IEEE P802.3bn EPON Protocol over Coax (EPoC) Task Force

IEEE P802.3bn Task Force EPON Protocol over Coax (EPoC) Technical Decisions
#	Synopsis	Motion Text	Motion #	Reference File
27-28 September 2012
1	Power Saving	Study support for configurable power saving mechanism for EPoC interface(s), technical details for further study.	See Motion 5	hajduczenia_05a_0912.pdf
2	OFDM for Downstream	Adopt OFDM for downstream EPoC PHY.	See Motion 6
3	OFDMA for Upstream	Adopt OFDMA for upstream EPoC PHY.	See Motion 7
4	LDPC Downstream inner code	Adopt LDPC for downstream inner code. There is no decision on outer code at this time.	See Motion 8
5	OFDM subcarrier exclusion	Support exclusion of one or more OFDM subcarriers.	See Motion 10
6	Multiple modulation orders	Support multiple downstream modulations orders up to 4096QAM, support multiple upstream modulation orders up to 1024QAM.	See Motion 11
7	Downstream OFDM sampling frequency	In the downstream use OFDM channels of 192 MHz with OFDM sampling frequency of integer multiples of 10.24 MHz.	See Motion 12
8	Support for higher capacity	The standard shall support the ability for higher capacity by combining multiple 192 MHz OFDM channels.	See Motion 14
13-15 November 2012
9	Data scaling with OFDM channels	The MAC/PLS date rate shall scale linearly with the number of OFDM channels, in the same baseline channel conditions in each channel.	See Motion 6
10	Energy Efficiency Objective	Move that 802.3 Working Group approve the new additional objective for the IEEE P802.3bn Task Force that reads: Define Energy Efficient Ethernet operation for EPON Protocol over Coax PHYs	See Motion 7 and Motion 10
23-25 January 2013
11	Downstream PHY Link modulation order	The downstream PHY Link Channel shall use a fixed modulation order of 16 QAM to carry PHY Link information.	See Motion 3
12	PHY Link downstream cyclic prefix auto-detect	A CNU shall auto-detect the CP size and sub-carrier spacing of the downstream PHY Link Channel.	See Motion 4
13	PHY Link downstream cyclic prefix and symbol duration.	The downstream PHY Link Channel shall use the same CP size and symbol duration as the data channel.	See Motion 5
14	Exclusion sub-bands placement.	Exclusion sub-bands can be on the lower portion of the OFDM channel, the upper OFDM channel, or within the OFDM channel.	See Motion 6
15	Downstream Channel Model parameters.	Adopt the DS Channel model parameter list shown in howald_01a_0113.pdf slides 3-7 as baseline starting point for the Node +4 topology.	See Motion 8	howald_01a_0113.pdf
16	Starting point for TDD baseline.	Use garavaglia_02a_0113.pdf as a starting point for development of a TDD baseline.	See Motion 10	garavaglia_02a_0113.pdf
17	Downstream subcarrier spacings.	The standard shall define two downstream subcarrier spacings: 25 kHz and 50 kHz.	See Motion 11
19-21 March 2013
18	Baseline Channel Conditions	Adopt the Channel model parameter lists and topology illustrations shown in remein_3bn_07_0313.pdf as baseline channel conditions.	See Motion 3	remein_3bn_07_0313.pdf
19	Multiple Modulation Profiles	The EPoC standard shall support multiple modulation profiles for the bursting DS and US PHY and a single modulation profile for the continuous DS PHY.	See Motion 4
20	64b/66b Line Coding	EPoC PHY shall use the 64b/66b line coding (as defined in IEEE Standard 802.3-2012, Clause 49) with shortened Sync header (1 bit as in 10G-EPON).	See Motion 5
21	PLC Transparency	The PLC shall be transparent to the MAC. It shall not add jitter or latency to the data.	See Motion 7
