IEEE 802.11 Official Timelines

IN PROCESS - Standards, Amendments, and Recommended Practices
IEEE Project and Final Document	Final Doc Type	Project Authorization Request (PAR)	Task Group and Activity	Documentation		Current Status	PAR Approved, Modified, or Extended [Expires]	WG Letter Ballots				Form Sponsor Ballot Pool / Reform	MEC / MDR Done	IEEE-SA Sponsor Ballots				Final 802.11 WG Approval	Final or Conditional 802 EC Approval	RevCom & Standards Board Final or Continuous Process Approval	ANSI Approved
				Session End Snapshot				Draft	Date		Result			Draft	Date		Result
				Format & Version	Incorporated Baselines			Predicted Initial		Predicted Recirc				Predicted Initial		Predicted Recirc
IEEE Std P802.11ai	A	Fast Initial Link Setup	TGai	None	802.11 802.11ae 802.11aa 802.11ad 802.11ac 802.11af 802.11ah	Actual	2010-12-08 [2014-12-31]
IEEE Std P802.11ai	A	Fast Initial Link Setup	TGai	None		Predicted	C	Jan 13		Mar 13		Jul-13	Jul-13	Nov 13		Jan 14		Mar-14	Mar-14	Mar-14	N/A
IEEE Std P802.11ah	A	Sub 1 GHz	TGah	None	802.11 802.11ae 802.11aa 802.11ad 802.11ac 802.11af	Actual	2010-10-04 [2013-12-31]
IEEE Std P802.11ah	A	Sub 1 GHz	TGah	None	802.11 802.11ae 802.11aa 802.11ad 802.11ac 802.11af	Predicted	C	Mar 13		May 13		Jan-14	Mar-14	Mar 14		May 14		Nov-14	Jan-15	Mar-15	N/A
IEEE Std P802.11ae	A	Prioritization of Management Frames	TGae	PDF D6.00	802.11	Actual	2009-12-09 [2010-10-15]	D1.00 D2.00 D3.00 D4.00 D5.00	2010-10-27 2011-02-18 2011-04-26 2011-06-18 2011-08-04		81% 86% 89% 96% 96%	2011-07-01	2011-05-01	D5.00 D6.00 D7.00 D8.00	2011-09-09 2011-10-29 2011-12-13 2012-01-04		95% 96% 100% 100%	2012-01-20
IEEE Std P802.11ae	A	Prioritization of Management Frames	TGae	PDF D6.00	802.11	Predicted	C	C		C		C	C	C		C		C	Mar-12	Mar-12	N/A
IEEE Std P802.11af	A	TV White Spaces	TGaf	PDF D1.04	802.11 802.11ae 802.11aa 802.11ad 802.11ac	Actual	2009-12-09 [2013-12-31]	D1.00	2011-02-24		62%
IEEE Std P802.11af	A	TV White Spaces	TGaf	PDF D1.04	802.11 802.11ae 802.11aa 802.11ad 802.11ac	Predicted	C	C		Jul 12		Oct-12	Sep-12	Nov 12		Jan 13		Nov-13	Nov-13	Dec-13	N/A
IEEE Std P802.11ad	A	Very High Throughput 60GHz	TGad	PDF D5.00	802.11 802.11ae 802.11aa	Actual	2008-12-10 [2012-12-31]	D1.00 D2.00 D3.00 D4.00 D5.00 D5.00	2010-10-24 2011-04-05 2011-06-01 2011-08-09 2011-10-06 2011-11-24		87% 88% 92% 95% 94% 95%	2011-09-01	2011-07-01	D5.00	2012-01-05		86%
IEEE Std P802.11ad	A	Very High Throughput 60GHz	TGad	PDF D5.00	802.11 802.11ae 802.11aa	Predicted	C	C		C		C	C	C		Mar 12		Jul-12	Jul-12	Dec-12	N/A
