[10GBASE-CX4] Invitation to Ballot for P802.3ak
snipped from below:
If you are interested in participating in this electronic ballot, you must
respond by UNSET, 11:59 PM Eastern Time by filling out the web-based
form at
http://standards.ieee.org/cgi-bin/bsignup/0000554
You have until just before midnight Eastern time tonight so hurry.
Pat
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From: IEEE-SA Balloting Center [mailto:sa-ballot@ieee.org]
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 8:43 AM
To: bob.grow@ieee.org
Cc: sa-ballot@ieee.org
Subject: sample Invitation to Ballot for P802.3ak
Hi,
Below, for your approval, is a sample Invitation to Ballot for
P802.3ak.
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approval. (If the Invitation response deadline below is
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***** BALLOT *****
The Computer Society/Local and Metropolitan Area Networks Committee
invite you to ballot on the following:
Title: P802.3ak: Information technology -- Telecommunications and
information exchange between systems -- Local and
metropolitan area networks -- specific requirements Part 3:
Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
(CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications
Amendment: Physical Layer and Management Parameters for 10
Gb/s Operation, Type 10GBASE-CX4
Scope: The scope of this project is to specify additions to and
appropriate modifications of IEEE Std 802.3 as amended by
IEEE Std 802.3ae-2002 (and any other approved amendment or
corrigendum) to add a copper Physical Medium Dependent (PMD)
option for 10 Gb/s operation, building upon the existing
10GBASE-X Physical Coding Sublayer (PCS) and 10 Gigabit
Attachment Unit Interface (XAUI) specifications.
Purpose: The purpose of this project is to provide a lower-cost
option for interconnection of closely located equipment
(within ~15m of cable), typically within a stack or between
equipment racks within a room.
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