22	TDD MPCP baseline	Approve garavaglia_3bn_02a_0313 as a baseline for EPoC TDD MPCP, Clause 103.	See Motion 8	garavaglia_3bn_02a_0313
23	Windowing	A raised cosine windowing function is applied (for details see slide 4 and slide 6 in montreuil_01a_0113.pdf). The amount of overlap Tp shall be configurable. In terms of samples, possible values for Tp are 0, 32, 64, 128, 192, and 256.	See Motion 9	montreuil_01a_0113.pdf
24	Upstream RF Bandwidth	The supported RF bandwidth of an upstream channel shall be 192 MHz. The definition of exclusion bands shall allow for smaller channels when there is not 192 MHz of spectrum available.	See Motion 10
25	Upstream Burst Markers	The beginning of an upstream burst is indicated by a start marker. The end of an upstream burst is indicated by an end marker.	See Motion 11
26	Start Markers	The start marker identifies when a profiles starts in TDD downstream. The start marker is placed at the beginning of each profile burst.	See Motion 12
27	Start Marker indicates profile	The start marker indicates the profile that is used.	See Motion 13
28	Marker Definition	A Marker Contains one of a pre-defined set of sequences of modulated symbols (in frequency domain) Shares the same resources as regular data symbols No dedicated control channel Markers and pilots do not overlap	See Motion 14
29	Pilot structure starting points	Presentation pietsch_3bn_01_0313.pdf shall be adopted as a starting point towards a baseline proposal for the downstream pilot structure. Presentation kliger_3bn_01_0313.pdf shall be adopted as a starting point towards a baseline proposal for the upstream pilot structure.	See Motion 15	pietsch_3bn_01_0313.pdf kliger_3bn_01_0313.pdf
30	Center Frequency Granularity	The granularity for setting the Center Frequency (fc) of the 192 MHz OFDM Channel, in both US and DS, shall be 1 MHz.	See Motion 16
31	RF Spectrum upper bound	The EPoC PHY shall be capable of communicating an upper bound of the RF spectrum of at least 5 GHz.	See Motion 17
32	Exclusion Bands configured by MDIO	Downstream and upstream exclusion sub-bands within an OFDM channel can be configured in both the CLT and CNU by MDIO.	See Motion 18
33	Exclusion Bands configured by PHY Link Channel	Downstream and upstream exclusion sub-band configuration in an OFDM channel can be communicated from the CLT to the CNU over the PHY Link Channel.	See Motion 19
34	Use of MDIO registers	The PHY will have a number of MDIO registers to report on subcarrier or subcarrier group, signal parameters including quality.	See Motion 20
35	Minimum contiguous spectrum	The minimum contiguous downstream spectrum with no internal exclusion sub-bands shall be 24 MHz. This does not preclude nulled subcarriers which do not carry information.	See Motion 21
36	PHY Link Error Correcting Code	The downstream PHY Link shall include an error correcting code.	See Motion 23
37	PLC Transparency	The PLC is transparent to the MAC. No additional jitter and latency No additional buffering	See Motion 24
38	PHY Link framing	The Downstream PHY Link Channel shall be composed of a preamble (with start of frame delimiter) and PLC frame. It will not include MAC Data. Note: Guard time or dead-time may also be included.	See Motion 25
39	PLC Subcarriers	The downstream PLC will be 400KHz wide without continuous pilots. 8 subcarriers at 50KHz spacing or 16 subcarriers at 25KHz spacing.	See Motion 26
40	Downstream MAC/PLS data rate target	The standard will target a downstream data rate of 1.6 Gb/s at the MAC/PLS service interface, in a 192-MHz OFDM channel, in baseline channel conditions ( remein_3bn_07_0313.pdf ).	See Motion 27	remein_3bn_07_0313.pdf