IEEE Std P802.11ac	A	Very High Throughput 6GHz	TGac	PDF D1.30	802.11 802.11ae 802.11aa 802.11ad	Actual	2008-09-26 [2012-12-31]	D1.00	2011-06-25		74%
IEEE Std P802.11ac	A	Very High Throughput 6GHz	TGac	PDF D1.30	802.11 802.11ae 802.11aa 802.11ad	Predicted	C	C		Nov 11		Nov-12	Jan-13	Jan 13		May 13		Nov-13	Nov-13	Dec-13	N/A
IEEE Std P802.11aa	A	Video Transport Streams	TGaa	Word / PDF D7.00	802.11 802.11ae	Actual	2008-03-27 [2012-12-31]	D1.00 D2.00 D3.00 D4.00 D5.00 D6.00 D6.00	2010-07-10 2010-12-08 2011-02-24 2011-04-09 2011-06-17 2011-08-09 2011-08-31		78% 79% 81% 85% 90% 94% 95%	2011-06-30	2011-06-16	D6.00 D7.00 D8.00	2011-10-12 2011-11-26 2012-01-02		93% 96% 99%
IEEE Std P802.11aa	A	Video Transport Streams	TGaa	Word / PDF D7.00	802.11 802.11ae	Predicted	C	C		C		C	C	C		C		Mar-12	Mar-12	Jun-12	N/A
IEEE Std P802.11	STD	802.11 Accumulated Maintenance Changes	TGmb	Frame / PDF D9.01	802.11-2007 802.11k-2008 802.11r-2008 802.11y-2008 802.11w-2009 802.11n-2009 802.11p-2010 802.11z-2010 802.11v-2011 802.11u-2011 802.11s-2011	Actual	2007-03-22 [2011-12-31]	D1.00 D2.00 D3.00 D4.00 D5.00	2009-06-27 2010-01-08 2010-04-25 2010-06-25 2010-08-19		87% 89% 89% 89% 92%	2010-09-14	2010-09-01	D6.00 D7.00 D8.00 D9.00 D10.00 D11.00 D12.00	2010-11-05 2011-02-18 2011-04-14 2011-06-22 2011-09-07 2011-10-22 2011-11-13		87% 90% 92% 93% 92% 94% 97%	2011-11-11	2011-11-11
IEEE Std P802.11	STD	802.11 Accumulated Maintenance Changes	TGmb	Frame / PDF D9.01		Predicted	C	C		C		C	C	C		C		C	C	Mar-12	N/A

PUBLISHED - Standards, Amendments, and Recommended Practices
IEEE Project and Final Document	Final Doc Type	Project Authorization Request (PAR)	Task Group and Activity	Documentation		Current Status	PAR Approved, Modified, or Extended [Expires]	WG Letter Ballots				Form Sponsor Ballot Pool / Reform	MEC / MDR Done	IEEE-SA Sponsor Ballots				Final 802.11 WG Approval	Final or Conditional 802 EC Approval	RevCom & Standards Board Final or Continuous Process Approval	ANSI Approved
				Session End Snapshot				Draft	Date		Result			Draft	Date		Result
				Format & Version	Incorporated Baselines			Predicted Initial		Predicted Recirc				Predicted Initial		Predicted Recirc
IEEE Std P802.11s-2011	A	Mesh Networking	TGs	PDF	802.11-2007 802.11k-2008 802.11r-2008 802.11y-2008 802.11w-2009 802.11n-2009 802.11p-2010 802.11z-2010 802.11v-2011 802.11u-2011	Actual	2004-05-13 [2010-12-31]	D1.00 D2.00 D3.00 D4.00 D5.00 D6.00 D7.00	2007-01-06 2008-05-03 2009-05-04 2010-01-08 2010-04-15 2010-06-28 2010-08-13		48% 61% 79% 85% 89% 89% 95%	2010-09-12	2010-09-29	D7.00 D8.00 D9.00 D10.00 D11.00	2010-11-01 2011-01-10 2011-03-05 2011-04-09 2011-05-07		95% 96% 95% 97% 97%	2011-07-01	2011-07-01	2011-08-01
