IEEE SA STANDARDS ASSOCIATION IEEE Standard for Information Technology- STANDARDS 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 6: Light Communications IEEE Computer Society Developed by the LAN/MAN Standards Committee IEEE Std 802.11bbTM-2023 (Amendment to IEEE Std 802.11TM-2020 as amended byIEEE Std802.11axTM-2021, IEEEStd 802.11ayTM-2021 IEEE Std 802.11ba TM-2021, IEEEStd802.11azTM-2022 IEEE Std 802.11-2020/Cor 1-2022, and IEEEStd802.11bdTM-2023) IEEE Authorized licensed use limited to: University of Edinburgh. Downloaded on December 23,2023 at 23:54:56 UTC from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply. IEEEStd802.11bbTM-2023 (Amendment to IEEE Std 802.11TM-2020 as amended byIEEEStd802.11axTM-2021, IEEEStd802.11ayTM-2021, IEEE Std 802.11ba Tm-2021, IEEE Std 802.11azTM-2022 IEEE Std 802.11-2020/Cor 1-2022, and IEEEStd802.11bdTM-2023) 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 6: Light Communications Developed by the LAN/MAN Standards Committee of the IEEE Computer Society Approved 5 June 2023 IEEE SA Standards Board Authorized licensed use limited to: University of Edinburgh. Downloaded on December 23,2023 at 23:54:56 UTC from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply. Abstract: Modifications to existing physical layers (PHYs) and the medium access control layer (MAC) that enable transparent operation of IEEE 802.11 over the light in the 800 nm to 1000 nm band are specified in this amendment. This amendment specifies PHYs that provide bidirectional operations that achieve a minimum and maximum throughput of 10 Mb/s and 9.6 Gb/s, respectively, as measured at the MAC data service access point (SAP), and facilitate interoperabilityamongsolid-statelightsourceswithdifferentmodulationbandwidths. Keywords: IEEE 802.11 TM, IEEE 802.11bb TM, LC, light communication, MAC, medium access control, PHY, physical layer The Institute of Electrical and E 3 Park Avenue,New York, NY 10016-5997, USA Copyright 2023 byTheInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Inc Allrights reserved. Published 10 November 2023. Printed in the United States of America. IEEE and 802 are registered trademarks in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, owned by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Incorporated Print: ISBN 979-8-8557-0008-4 STD26380 PDF: ISBN979-8-8557-0009-1 STDPD26380 IEEE prohibits discrimination, harassment and bullying. Formore information, visit http:/www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/whatis/policies/p9-26.html. of the publisher. Authorized licensed use limited to: University of Edinburgh. Downloaded on December 23,2023 at 23:54:56 UTC from IEEE Xplore. Restrictions apply Important Notices and Disclaimers Concerning IEEE Standards Documents IEEE Standards documents are made available for use subject to important notices and legal disclaimers These notices and disclaimers, or a referenceto this page(https://standards.iee org/ipr/disclaimers.html) appear in all standards and may be found under the heading “Important Notices and Disclaimers Concerning IEEE Standards Documents. Notice and Disclaimer of Liability Concerning the Use of IEEE Standards Documents IEEE Standards documents are developed within IEEE Societies and subcommittees of IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) Board of Governors. IEEE develops its standards through an accredited consensus development process, which brings together volunteers representing varied viewpoints and interests to achieve the final product. IEEE standards are documents developed by volunteers with scientific, academic, andindustry-basedexpertiseintechnicalworkinggroups.VolunteersarenotnecessarilymembersofIEEE or IEEE SA and par