41	EPoC delay evaluation criteria	EPoC Delay as calculated using the methodology described in garavaglia_02_0912.pdf (or a future update), should be used as an evaluation criteria in evaluating proposals.	See Motion 28	garavaglia_02_0912.pdf
42	Rx Idle Deletion	In the receive direction, EPoC CNU and CLT shall support Idle Deletion process used by 10G-EPON.	See Motion 31
43	Rx Idle Insertion	In the receive direction, EPoC CNU and CLT shall support Idle Insertion process used by 10G-EPON, as defined in IEEE Std 802.3-2012, 76.3.3.7, with the following changes: - The value of FIFO_II_SIZE is TBD at this time and shall be set once FEC and PMD details are defined.	See Motion 32
44	Tx Idle Insertion	In the transmit direction, EPoC CNU and CLT shall support Idle Insertion process used by 10G-EPON, as defined in IEEE Std 802.3-2012, 77.2.2 (Figures 77-13 for CLT and 77-14 for CNU), with the following changes: Function FEC_Overhead shall be replaced with the function accounting for FEC and PHY overhead (tentative name: PMD_Overhead) once FEC and PMD details are defined.	See Motion 33
45	Tx Idle Deletion	In the transmit direction, EPoC CNU and CLT shall support Idle Deletion process used by 10G-EPON, as defined in IEEE Std 802.3-2012, 76.3.2.1, with the following changes: Figure 76.9 CLT operation) shall be modified to account for EPoC-specific FEC and PMD overhead, once these details are settled. Figure 76.10 CNU operation) shall be modified to account for EPoC-specific FEC and PMD overhead, once these details are settled.	See Motion 34
15-17 May 2013
46	64b/66b Encoder and Decoder	Move to: - Adopt hajduczenia_3bn_04_0513.pdf (content of subclauses 101.3.2.2 and 101.3.3.6) as baseline for draft for 64b/66b encoder and decoder processes, respectively. - Sync header truncation (in Tx direction) before the encoder and expansion (in the Rx direction) after the decoder.	See Motion 3	hajduczenia_3bn_04_0513.pdf
47	EPoC FEC	Move to accept prodan_3bn_01_0513.pdf as the starting point for EPoC FEC.	See Motion 5	prodan_3bn_01_0513.pdf
48	Tx/Rx Idle Deletion/Insertion	Move to adopt hajduczenia_3bn_01_0513.pdf (content of subclauses 101.3.2.1 and 101.3.3.7) as baseline for draft for Tx Idle Deletion and Rx Idle Insertion functions, respectively.	See Motion 7	hajduczenia_3bn_01_0513.pdf
49	Tx Idle Insertion	Move to adopt garavaglia_3bn_02a_0513.pdf (content of sub-clause 102.2.2) as baseline for the draft for Tx Idle Insertion at MPCP Multiple Control Multiplexer.	See Motion 8	garavaglia_3bn_02a_0513.pdf
50	Continuous 65 bit vector	Move that in the EPoC continuous downstream a 65 bit vector (shortened 64b/66b encoded vector) shall not be split across FEC codewords.	See Motion 9
51	PLC Codeword Pointer	Move that in the EPoC continuous dowstream PHY, the PLC shall transmit (either in all or some PLC frames) a pointer in bits to identify the start of the first complete FEC codeword in the following PLC frame.	See Motion 11
52	Local Grant Identification	Move to: Adopt garavaglia_3bn_05_0513.pdf (content of sub-clause 102.3.5) for the method for local grant identification for EPoC TDD.	See Motion 12	garavaglia_3bn_05_0513.pdf
53	PLC Baseline starting point	Use boyd_3bn_02_0513.pdf slides 2-8 as starting point for the development of the PHY Link baseline (Use of multiple OFDM channels is for further study).	See Motion 13	boyd_3bn_02_0513.pdf