IEEE Std P802.11u-2011	A	InterWorking with External Networks	TGu	Frame / PDF D13.00	802.11-2007 802.11k-2008 802.11r-2008 802.11y-2008 802.11w-2009 802.11n-2009 802.11p-2010 802.11z-2010 802.11v-2011	Actual	2004-12-08 (02/05/2008) [2010-12-31]	D1.00 D2.00 D3.00 D4.00 D5.00 D6.00 D7.00 D8.00	2007-07-08 2008-03-15 2008-07-12 2008-10-08 2009-02-20 2009-04-24 2009-06-19 2009-08-18		64% 70% 77% 78% 82% 90% 88% 93%	2009-06-01	2009-07-12	D8.00 D9.00 D10.00 D11.00 D12.00 D13.00	2009-11-07 2010-04-23 2010-07-08 2010-08-13 2010-09-12 2010-11-21		90% 92% 94% 96% 98% 99%	2010-11-01	2010-11-01	2011-02-25
IEEE Std P802.11v-2011	A	Wireless Network Management	TGv	Frame / PDF D16.00	802.11-2007 802.11k-2008 802.11r-2008 802.11y-2008 802.11w-2009 802.11n-2009 802.11p-2010 802.11z-2010	Actual	2004-12-08 [2010-12-31]	D1.00 D2.00 D3.00 D4.00 D5.00 D6.00 D7.00	2007-08-30 2008-03-15 2008-07-13 2008-12-19 2009-04-04 2009-06-12 2009-08-07		63% 67% 69% 81% 83% 90% 92%	2009-06-01	2009-07-12	D7.00 D9.00 D10.00 D11.00 D12.00 D13.00 D14.00 D15.00 D15.00 D16.00	2009-11-07 2010-02-17 2010-04-13 2010-06-10 2010-07-07 2010-07-28 2010-08-25 2010-10-18 2010-09-30 2010-11-15		81% 84% 87% 92% 94% 98% 98% 98% 98% 98%	2010-11-01	2010-11-01	2011-02-09
IEEE Std P802.11z-2010	A	Extensions to Direct Link Setup	TGz	Word / PDF D13.00	802.11-2007 802.11k-2008 802.11r-2008 802.11y-2008 802.11w-2009 802.11n-2009 802.11p-2010	Actual	2007-08-22	D1.00 D2.00 D3.00 D4.00 D5.00 D6.00	2008-05-03 2008-08-20 2008-12-18 2009-03-05 2009-06-23 2009-08-26		64% 66% 84% 88% 92% 96%	2009-06-01	2009-06-18	D6.00 D7.00 D8.00 D9.00 D11.00 D13.00	2009-11-07 2010-02-27 2010-05-04 2010-06-10 2010-08-04 2010-08-29		87% 87% 94% 95% 95% 98%	C	C	2010-10-01
IEEE Std P802.11p-2010	A	Wireless Access for the Vehicular Environment	TGp	N/A	802.11-2007 802.11k-2008 802.11r-2008 802.11y-2008 802.11w-2009 802.11n-2009	Actual	2004-09-23	D1.00 D2.00 D3.00 D4.00 D5.00 D6.00 D7.00 D8.00 D9.00	2006-04-11 2007-01-05 2007-09-12 2008-05-03 2008-12-05 2009-03-31 2009-06-13 2009-08-05 2009-10-10		59% 67% 74% 79% 85% 89% 85% 89% 93%	2009-06-01	2008-06-19	D9.00 D10.00 D11.00	2009-11-22 2010-02-16 2010-04-07		93% 96% 99%	C	C	2010-07-15
IEEE Std P802.11w-2009	A	Protected Management Frames	TGw	N/A	802.11-2007 802.11k-2008 802.11r-2008 802.11y-2008	Actual	2005-03-20	D1.00 D2.00 D3.00 D4.00 D5.00 D6.00	2006-11-19 2007-05-02 2007-10-19 2008-01-05 2008-02-20 2008-04-18		86% 89% 92% 92% 95% 97%	2007-11-13		D6.00 D7.00 D9.00 D10.00 D11.00	2008-09-24 2009-01-18 2009-05-23 2009-06-14 2009-06-28		86% 88% 92% 93% 95%	C	C	2009-09-11
