IEEE/ISO/IEC 8802-11-2018/Amd3-2020 - ISO/IEC/IEEE Telecommunications and exchange between information technology systems--Requirements for local and metropolitan area networks--Part 11:Wireless LAN medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications - AMENDMENT 3: Enhancements for very high throughput to support Chinese millimeter wave frequency bands (60 GHz and 45 GHz)

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The IEEE 802.11 directional multi-gigabit (DMG) physical layer (PHY) and the medium access control (MAC) layer are modified by this amendment to IEEE Std 802.11-2016 to enable operation in the Chinese millimeter wave frequency band around 60 GHz. This amendment also defines modifications to the IEEE 802.11 PHY and MAC layer to enable operation in the Chinese millimeter wave frequency band around 45 GHz.

Standards Committee	C/LM - LAN/MAN Standards Committee
Status	Active
History	Published Date:2020-08-21 Adopted Date:2020-08-21

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Working Group	802.11 WG - Wireless LAN Working Group
Working Group Chair	Dorothy Stanley
Standards Committee	C/LM - LAN/MAN Standards Committee
Society	IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Program Manager	Christy Bahn
Active Projects	Active IEEE P802.11az - IEEE Draft Standard for Information technology - Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks - Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications - Amendment 3: Enhancements for positioning This amendment defines modifications to both the IEEE 802.11 medium access control layer (MAC) and physical layers (PHY). It enables absolute and relative position estimation with higher-accuracy executing on the same PHY-type. Further, it reduces existing wireless medium utilization and power consumption, is scalable to dense deployments, and includes security features.
Existing Standards	Superseded IEEE 802.11j-2004 - IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems-Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements--Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications--Amendment 7:4.9 GHz-5 GHz Operation in Japan This amendment specifies the extensions to IEEE Std 802.11? for Wireless Local Area Networks providing mechanisms for operation in the 4.9 GHz and 5 GHz bands in Japan. This amendment is based on IEEE Std 802.11?, 1999 Edition (Reaff 2003), as amended by IEEE Stds 802.11a?-1999, 802.11b?-1999, 802.11b-1999/Cor 1-2001, 802.11d?-2001, 802.11g?-2003, 802.11h?-2003, and 802.11i?-2004.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11-2007 - IEEE Standard for Information Technology - Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Systems - Local and Metropolitan Area Networks - Specific Requirements - Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications This revision specifies technical corrections and clarifications to IEEE Std 802.11 for wireless local area networks (WLANS) as well as enhancements to the existing medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) functions. It also incorporates Amendments 1 through 8 including a corrigendum.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11u-2011 - IEEE Standard for Information Technology-Telecommunications and information exchange between systems-Local and Metropolitan networks-specific requirements-Part II: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications: Amendment 9: Interworking with External Networks This amendment specifies enhancements to the IEEE 802.11 medium access control (MAC) that support wireless local area network (WLAN) interworking with external networks. It enables higher layer functionalities to provide overall end-to-end solutions. The main goals of this amendment are aiding network discovery and selection, enabling information transfer from external networks, enabling emergency services, and interfacing subscription service provider networks (SSPNs) to IEEE 802.11 networks that support interworking with external networks.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11v-2011 - IEEE Standard for Information technology-- Local and metropolitan area networks-- Specific requirements-- Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications Amendment 8: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Network Management This amendment provides Wireless Network Management enhancements to the IEEE 802.11 MAC, and PHY, extending radio measurements to effect a complete and coherent upper layer interface for managing IEEE 802.11 devices in wireless networks.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11w-2009 - IEEE Standard for Information technology - Telecommunications and information exchange between systems - Local and metropolitan area networks - Specific requirements. Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 4: Protected Management Frames This amendment specifies the extensions to IEEE Std 802.11 for wireless local area networks (WLANs) providing mechanisms for protecting management frames.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11y-2008 - IEEE Standard for Information technology-- Local and metropolitan area networks-- Specific requirements-- Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 3: 3650-3700 MHz Operation in USA This amendment defines enhancements to the IEEE 802.11 physical layer (PHY) and medium access control (MAC) to support operation in the 3650-3700 MHz band in the United States.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11k-2008 - IEEE Standard for Information technology-- Local and metropolitan area networks-- Specific requirements-- Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC)and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 1: Radio Resource Measurement of Wireless LANs This amendment specifies the extensions to IEEE Std 802.11 for Wireless LANs providing mechanisms for Radio Resource Measurement.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11n-2009 - IEEE Standard for Information technology-- Local and metropolitan area networks-- Specific requirements-- Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC)and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 5: Enhancements for Higher Throughput This amendment defines modifications to both the 802.11 physical layers (PHY) and the 802.11 Medium Access Control Layer (MAC) so that modes of operation can be enabled that are capable of much higher throughputs, with a maximum throughput of at least 100Mb/s, as measured at the MAC data service access point (SAP).
