802.11

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS

The Working Group for WLAN Standards


Upcoming sessions

The next session is 205, an interim session organized by the IEEE 802 Wireless Chairs Standing Committee.

May 12-17, 2024
Held at the Warsaw Marriott Hotel, Warsaw, Poland
Attendance is in-person and electronic
Paid REGISTRATION is required

The meetings between now and the upcoming session will be held by teleconference.

Working group ballots and comment collections

A 15-day recirculation ballot for P802.11bh/D4.0 is currently open. The ballot will close on April 5, 2024.

A comment collection for P802REVc/D1.3 is currently open. The comment collection will close on April 8, 2024.

IEEE SA ballots

An invitation to join the P802.11bf ballot pool is out. Pool formation closes 2024-04-05. If you have expressed an interest in 802.11 you will see an invite after logging in to MyProject.

There are currently no open IEEE SA ballots for 802.11 standards.

Information on the IEEE SA balloting process is available here.

Recent activities

The draft agenda for the May 2024 interim session will be posted shortly.

A report summarizing our work at the March 10-15, 2024 plenary session is available.

The working group approved formation of the AI/ML standing committee.

The 802 EC approved the PAR for P802.11bp on Ambient Power IoT Devices.

IEEE 802 Wireless participants have created a spreadsheet of the frequencies for which operation is defined in 802 standards, including in the 802.11 standard.
See the document ec-22-0266-00-WCSG-ieee-802-s-wireless-standards-table-of-frequency-ranges.xlsx.

Recent standard approvals

IEEE Std 802.11bc™-2023 (incorporating IEEE Std 802.11-2020/Cor 2-2024) was published on February 28, 2024.

IEEE Std 802.11bb™-2023 was published on November 10, 2023.

IEEE Std 802.11bd™-2022 was published on March 10, 2023.

IEEE Std 802.11az™-2022 was published on March 3, 2023.

IEEE Std 802.11™-2020/Cor 1-2022 was published on December 27, 2022.

IEEE Std 802.11ba™-2021 was published on October 8, 2021.

IEEE Std 802.11ay™-2021 was published on July 28, 2021.

IEEE Std 802.11ax™-2021 was published on May 19, 2021.

IEEE Std 802.11™-2020, was published February 26, 2021.

Congratulations to the many 802.11 members who participated in development of these standards. Please visit the photographs page to see pictures of the leadership and major contriburos receiving their awards.

"Click Here" for IEEE 802 Free Standards

The IEEE has made available IEEE 802 standards for free download. Under this program, a standard may be downloaded for free six months after the initial publication of the standard. All relevant IEEE 802.11 Standard, Amendments, and Recommended Practices are listed.

Liaison statments and external communications

Recent liaison statements and communications are available here.

Access to 802.11 draft standards

Draft standards are available from a number of sources:

  • If you are a voting 802.11 member, go to the members' area and log in using the 802.11 members ID and password supplied to you by the 802.11 officers.  Contact Robert Stacey if you have lost this. During an 802.11 session, attendees may access 802.11 draft standards from a local fileserver, regardless of their membership status.
  • If you are an active member of one of the other 802 groups, you may be able to access the 802.11 members' area using the same credentials used to access your own group. If this doesn't work, ask your group's Chair to request access from the 802.11 Chair (Robert Stacey).
  • Draft IEEE standards are, from time to time, made available for purchase using the IEEE store or Techstreet.

IEEE standards development guide

The IEEE-SA has created an easy to use Online Standards Development web site that has a wealth of information that details the whole standards process flow, from creation of the initial PAR, to balloting to final draft, and beyond. It even includes, tutorials, and online forms of the various processes evolved. This site is recommended for all Members and Chairs involved.

Upcoming meetings

A google calendar (embedded below) is maintained for 802.11 meetings.

You can import the calendar as an iCal file, or use the "Add to Google Calendar" at the bottom right of the calendar below.