IEEE Std P802.11n-2009	A	High Throughput	TGn		802.11-2007 802.11k-2008 802.11r-2008 802.11y-2008 802.11w-2009	Actual	2003-09-11 [2007-09-27]	D1.00 D2.00 D3.00 D4.00 D5.00 D6.00 D7.00 D7.00	2006-04-29 2007-03-09 2007-10-27 2008-04-12 2008-06-12 2008-08-05 2008-09-30 2008-12-02		47% 83% 85% 88% 90% 91% 94% 95%	2008-12-11	2008-12-11	D7.00 D8.00 D9.00 D10.00 D11.00 D11.00	2009-01-10 2009-03-06 2009-04-04 2009-05-30 2009-07-03 2009-06-20		78% 80% 81% 88% 91% 90%	C	C	2009-09-11
IEEE Std P802.11y-2008	A	3650-3700 MHz Operation in USA	TGy	N/A	802.11-2007 802.11k-2008 802.11r-2008	Actual	2008-12-31	D1.00 D2.00 D3.00 D4.00 D5.00 D6.00	2007-01-07 2007-05-05 2007-06-20 2007-08-21 2007-10-13 2007-12-08		76% 84% 91% 94% 96% 99%	2007-06-20	2007-07-28	D7.00 D8.00 D9.00 D10.00 D11.00	2008-01-30 2008-03-08 2008-03-27 2008-03-18 2008-06-20		93% 93% 96% 97% 97%	C	C	2008-11-06
IEEE Std P802.11r-2008	A	Fast Roaming	TGr	N/A	802.11-2007 802.11k-2008	Actual	2008-12-31	D1.00 D2.00 D3.00 D4.00 D5.00 D6.00	2006-01-04 2006-04-04 2006-10-14 2006-12-04 2007-04-04 2007-06-13		81% 88% 86% 92% 95% 97%		2007-04-11	D7.00 D8.00 D9.00 D9.00	2007-08-30 2007-10-07 2008-02-01 2008-01-17		86% 90% 97% 96%	C	C	2008-05-09
IEEE Std P802.11k-2008	A	Radio Resource Measurement	TGk	N/A	802.11-2007	Actual	2002-12-11	D1.00 D2.00 D3.00 D4.00 D5.00 D6.00 D7.00 D7.00	2007-09-11 2008-01-05 2004-09-11 2005-03-15 2005-11-12 2006-03-31 2006-09-16 2006-11-16 2007-02-13 2007-05-05		90% 100% 95% 86% 80% 81% 85% 91% 92% 93%		2007-04-10	D8.00 D9.00 D10.00 D11.00 D12.00 D12.00 D13.00	2007-08-13 2007-10-04 2007-12-08 2008-01-17 2008-02-14 2008-02-01 2008-03-18		90% 89% 91% 95% 95% 95% 97%	C	C	2008-05-09
IEEE Std P802.11-2007	STD	802.11 Standard Maintenance Revision	TGma	N/A	802.11-1999 802.11a-1999 802.11b-1999 802.11b Cor1-2001 802.11d-2001 802.11g-2003 802.11h-2003 802.11i-2004 802.11j-2004 802.11e-2005	Actual	2003-03-20 [2003-03-20]	D1.00 D2.00 D3.00 D4.00	2005-05-08 2005-07-17 2005-08-19 2005-09-19		91% 94% 95% 96%	2005-08-21	2005-08-21	D5.00 D6.00 D7.00 D8.00 D9.00	2005-11-20 2006-05-10 2006-07-11 2006-09-09 2006-11-07		86% 90% 91% 96% 96%	2006-11-08	2006-11-08	2007-03-08
IEEE Std P802.11c-1998	A	Media Access Control MAC Bridges - Supplement for Support by IEEE 802.11	TGc	N/A		Actual	1997-12-09											C	C	1998-09-16	2000-02-04

SUPERSEDED OR WITHDRAWN - Standards, Amendments, and Recommended Practices
