[802.3_B400G] IEEE P802.3dj/D2.1 200 Gb/s, 400 Gb/s, 800 Gb/s, and 1.6 Tb/s Ethernet Task Force Working Group1st Recirculation Ballot

[John D'Ambrosia <jdambrosia@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Task Force Participants,
With this e-mail, I'd like to announce the start of the IEEE P802.3dj/D2.0 200 Gb/s, 400 Gb/s, 800 Gb/s, and 1.6 Tb/s Ethernet Task Force WG 1st recirculation ballot.

Open date: Thursday 14th Aug 2025
Close date: Friday 29 August 2025 AOE (23:59 UTC -12)

As stated in the announcement below, the ballot group for this draft is the IEEE 802.3 voting membership as of Thursday 15th May 2025. All comments received before the close of ballot will be considered, the one limitation however is that if you are not a member of the balloting group, and therefore cannot cast a ballot, you cannot designate comments as TR or ER since you cannot cast a Disapprove ballot.

Best regards,

John D'Ambrosia
Chair, IEEE P802.3dj 200 Gb/s, 400 Gb/s, 800 Gb/s, and 1.6 Tb/s Ethernet Task Force Task Force 

-----Original Message-----
From: Law, David 
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2025 4:52 PM
To: STDS-802-3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [STDS-802-3] +++ 802.3 WG 1st RECIRCULATION BALLOT: IEEE P802.3dj 200 Gb/s, 400 Gb/s, 800 Gb/s, and 1.6 Tb/s Ethernet Task Force D2.1 ballot

Dear Colleagues,

This is the announcement of the electronic IEEE 802.3 Working Group 1st recirculation ballot on the Amendment IEEE P802.3dj 200 Gb/s, 400 Gb/s, 800 Gb/s, and 1.6 Tb/s Ethernet Task Force. Remember that voting, as well as attendance, is a requirement to maintain your IEEE 802.3 member (voter) status <http://ieee802.org/3/rules/member.html#DOT3>. 

Instructions for accessing the draft, casting your ballot and submitting comments follow this announcement. Please review the commenting instructions below to ensure you are using the most up-to-date tools. Individuals are reminded to review the 'IEEE SA Balloting and Comment Resolution Process Guidelines' <https://standards.ieee.org/wp-content/uploads/import/governance/revcom/guidelines.pdf>.

The ballot group for this draft is the IEEE 802.3 voting membership as of Thursday 15th May 2025.

Because this is a recirculation ballot, YOU ONLY NEED TO CAST A BALLOT IF YOU WISH TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE FROM THAT WHICH WAS RECORDED ON THE INITIAL BALLOT OR LAST RECIRCULATION. If you voted previously and your vote has not changed, the last ballot cast will be carried over to this ballot and you do not need to cast a new ballot.

BALLOT SCOPE:
During this IEEE 802.3 Working Group 1st recirculation ballot, the scope of the ballot is the complete IEEE P802.3dj/D2.1 draft and the unsatisfied negative comments.

NOTE: While the initial ballot exceeds the required approval threshold the scope of the recirculation includes the complete IEEE P802.3dj/D2.1 draft, hence the entire draft remains open for comment.

CRITERIA FOR STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT:
One of the responsibilities as a balloter is to ensure that the draft is consistent with the criteria for standards development (CSD) responses, which are available at <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/22/ec-22-0256-00-ACSD-p802-3dj.pdf>. An Approve vote indicates your agreement that the draft is consistent with the CSD responses.

BALLOT OPEN:
Thursday 14 August 2025
 
BALLOT CLOSE:
Friday 29 August 2025 AOE (23:59 UTC -12)

The Project Authorization Request for this Amendment is available at <https://www.ieee802.org/3/dj/projdoc/P802d3dj_PAR.pdf> and includes the following:

TITLE:
Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Media Access Control Parameters for 1.6 Tb/s and Physical Layers and Management Parameters for 200 Gb/s, 400 Gb/s, 800 Gb/s, and 1.6 Tb/s Operation

SCOPE OF PROJECT:
 Define Ethernet MAC parameters for 1.6 Tb/s. Define physical layer specifications, and management parameters for the transfer of Ethernet format frames at 800 Gb/s and 1.6 Tb/s over copper and single-mode fiber physical medium dependent (PMD) sublayers based on 200 Gb/s or greater per lane signaling technologies.

Using these new definitions for 800 Gb/s and 1.6 Tb/s, define physical layer specifications and management parameters for the transfer of Ethernet format frames at 200 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s, when applicable.

NEED FOR THE PROJECT:
The project is necessary to provide higher density solutions to meet the growing bandwidth needs for computing and network interconnect application areas, such as cloud-scale data centers, internet exchanges, co-location services, content delivery networks, wireless infrastructure, service provider and operator networks, and video distribution infrastructure.

Thank you for your participation in this ballot and careful review of the draft.

David Law
Chair, IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group
Phone: +44 1631 563729
Email: david_law@xxxxxxxx 

John D'Ambrosia
Chair, IEEE P802.3dj 200 Gb/s, 400 Gb/s, 800 Gb/s, and 1.6 Tb/s Ethernet Task Force Task Force
Phone: +1 717 503 4512
Email: jdambrosia@xxxxxxxxx

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR BALLOTING ON: IEEE P802.3dj draft D2.1

Instructions for accessing the ballot documents, casting your ballot and submitting comments follow.

HOW TO ACCESS THE DRAFT
The draft is posted for your review for balloting purposes only, and neither the draft nor access information should be copied or redistributed to others in violation of document copyrights.

The IEEE P802.3dj 200 Gb/s, 400 Gb/s, 800 Gb/s, and 1.6 Tb/s Ethernet Task Force draft D2.1 may be downloaded from:

URL: <[ https://www.ieee802.org/3/dj/private/8023dj_D2p1.pdf >
Username: [IEEE 802.3 or IEEE P802.3dj username]
Password: [IEEE 802.3 or IEEE P802.3dj password]
 
Please submit comments against the above draft.

A comparison file between IEEE P802.3dj 200 Gb/s, 400 Gb/s, 800 Gb/s, and 1.6 Tb/s Ethernet Task Force draft D2.0 and D2.1 is also provided to both focus and ease your review. Please DO NOT comment on this comparison document. This draft may be downloaded from:

< https://www.ieee802.org/3/dj/private/8023dj_D2p1_compare.pdf >

Unsatisfied negative comments, and their dispositions may be downloaded from:
 
By Clause: <https://www.ieee802.org/3/dj/comments/D2p0/8023dj_D2p0_comments_unsatisfied_clause.pdf>
By ID: <https://www.ieee802.org/3/dj/comments/D2p0/8023dj_D2p0_comments_unsatisfied_id.pdf>
 
All comments, and their dispositions, from the initial ballot may be downloaded from:
 
By Clause: <https://www.ieee802.org/3/dj/comments/D2p0/8023dj_D2p0_comments_final_clause_v2.pdf>
By ID: <https://www.ieee802.org/3/dj/comments/D2p0/8023dj_D2p0_comments_final_id_v2.pdf>

These documents are 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:

<http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html>


HOW TO CAST YOUR BALLOT

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HOW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS

Acceptable comment types:

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a. Access the comment spreadsheet at the URL:

<http://www.ieee802.org/3/WG_tools/spreadsheet/802d3_TFR_WGB_comments.xls>

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 it as an ASCII text file or as part of your email.

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 one of the comment tools above if possible.
 
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