54	Exemplar Channel Conditions	Move to adopt the Channel model parameter lists and topology illustrations shown in howald_3bn_02_0313.pdf slides 7-20 as exemplar channel conditions for the associated topologies (Node+6, Node+3 with digital distribution, Node+3 with analog distribution, and Node+0<1GHz).	See Motion 14	howald_3bn_02_0313.pdf
55	Exclusion Sub-band	Move to define Exclusion Sub-band as a set of k adjacent subcarriers indexed [m, m+1,... m+k-1], which are configured to have zero amplitude.	See Motion 15
56	Internal exclusion subcarriers	Move to define two differernt types of exclusion sub-bands: - Internal exclusion sub-bands - Band edge exclusion sub-bands [and] to define two differerent types of individual exclusion subcarriers: - individual exclusion subcarriers which have zero amplitude - individual exclusion subcarriers which are pilots	See Motion 16
57	Band-edge Exclusion Sub-bands	Move that the standard will support support 2 separate downstream band-edge exclusion sub-bands, in a single 192 MHz OFDM Channel, in the transmitted signal.	See Motion 18
58	Minimum internal exclusion width	Move that the minimum width of a downstream internal exclusion sub-band is 1 MHz.	See Motion 19
59	Internal Exclusion Sub-bands	Move that the standard shall support a fixed integer number of internal exclusion sub-bands, in a single 192 MHz OFDM channel, in the transmitted signal.	See Motion 20
60	Continual Pilots	Presentation kliger_3bn_02_0513.pdf shall be adopted as a refinement of the proposal on continual pilots contained in pietsch_3bn_01_0313.pdf, which was adopted as a starting point towards a baseline proposal for the downstream pilot structure.	See Motion 22	kliger_3bn_02_0513.pdf pietsch_3bn_01_0313.pdf
61	Upstream pilot structure	Adopt presentation pietsch_3bn_01_0513.pdf as a refinement of the original presentation kliger_3bn_01_0313.pdf. pietsch_3bn_01_0513.pdf is the a new starting point towards a baseline proposal for the resource block configuration and upstream pilot structure.	See Motion 24	pietsch_3bn_01_0513.pdf kliger_3bn_01_0313.pdf pietsch_3bn_01_0513.pdf
62	PLC placement	The downstream PLC shall be placed such that there is at least 3 MHz of contiguous spectrum on either side of the center of the PLC.	See Motion 25
63	Cycle Prefix	The cyclic prefix duration is configurable and is independently chosen for the downstream transmission and the upstream transmission. The allowed values for the downstream and the recommended values for the upstream are listed in the tables. (Reference: pietsch_3bn_02_0313.pdf slide 2)	See Motion 26	pietsch_3bn_02_0313.pdf
64	Pre-equalization	Each CNU shall configure transmit pre-equalization based on feedback from the CLT. (Reference: montreuil_01_0512.pdf and kliger_01a_0912.pdf )	See Motion 27	montreuil_01_0512.pdf kliger_01a_0912.pdf
65	Upstream Ranging	Move to adopt kliger_3bn_01_0513.pdf as the starting point for developing a baseline proposal for upstream ranging for EPoC.	See Motion 28	kliger_3bn_01_0513.pdf
66	Channel Probing	Move to adopt montreuil_3bn_01a_0513.pdf as the starting point for developing a baseline proposal for upstream channel probing sequence for EPoC.	See Motion 29	montreuil_3bn_01a_0513.pdf
67	Continuous pilots	Move that any downstream continuous pilots bounding exclusion sub-bands are in addition to the continuous pilots specified by kliger_3bn_02_0513.pdf (i.e., continuous pilots bounding exclusion sub-bands are not counted as part of the required number of pilots on slide 5 of the aforementioned document).	See Motion 30	kliger_3bn_02_0513.pdf
68	Create TF Draft 0.1	Move that the P802.3bn Task Force authorizes the editors to create a Draft version 0.1 of the EPoC standard for presentation at the July meeting. Draft to include all baseline material to date.	See Motion 31