	Superseded IEEE 802.11p-2010 - IEEE Standard for Information technology-- Local and metropolitan area networks-- Specific requirements-- Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 6: Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments This amendment specifies the extensions to IEEE Std 802.11 for wireless local area networks (WLANs) providing wireless communications while in a vehicular environment.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11r-2008 - IEEE Standard for Information technology-- Local and metropolitan area networks-- Specific requirements-- Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 2: Fast Basic Service Set (BSS) Transition This amendment specifies the extensions to IEEE Std 802.11-2007 for wireless local area networks (WLANs) providing mechanisms for fast basic service set (BSS) transition.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11z-2010 - IEEE Standard for Information technology-- Local and metropolitan area networks-- Specific requirements-- Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications Amendment 7: Extensions to Direct-Link Setup (DLS) This amendment provides direct-link setup enhancements to the IEEE 802.11 MAC and PHY, extending direct-link setup to be independent of the access point (AP), and adding power save capabilities. The direct-link setup is made independent of the AP by tunneling the protocol messages inside data frames.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11s-2011 - IEEE Standard for Information Technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications Amendment 10: Mesh Networking This amendment describes protocols for IEEE 802.11 stations to form self-configuring multi-hop networks that support both broadcast/multicast and unicast data delivery.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11aa-2012 - IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 2: MAC Enhancements for Robust Audio Video Streaming Amendment to IEEE Std 802.11(TM)-2012. This amendment specifies enhancements to the IEEE 802.11 medium access control (MAC) for robust audio video (AV) streaming, while maintaining coexistence with other types of traffic.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11ac-2013 - IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems?Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements--Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications--Amendment 4: Enhancements for Very High Throughput for Operation in Bands below 6 GHz. The purpose of this amendment is to improve the IEEE 802.11? wireless local area network (WLAN) user experience by providing significantly higher basic service set (BSS) throughput for existing WLAN application areas and to enable new market segments for operation below 6 GHz including distribution of multiple multimedia/data streams.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11-2012 - IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications This revision specifies technical corrections and clarifications to IEEE Std 802.11 for wireless local area networks (WLANS) as well as enhancements to the existing medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) functions. It also incorporates Amendments 1 to 10 published in 2008 to 2011.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11ad-2012 - IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements-Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 3: Enhancements for Very High Throughput in the 60 GHz Band This amendment defines modifications to both the IEEE 802.11 physical layers (PHYs) and the IEEE 802.11 medium access control layer (MAC) to enable operation in frequencies around 60 GHz and capable of very high throughput.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11ae-2012 - IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 1: Prioritization of Management Frames A mechanism for prioritization of management frames is provided and a protocol to communicate management frame prioritization policy is specified in this amendment.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11af-2013 - IEEE Standard for Information technology - Telecommunications and information exchange between systems - Local and metropolitan area networks - Specific requirements - Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 5: Television White Spaces (TVWS) Operation Enhancements to the IEEE 802.11 physical layers (PHYs) and medium access control (MAC) sublayer to support operation in the white spaces in television bands are defined.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11ah-2016 - IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems - Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements - Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 2: Sub 1 GHz License Exempt Operation Modifications to both the IEEE 802.11(TM) physical layer (PHY) and the medium access control (MAC) sublayer to enable operation of license-exempt IEEE 802.11 wireless networks in frequency bands below 1 GHz, excluding the television (TV) White Space bands, with a transmission range up to 1 km and a minimum data rate of at least 100 Kb/s are defined in this amendment. (The PDF pf this standard is available at no cost compliments of the IEEE GET program at https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/browse/standards/get-program/page)
