHY) and the IEEE Std 802.11 Medium Access Control (MAC) that
allows Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) non-standalone operation in
unlicensed bands between 42 GHz and 71 GHz using single-user (SU) OFDM based
transmissions. The amendment requires that an 802.11 device supporting this
amendment also supports at least one of the 2.4 GHz to 7.25 GHz (sub-7 GHz)
unlicensed bands. The amendment expands the multi-link operation defined in the
sub-7 GHz band specifications to support non-standalone operation in the
unlicensed bands between 42 GHz and 71 GHz.
This
amendment on PHY and MAC operation in unlicensed bands between 42 GHz and 71
GHz, leverages or reuses existing PHY and MAC specifications defined for the
operation in sub-7 GHz bands, e.g. SU transmission PPDU format and MAC frames,
and defines bandwidth modes operating in non-overlapping channels.
This
amendment provides coexistence mechanisms with legacy IEEE 802.11 devices
operating in the unlicensed bands between 42 GHz and 71 GHz.
The Task Group met four
times in the 2025 November plenary, with the following tasks completed:
Reviewed technical contributions
Conducted straw polls of selected technical contributions
Conducted motions of selected technical contributions
For details, please refer
to the meeting
agenda.
Three teleconference calls
are scheduled in December 2025/January 2026 to review and discuss technical
contributions, and conduct straw polls and motions of selected technical
contributions.
The Task Group met thrice
in October 2025 and reviewed 5 technical contributions. Straw polls related to 4 technical
contributions were also conducted.
For details, please refer
to the meeting
agenda.
The Task Group met four
times in the 2025 September wireless interim, with the following tasks
completed:
Reviewed technical contributions
Conducted straw polls of selected technical contributions
For details, please refer
to the meeting
agenda.
Three teleconference calls
are scheduled in October to review and discuss technical contributions, and
conduct straw polls of selected technical contributions.
The Task Group met twice in
August/September 2025 and reviewed 2 technical contributions.
For details, please refer
to the meeting
agenda.
The Task Group met thrice
in the 2025 July plenary, with the following tasks completed:
Reviewed technical contributions
Reviewed the liaison from TEC, DoT, India
For details, please refer
to the meeting
agenda.
Three teleconference calls
are scheduled between mid August and early September, with focus on the review
and discussion of technical contributions/straw polls.
The Task Group met twice in
the 2025 May wireless interim, with the following tasks completed:
Confirmed the selection
procedure for draft development
Confirmed the timeline of the task group
Reviewed technical contributions
For details, please refer
to the meeting
agenda.
Four teleconference calls
are scheduled in June 2025, with focus on the review and discussion of
technical contributions.
The Task Group met four
times in April 2025 and reviewed 7 technical contributions.
For details, please refer
to the meeting
agenda.
The Task Group met twice in
the 2025 March plenary, with the following tasks completed:
Completed the Editor
appointment and Vice Chair elections
Discussed the proposed task group timeline
Discussed the proposed selection procedure for draft development
Reviewed technical contributions
For details, please refer
to the meeting
agenda.
Four teleconference calls
are scheduled in April 2025, with focus on the review and discussion of
technical contributions.
The Task Groups kickoff meeting was held on 26 February 2025.
For details, please refer
to the meeting
agenda.
The next meeting is
scheduled in the 2025 March plenary.
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