IEEE P802.11-TASK GROUP BI (EDP) MEETING UPDATE

 

Status of Project IEEE P802.11bi - Enhanced Data Privacy

Carol Ansley, Chair

Stephen McCann, Vice Chair

Jerome Henry, Vice Chair

Stephane Baron, Secretary

Po-Kai Huang, Technical Editor

 

Background: Enhanced Data Privacy

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.  

Scope of TGbi

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.

Activities of TGbi

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.

Find documents:

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 07 February 2024

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 initial draft of the TGbi amendment was completed in January of 2024 and is available in the 802.11 voters area.  It addresses many requirements, with more content still needed.

Technical presentations of potential technical solutions and text proposals are welcomed.

The task group meets most weeks on Wednesday or Thursday at 10am EDT for two hours. Please consult the 802 web calendar for the next scheduled meeting.

Status as of 31 October 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 initial draft in the TGbi timeline is expected in January of 2024. 

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 28 August 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 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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