	Superseded IEEE 802.11ai-2016 - IEEE Standard for Information technology?Telecommunications and information exchange between systems - Local and metropolitan area networks?Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 1: Fast Initial Link Setup Mechanisms that provide IEEE Std 802.11 networks with fast initial link setup methods that do not degrade the security offered by Robust Security Network Association (RSNA) already defined in IEEE Std 802.11 are defined in this amendment. (The PDF of this standard is available at no cost compliments of the IEEE GET program https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/browse/standards/get-program/page)
	Superseded IEEE 802.11aj-2018 - IEEE Standard for Information Technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 3: Enhancements for Very High Throughput to Support Chinese Millimeter Wave Frequency Bands(60 GHz and 45 GHz) The IEEE 802.11? directional multi-gigabit (DMG) physical layer (PHY) and the medium access control (MAC) layer are modified by this amendment to IEEE Std 802.11?-2016 to enable operation in the Chinese millimeter wave frequency band around 60 GHz. This amendment also defines modifications to the IEEE 802.11 PHY and MAC layer to enable operation in the Chinese millimeter wave frequency band around 45 GHz. (The PDF of this standard is available at no cost to you compliments of the IEEE GET program https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/browse/standards/get-program/page/)
	Superseded IEEE 802.11-2016 - IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements - Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Technical corrections and clarifications to IEEE Std 802.11 for wireless local area networks (WLANs) as well as enhancements to the existing medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) functions are specified in this revision. Amendments 1 to 5 published in 2012 and 2013 have also been incorporated into this revision.(The PDF of this standard is available at no cost compliments of the IEEE GET program http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/browse/standards/get-program/page/)
	Superseded IEEE 802.11ak-2018 - IEEE Standard for Information technology-Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks-Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 4: Enhancements for Transit Links Within Bridged Networks Protocols, procedures, and managed objects to enhance the ability of IEEE 802.11? media to provide transit links internal to IEEE 802.1Q? bridged networks are specified in this amendment to IEEE Std 802.11?-2016.
	Superseded IEEE 802.11aq-2018 - IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 5: Preassociation Discovery Modifications to IEEE Std 802.11?-2016, above the physical layer (PHY), to enable delivery of preassociation service discovery information to IEEE 802.11 stations (STAs) are defined in this amendment., above the physical layer (PHY), to enable delivery of preassociation service discovery information to IEEE Std 802.11 stations (STAs). (The PDF of this standard is available at no cost to you compliments of the IEEE GET program https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/browse/standards/get-program/page)
	Active IEEE/ISO/IEC 8802-11:2012/Amd.1:-2014 - ISO/IEC/IEEE International Standard Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 1: Prioritization of Management Frames A mechanism for prioritization of management frames is provided and a protocol to communicate management frame prioritization policy is specified in this amendment.
	Active IEEE/ISO/IEC 8802-11:2012/Amd.3:-2014 - ISO/IEC/IEEE International Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements-Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 3: Enhancements for Very High Throughput in the 60 GHz Band (adoption of IEEE Std 802.11ad-2012) This amendment defines modifications to both the IEEE 802.11 physical layers (PHYs)and the IEEE 802.11 medium access control layer (MAC) to enable operation in frequencies around 60 GHz and capable of very high throughput.