16-18 July 2013
69	Exclusion sub-band characterization.	An exclusion sub-band is characterized by a start sub-carrier index and an integer number of sub-carriers.	See Motion 3
70	Sub-band distinction by modulated subcarrier.	In the downstream an exclusion sub-band shall be mappable onto any of the OFDM subcarriers within an OFDM channel, with the restriction that there is at least one modulated subcarrier between exclusion sub-bands.	See Motion 4
71	Number of exclusion sub-bands.	In the downstream, there shall be at most 16 exclusion sub-bands in a single 192-MHz OFDM channel.	See Motion 5
72	FDD RF Spectrum operation	For an FDD system, the EPoC standard shall support operation over the following frequency ranges: Downstream: 54 MHz to at least 1212 MHz Upstream: 10 MHz to at least 234 MHz Actual frequencies in use on the coax will depend on the diplexer, region, etc. Downstream operation above 1212 MHz to 2610 MHz is for further study. [Modified: Motion #5 (TD #89) September 2013 Interim.]	See Motion 6
73	TDD RF Spectrum	For a TDD system, the EPoC standard shall support operation in a passive cable plant from 10 MHz up to at least 1800 MHz. [Modified: Motion #6 (TD #90) September 2013 Interim.]	See Motion 7
74	OFDM Numerology	Adopt the OFDM numerology for downstream and upstream EPoC as shown in rahman_saif_3bn_01_0713.pdf.	See Motion 8	rahman_saif_3bn_01_0713.pdf
75	PLC FEC	Adopt the LDPC(384,288) code for PLC FEC as presented in shen_3bn_01_0713.pdf.	See Motion 9	shen_3bn_01_0713.pdf
76	PLC Preamble	Accept the proposed PLC preamble, pages 2, 3, 12, and 13, for inclusion in the PHY Link baseline as presented in montreuil_3bn_01_0713.pdf.	See Motion 10	montreuil_3bn_01_0713.pdf
77	PLC Content	Adopt "PLC Content" presentation as a starting point for inclusion in the PHY Link baseline as in kliger_3bn_01b_0713.pdf.	See Motion 11	kliger_3bn_01b_0713.pdf
78	Cyclic Prefix baseline text	Adopt solomon_3bn_02b_0713.pdf as baseline text.	See Motion 12	solomon_3bn_02b_0713.pdf
79	Downstream Pilots	Adopt EPoC downstream continuous pilots as presented in "EPoC Downstream Pilot Proposal" ( kliger_3bn_02a_0713.pdf ) as a baseline proposal.	See Motion 13	kliger_3bn_02a_0713.pdf
80	Single sub-carrier Resource Block	Move that a single sub-carrier Resource Block shall be included as a reguirement in the upstream specifications (as illustrated in kliger_3bn_03_0713.pdf page 6).	See Motion 14	kliger_3bn_03_0713.pdf
81	FEC for active plant	Adopt the LDPC codes for active plant EPoC FEC as presented in prodan_3bn_01a_0713.pdf , pages 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8. [Modified: Motion #8 (TD #92) September 2013 Interim.]	See Motion 15	prodan_3bn_01a_0713.pdf
82	MTTFPA Objective	Add a new Objective for P802.3bn Task Force: Mean Time To False Packet Acceptance at least equal to 1.4 x 10¹⁰ years.	See Motion 18
83	TDD Guard Time	The standard shall support a TDD Guard Time in positive integer multiples of 1.25 us, starting at 1.25 us to at least 10 us.	See Motion 19
84	TDD time windows	The TDD downstream and upstream time windows will be characterized by an integer multiple of the symbol duration, which is equal to the inverse of the sub-carrier spacing plus the cyclic prefix duration.	See Motion 20
85	TDD lower frequency band	The standard shall support a lower TDD frequency band from 10 MHz to 277 MHz. [Modified: Motion #6 (TD #90) September 2013 Interim.]	See Motion 21