IEEE Project and Final Document	Final Doc Type	Project Authorization Request (PAR)	Task Group and Activity	Documentation		Current Status	PAR Approved, Modified, or Extended [Expires]	WG Letter Ballots				Form Sponsor Ballot Pool / Reform	IEEE-SA Sponsor Ballots				Final 802.11 WG Approval	Final or Conditional 802 EC Approval	RevCom & Standards Board Final or Continuous Process Approval	ANSI Approved	Superseded or Withdrawn by Standards Board
				Session End Snapshot				Draft	Date		Result		Draft	Date		Result
				Format & Version	Incorporated Baselines			Predicted Initial		Predicted Recirc			Predicted Initial		Predicted Recirc
IEEE Std P802.11.2	RP	Wireless Performance	TGt			Actual	2008-12-31	D1.00	2007-05-16		76%										2008-05-14
IEEE Std P802.11e-2005	A	MAC Enhancements QoS	TGe	N/A	802.11-1999 802.11a-1999 802.11b-1999 802.11b Cor1-2001 802.11d-2001 802.11g-2003 802.11h-2003 802.11i-2004 802.11j-2004	Actual	2000-03-30	D4.00 D5.00 D6.00 D7.00 D8.00	2001-05-15 2002-01-16 2002-07-02 2003-01-08 2003-08-22 2003-12-20 2004-02-15 2004-03-10		55% 49% 83% 97% 89% 93% 94%		D8.00 D9.00 D10.00 D11.00 D12.00 D13.00 D13.00	2004-05-30 2004-08-31 2004-10-08 2004-11-11 2004-12-23 2005-04-16 2005-02-18		85% 87% 92% 95% 96% 99% 96%	2005-07-22	2005-07-22	2005-09-22		2007-03-08
IEEE Std P802.11j-2004	A	4.9 GHz-5 GHz Operation in Japan	TGj	N/A	802.11-1999 802.11a-1999 802.11b-1999 802.11b Cor1-2001 802.11d-2001 802.11g-2003 802.11h-2003 802.11i-2004	Actual	2002-12-11	D1.00 D1.20 D1.30 D1.40	2003-05-12 2004-01-14 2004-03-11 2004-04-20		68% 89% 94% 95%	2004-05-13	D1.50 D1.60	2004-07-02 2004-08-14		88% 96%	C	C	2004-09-23	2005-02-02	2007-03-08
IEEE Std P802.11i-2004	A	MAC Security Enhancements	TGi	N/A	802.11-1999 802.11a-1999 802.11b-1999 802.11b Cor1-2001 802.11d-2001 802.11g-2003 802.11h-2003	Actual	2001-05-30	D3.00 D4.00 D5.00 D6.00 D7.00	2002-05-04 2003-01-12 2003-06-06 2003-08-19 2003-10-09 2003-11-04		77% 76% 78% 87% 92% 95%	2003-08-10	D7.00 D8.00 D9.00 D10.00	2003-12-20 2004-03-12 2004-04-10 2004-05-08		89% 92% 98% 98%	C	C	2004-06-24	2005-02-14	2007-03-08
IEEE Std P802.11h-2003	A	Spectrum and Transmit Power Management Extensions in the 5 GHz Band in Europe	TGh	N/A	802.11-1999 802.11a-1999 802.11b-1999 802.11b Cor1-2001 802.11d-2001 802.11g-2003	Actual	2000-12-07	D2.20	2001-09-03 2002-05-05 2002-09-01 2002-11-01		76% 90% 97%	2002-07-25	D3.00 D3.11 D3.60	2003-02-06 2003-06-26 2003-04-30		92% 98% 96%	C	C	2003-09-11	2003-12-29	2007-03-08
