De wififamilie kan ook over licht lopen
IEEE 802.11bb-2023 laat 802.11 over licht lopen in de band van 800 tot 1000 nanometer. De fysieke lagen halen volgens de pagina tussen 10 megabit en 9,6 gigabit per seconde, gemeten bij de toegangslaag, en moeten lichtbronnen met verschillende modulatiebandbreedtes laten samenwerken. De pagina markeert de standaard als vervangen. Publicatiedatum 10 november 2023.
«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 interoperability among solid-state light sources with different modulation bandwidths.»