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{{Short description|Wireless networking standard}}
'''IEEE''' '''802.11bb''' is a line-of-sight light-based wireless networking standard that is part of the 802.11 suite of standards, which defines an interoperable communications protocol for [[Engineering:Li-Fi|Li-Fi]] devices.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Mark |date=2023-07-12 |title=802.11bb Standard Released for WiFi Style Visible Light LiFi Networks |url=https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/07/802-11bb-standard-released-for-wifi-style-visible-light-lifi-networks.html |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=ISPreview UK |language=en}}</ref> Its proponents state that it will allow for very high speed communication that is faster than [[Wi-Fi]].<ref>{{Cite web |first=Mark|last= Tyson |date=2023-07-12 |title=100x Faster Than Wi-Fi: Li-Fi, Light-Based Networking Standard Released |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/li-fi-standard-released |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Tom's Hardware |language=en}}</ref>

The 802.11bb standard describes the use of light in the near-infrared 800 to 1000 nm waveband to implement data rates between 10 Mbit/s and 9.6 Gbit/s, with interoperability between devices with different capabilities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=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 7: Light Communications |url=https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/802.11bb/10823/ |access-date=2023-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=IEEE P802.11 - LIGHT COMMUNICATION TASK GROUP |url=https://www.ieee802.org/11/Reports/tgbb_update.htm |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=www.ieee802.org}}</ref>

Development of 802.11bb was carried out by the IEEE 802.11 Light Communications Task Group. Companies participating in the standardization effort included pureLiFi and Fraunhofer HHI.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Manners |first=David |date=2023-07-12 |title=LiFi standard released - IEEE 802.11bb |url=https://www.electronicsweekly.com/uncategorised/lifi-standard-released-ieee-802-11bb-2023-07/ |access-date=2023-07-14 |website=Electronics Weekly |language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
* ITU-T G.9991, an ITU standard for line of sight optical networking approved in 2019
* IrDA, an early low-speed infrared communication protocol

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.ieee802.org/11/Reports/tgbb_update.htm 802.11 Light Communications Task Group website]

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[[Category:Networking standards]]
[[Category:Wireless communication systems]]
[[Category:IEEE 802.11]]
[[Category:Optical communications]]



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