86	TDD upper frequency band	The standard shall support an upper TDD frequency band from 750 MHz to 1800 MHz. [Modified: Motion #6 (TD #90) September 2013 Interim.]	See Motion 22
03-05 September 2013
87	D0.1 Comment Resolutions	Move to accept the comment resolution as recorded in draft_0p01_all_comment_responses_final.pdf	See Motion 3	Contained in RAR package: Comments_8023bn_D0p1_140911_1023.rar (P)
88	TDD downstream data detector	Adopt shellhammer_3bn_03_0913.pdf slides 5-11 as the baseline for the TDD downstream data detector.	See Motion 4	shellhammer_3bn_03_0913.pdf
89	FDD Upstream Frequency ammendment	The FDD Upstream frequency band shall be from 5 MHz to 234 MHz. Note: This modifies motion #6 from the July 2013 Plenary.	See Motion 5
90	TDD PMD bands	A TDD PMD shall support the low band (5 MHz - 277 MHz) or the high band (750 MHz to 1800 MHz), or both. Note: This is a refinement of motion #7, motion #21, and motion #22, from the July 2013 Plenary.	See Motion 6
91	PHY downstream Tx block diagram	Approve kliger_3bn_01a_0913.pdf (page 2) as the starting point for the high level downstream PHY transmit block diagram.	See Motion 7	kliger_3bn_01a_0913.pdf
92	LDPC (5940,5040) type-correction	Adopt the typo-corrected LDPC (5940,5040) code for active plant EPoC FEC as presented in shen_3bn_01_0913.pdf , page 2.	See Motion 8	shen_3bn_01_0913.pdf
93	MTTFPA	Incorporate data encoding/decoding scheme to achieve the MTTFPA objective as presented in prodan_3bn_02a_0913.pdf slides 14, 18, 19, and 20 for the downstream and upstream.	See Motion 9	prodan_3bn_02a_0913.pdf
94	FEC Clause 101 changes	Adopt hajduczenia_3bn_01a_0913.pdf (with changes per Motion #9, this meeting) as baseline text for downstream FEC encoding/decoding and incorporate in Clause 101 in the next draft version.	See Motion 10	hajduczenia_3bn_01a_0913.pdf
95	FDD use the three active LDPC FEC codes	Adopt that FDD mode shall use the three LDPC FEC codes (as adopted in Technical Decision #81, motion #15 from Geneva 2013 meeting) for Node + N, N ≥ 0.	See Motion 11
96	TDD LDPC FEC codes	TDD mode shall use the four LDPC FEC codes on Slides 5 and 6 of pietsch_3bn_01a_0913.pdf for both downstream and upsteam.	See Motion 12	pietsch_3bn_01a_0913.pdf
97	Power based burst marker detection	Adopt the power based burst marker detection scheme for both upstream and downstream described in slides 3 and 6 in rahman_syed_3bn_01_0913.pdf	See Motion 13	rahman_syed_3bn_01_0913.pdf
98	Upstream probing scheme	Adopt the upstream probing scheme with the option for sub-carrier skipping described in slides 4,5,6, and 7 (option-2) in rahman_syed_3bn_01_0313.pdf	See Motion 14	rahman_syed_3bn_01_0313.pdf
99	PHY Link baseline starting point	Accept the remein_3bn_03a_0913.pdf as PHY Link starting point for the baseline text.	See Motion 15	remein_3bn_03a_0913.pdf
100	Authorized Editors for D0.2	Authorize the Editors to create Draft 0.2 from Draft 0.1 by incorporating approved baseline material from the July or September 2013 meetings.	See Motion 16
12-14 November 2013
101	Draft D0.2 Editor Bulk Comments	Accept in bulk the comment resolutions for all Editorial comments as recorded in 8023bn_draft0d2_proposed_responses.pdf	See Motion 3	8023bn_draft0d2_proposed_responses.pdf
102	Upstream codeword filling	Adopt the upstream codeword filling algorithm from prodan_3bn_01_1113.pdf pages 2, 3, 4 and 12 for EPoC.	See Motion 4	prodan_3bn_01_1113.pdf
103	Constellation Mapping	Adopt the constellation mapping procedure in prodan_3bn_02_1113.pdf pages 2-4 and 6-7 for EPoC.	See Motion 5	prodan_3bn_02_1113.pdf
