Dear Colleagues:
This is the announcement of the electronic IEEE 802.3bj Task Force first review of IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable. Instructions for accessing the draft and submitting comments follow this announcement.
IEEE P802.3bj is an amendment to the IEEE Std 802.3-2008 which is available through the “Get802” program at the URL http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html.
Currently, IEEE Std 802.3-2008 is undergoing a revision, IEEE P802.3 (802.bh). IEEE P802.3bj D1.0 uses D3.1 of the revision of IEEE P802.3 as its base files. D3.1 is available to IEEE 802.3 Working Group members. P802.bj task force participants who may not have access to D3.1 of the revision and are interested in obtaining a copy to aid with their review of D1.0 may contact David Law, Chair of IEEE 802.3 Working Group, at dlaw@xxxxxxxx, Wael Diab, Vice-Chair of IEEE 802.3 Working group, at wdiab@xxxxxxxxxxxx, or myself (jdambrosia@xxxxxxxx).
The Project Authorization Request for this amendment is posted at:
http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/PAR_approved_0911.pdf
The Five Criteria Responses for this amendment are posted at:
http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/5C_0911.pdf
The Objectives for this amendment are posted at:
http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/objectives_0312.pdf
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REVIEW SCOPE:
As a first Task Force review, the scope of the review is the entire IEEE P802.3bj D1.0 Draft.
REVIEW OPEN:
Thursday, 31, May 2012
REVIEW CLOSE:
Friday, 29 June 11:59PM AOE
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HOW TO ACCESS THE DRAFT
The draft is posted for Task Force review purposes only, and neither the draft nor access information should be copied or redistributed to others in violation of document copyrights.
Draft 1.0 may be downloaded from:
URL: http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/private/P802d3bj_D1p0.pdf
Username: 802.3bj
Password: distributed at meetings – contact Chair (jdambrosia@xxxxxxxx) if you need it
The document is posted in Adobe "pdf" document format and can be downloaded and printed if desired. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, it is available for free downloading from Adobe at:
URL: http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html
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HOW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS
Acceptable comment types:
E = Editorial
ER = Editorial Required (an Editorial comment that the commenter feels very
strongly about)
T = Technical
TR = Technical Required (a Technical comment that the commenter feels very strongly about)
For further information regarding comments, please see http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/public/may12/diab_01_0512.pdf
1. Prepare your comments in one of the following two ways:
a. You are STRONGLY REQUESTED to use the comment tool in the TF private area
at the URL:
URL: http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/private/Generic_Commenting_Tool.zip
Username: 802.3bj
Password: distributed at meetings – contact Chair (jdambrosia@xxxxxxxx) if you need it
Please download and read the Comment Tool Tutorial http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/public/may12/diab_01_0512.pdf
To use the tool, extract all components into a folder and do not move any component from that folder as this will cause the executable to not work correctly. The tool is:
Comment_Tool_Generic_Solution.exe
b. To submit comments in text (ASCII) form, please use the form below. This will make it possible for the editor to properly record and track all submissions. Make as many copies of the template as necessary and submit as
an ASCII text file or as part of your e-mail.
PLEASE NOTE: The ASCII method involves a manual transcription, hence you are recommended to check your comments to ensure accurate transcription when the comment file is made available. Please use the comment tool above if possible.
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2. Send your comments to: jdambrosia@xxxxxxxx and Adam.Healey@xxxxxxx
and paste into the subject line:
IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable D1.0 comments
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Thank you for your participation in this review and careful review of the draft.
John D’Ambrosia, Chair, IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable Task Force
Email: jdambrosia@xxxxxxxx
Adam Healey, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable Task Force
Email: Adam.Healey@xxxxxxx