IEEE Std P802.11g-2003	A	Further Higher Data Rate Extension in the 2.4 GHz Band	TGg	N/A	802.11-1999 802.11a-1999 802.11b-1999 802.11b Cor1-2001 802.11d-2001	Actual	2000-09-21	D5.00 D4.00 D6.10	2002-03-11 2002-09-01 2003-01-08 2002-11-01 2003-02-04		45% 83% 88% 87% 89%	2002-07-25	D6.20 D7.10 D8.20	2003-03-09 2003-04-08 2003-05-14		84% 85% 96%	C	C	2003-06-12	2003-10-20	2007-03-08
IEEE Std P802.11b Cor1-2001	COR	Corrigenda to IEEE 802.11b-1999	TGb-Cor1		802.11-1999 802.11a-1999	Actual	1999-11-27						D1.50	2001-04-13		98%	C	C	2001-10-10	2002-01-30	2007-03-08
IEEE Std P802.11d-2001	A	Operation in Additional Regulatory Domains	TGd	N/A	802.11-1999 802.11a-1999 802.11b-1999 802.11b Cor1-2001	Actual	1999-06-26		2000-04-04 2000-06-26			2001-11-29	D2.00 D3.00	2001-03-01 2001-04-13		93% 100%	C	C	2001-06-14	2001-10-25	2007-03-08
IEEE Std P802.11b-1999	A	Higher Speed PHY Extension in the 2.4 GHz Band	TGb	N/A	802.11-1999 802.11a-1999	Actual	1997-12-09		1998-11-09								C	C	1999-09-16		2007-03-08
IEEE Std P802.11a-1999	A	Higher Speed PHY Extension in the 5GHz Band	TGa	N/A	802.11-1999	Actual	1997-09-16										C	C	1999-09-16	2000-02-04	2007-03-08
IEEE Std P802.11f-2003	RP	Inter-Access Point Protocol Across Distribution Systems Supporting IEEE 802.11 Operation	TGf	N/A		Actual	2000-03-30		2001-05-15 2001-09-03 2002-03-10 2002-06-16		82% 96%	2002-07-27	D4.00 D4.10 D5.00 D6.00	2002-10-28 2002-12-19 2003-02-17 2003-04-08		88% 95% 97% 98%	C	C	2003-06-12		2006-02-03
IEEE Std P802.11-1999	STD	Part II Wireless LAN Medium Access Control MAC and Physical Layer PHY Specifications	MAC/PHY	N/A		Actual	1997-12-09							2003-01-07 2003-04-09 2003-02-02		99% 99% 99%	C	C	1999-03-18	1999-07-15	2005-09-30
IEEE Std P802.11-1997	STD	IEEE Standard for Wireless LAN Medium Access Control MAC and Physical Layer PHY Specifications	MAC/PHY	N/A		Actual	1991-03-21										C	C	1997-06-26		1999-07-15

Timeline Chart Notes:
C	= Stage Completed or Currently In-Process	N/A	= Not Applicable	MEC	= IEEE-SA Mandatory Editorial Coordination	MDR	= 802.11 WG Mandatory Draft Review
A / COR	= Amendment / Corrigendum	RP	= Recommended Practice	Final 802.11 WG	= Approval by 802.11 WG - Current WG Calendar
Predicted	= Current Date Estimate	SB	= Sponsor Ballot	Final or Conditional 802 EC	= Approval by 802 EC at Plenary Session - Current 802 EC Plenary Calendar
Date	= Actual or Start Date	STD	= Standard and/or Revision	RevCom/Standards Board	= Approval of RevCom / IEEE-SA Standards Board in Normal Session - Current IEEE-SA Calendar
LB	= Letter Ballot	TG	= Task Group	ANSI	= American National Standards Institute

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