[STDS-802-11] Report on 802 Technical Plenary

[Mark Hamilton <mark.hamilton2152@xxxxxxxxx>]

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All,

 

As one of the designees from 802.11 to the 802 Technical Plenary, held on Dec 2, I would like to provide the following notes to anyone interested:

 

The agenda can be found here: https://1.ieee802.org/2021-12-technical-plenary-agenda/, and is as follows:

1. Meeting introduction and other administrative items.			Glenn Parsons	10
	Meeting Introduction (please review in advance)	Meeting Introduction Slides
	Attendance	Log Attendance using IMAT here
	Approval of agenda
2. IEEE Std 802 revision				60
	History of Std 802	802-seaman-history-1121	Mick Seaman	15
	Questions about the IEEE 802 Architecture	DCN: 1-21-74	Roger Marks	15
	Is a CSD needed?		Glenn Parsons Roger Marks	15
	Development of revision PAR & optionally a CSD	802-parsons-planning-1221	Glenn Parsons Roger Marks	15
3. 802.1 and 802.15 compatibility		DCN: 15-21-633	Clint Powell Ben Rolfe	40
4. Next meeting		technical plenary slides	Glenn Parsons	10
	Thursday, Jan 13th Thursday, Mar 10th
5. Any other Business

 

 

The following presentations were reviewed, and my high-level notes are associated:

802-seaman-history-1121-v01.pdf

• History of IEEE Std 802 (including published versions and amendments from 1990, (1995), 2001, 802a, 802b, 2014, 802c)

 

1-21-0074-01-ICne-questions-about-the-ieee-802-architecture.pdf

• Questions/topics raised by the author (Roger Marks) included (not a complete list):
• Is there an LSAP definition?
• Is the defined function of LLC?
• Do LLC peers share control information?
• What are the supported MSAP frame format(s)?
• Multiplexing options?
• EPD/LPD? 
• VLANs? 
• Architecture and 802.1X, 802.1AE, 802.1AX, 802.1CB, etc.? 
• Tags and shims? 
• Network management and control?
• Is LLC a “real subnetwork” in IETF thinking?

 

802-parsons-planning-1221-v01.pdf

• What is the scope of IEEE Std 802 (and this project), and how do we proceed?  Relationship of 802 and 802.1Q (for example)?  Do we need a roll-up and “clean up” of 802, or a re-write?  Must we add a conformance clause?
• We need to complete in 3 years, because 802-2014 will expire in 2024 (no re-affirmation, anymore). 
• The leaning seemed to be to do two projects (one quick, one full-blown)?  There was discussion to perhaps split the document, also.

 

The next Technical Plenaries will be on Jan 13 and Mar 10.

 

There are also ongoing discussions, weekly (Thursdays at 9am ET), in the Nendica calls, to work on the PAR and any appropriate CSD(s) for the IEEE Std 802 updates, to be submitted into the upcoming Technical Plenaries.

 

Mark

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