	Active IEEE 802.11ay-2021 - IEEE Approved Draft Standard for Information Technology-Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Systems - Local and Metropolitan Area Networks-Specific Requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications--Amendment 2: Enhanced Throughput for Operation in License-Exempt Bands Above 45 GHz This amendment defines standardized modifications to both the IEEE 802.11 physical layers (PHY) and the IEEE 802.11 medium access control layer (MAC) that enables at least one mode of operation capable of supporting a maximum throughput of at least 20 gigabits per second (measured at the MAC data service access point), while maintaining or improving the power efficiency per station.
	Superseded IEEE/ISO/IEC 8802-11:2012/Amd4-2015 - ISO/IEC/IEEE International Standard - Information technology -- Telecommunications and information exchange between systems -- Local and metropolitan area networks -- Specific requirements -- Part 11: Wireless LAN medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications AMENDMENT 4 The purpose of this amendment is to improve the ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802.11(TM) wireless local area network (WLAN) user experience by providing significantly higher basic service set (BSS) throughput for existing WLAN application areas and to enable new market segments for operation below 6 GHz including distribution of multiple multimedia/data streams.
	Superseded IEEE/ISO/IEC 8802-11:2012/Amd5-2015 - ISO/IEC/IEEE International Standard -- Information technology -- Telecommunications and information exchange between systems -- Local and metropolitan area networks -- Specific requirements -- Part 11: Wireless LAN medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications AMENDMENT 5 Enhancements to the ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802.11(TM) physical layers (PHYs) and medium access control (MAC) sublayer to support operation in the white spaces in television bands are defined.
	Active IEEE 802.11ba-2021 - IEEE Approved Draft Standard for Information Technology--Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Systems Local and Metropolitan Area Networks--Specific Requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 3: Wake-Up Radio Operation This amendment defines modifications to both the IEEE 802.11 physical layer (PHY) and the medium access control (MAC) sublayer for wake-up radio operation.
	Active IEEE 802.11-2020 - IEEE Standard for Information Technology--Telecommunications and Information Exchange between Systems - Local and Metropolitan Area Networks--Specific Requirements - Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Technical corrections and clarifications to IEEE Std 802.11 for wireless local area networks (WLANs) as well as enhancements to the existing medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) functions are specified in this revision. Amendments 1 to 5 published in 2016 and 2018 have also been incorporated into this revision.
	Active IEEE 802.11ax-2021 - IEEE Standard for Information Technology--Telecommunications and Information Exchange between Systems Local and Metropolitan Area Networks--Specific Requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications Amendment 1: Enhancements for High-Efficiency WLAN Modifications to both the IEEE 802.11 physical layer (PHY) and medium access control (MAC) sublayer for high-efficiency operation in frequency bands between 1 GHz and 7.125 GHz are defined in this amendment to IEEE Std 802.11-2020.
	Active IEEE/ISO/IEC 8802-11-2018/Amd4-2020 - ISO/IEC/IEEE International Standard --Telecommunications and exchange between information technology systems--Requirements for local and metropolitan area networks--Part 11: Wireless LAN medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications - AMENDMENT 4: Enhancements for transit links within bridged network Protocols, procedures, and managed objects to enhance the ability of IEEE 802.11(TM) media to provide transit links internal to IEEE 802.1Q(TM) bridged networks are specified in this amendment to IEEE Std 802.11(TM)-2016.
	Active IEEE/ISO/IEC 8802-11-2018/Amd5-2020 - IEEE/ISO/IEC International Standard - -Telecommunications and exchange between information technology systems--Requirements for local and metropolitan area networks--Part 11: Wireless LAN medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications AMENDMENT 5: Preassociation discovery Modifications to IEEE Std 802.11(TM)-2016, above the physical layer (PHY), to enable delivery of preassociation service discovery information to IEEE 802.11 stations (STAs) are defined in this amendment.