104	Downstream PMD Electrical	Adopt rahman_saif_3bn_02_1113.pdf as baseline proposal for PMD Downstream Electrical Input/Output.	See Motion 6	rahman_saif_3bn_02_1113.pdf
105	Initial and Fine Ranging FEC	Adopt the LDPC FEC codes in shen_3bn_01_1113.pdf: The (128,80) punctured LDPC code with 24-bit CRC for initial ranging on BPSK pages 3 & 5. The (362,272) shortenend and punctured LDPC code for fine ranging on QPSK page 7.	See Motion 7	shen_3bn_01_1113.pdf
106	Upstream Wideband Probing	Adopt rahman_syed_3bn_02_1113.pdf as a baseline proposasl for the upstream wideband probing.	See Motion 9	rahman_syed_3bn_02_1113.pdf
107	CNU Upstream TX	Adopt kliger_3bn_01a_1113.pdf slide 5 as a baseline proposal for CNU upstream Tx.	See Motion 10	kliger_3bn_01a_1113.pdf
108	TDD additional upstream QAM constellations	Support for 2048 and 4096 QAM in the TDD upstream shall be mandatory, using the same QAM constellation mapping as the FDD downstream.	See Motion 11
109	Burst Markers	Adopt rahman_syed_3bn_01_1113.pdf as the baseline proposal for burst markers. "Power boosting for Burst Marker sequences" section is removed and T.B.D.	See Motion 12	rahman_syed_3bn_01_1113.pdf
110	Downstream baseline starting point	Adopt laubach_3bn_04c_1113.pdf as a baseline starting point for EPoC downstream.	See Motion 14	laubach_3bn_04c_1113.pdf
111	New PHY Link Clause	Create a new clause to address PHY-Link and incorporate into the draft.	See Motion 15
112	Clause 102 Issues Solutions	Adopt changes proposed in remein_3bn_06_1113.pdf "Cl-102 Issues and Solutions" slides 14-18 & 20-21 and incorporate into the draft.	See Motion 16	remein_3bn_06_1113.pdf
113	PHY Link baseline	Accept remein_3bn_07_1113.pdf and remein_3bn_08_1113.pdf as PHY-Link baseline material and incorporate into the draft. Include PLC material extracted from laubach_3bn_04c_1113.pdf All material goes into the new PHY-Link Clause.	See Motion 17	remein_3bn_07_1113.pdf remein_3bn_08_1113.pdf laubach_3bn_04c_1113.pdf
114	Draft 0.3 authorization	Authorize the Editors to create Draft 0.3 from Draft 0.2 by incorporating approved baseline and comment resolution material from the November 2013 meeting.	See Motion 18
22-24 January 2014
115	Separate P802.3bn work into two efforts	Move to: Separate P802.3bn work into two efforts: 1.EPoC FDD work will continue under existing P802.3bn project documents. 2.TDD work to be spun off to a new 802.3 project, pending CFI, 802.3 working-group, and 802 EC confirmation. Note: this would authorize P802.3bn Chair to work with the 802.3 Chair and WG with the goal of seeking study group approval for the EPoC-TDD study group by the 802 EC at 2014 March closing plenary meeting.	See Motion 3
116	MDIO Register baseline material	Accept as baseline material the MDIO Registers outlined in remein_3bn_06_0114.pdf slides 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8 and incorporate into the draft.	See Motion 4	remein_3bn_06_0114.pdf
117	Downstream GearBox starting point.	Use boyd_3bn_03_0114.pdf as a starting point Baseline for the Downstream GearBox including: Accurate Rate control for the PCS-to-PMA Accurate Rate control for the IDLE Deletion Function Bit Loading Configuration Switchover at PLC Boundaries	See Motion 5	boyd_3bn_03_0114.pdf
118	Simplified IDLE Deletion function starting point	Simplify the IDLE Deletion function into a single process with the data rate reference from the GearBox as described in boyd_3bn_03_0114.pdf as a starting point.	See Motion 6	boyd_3bn_03_0114.pdf
119	PHY Discovery Initiation and Control starting point	Accept as a starting point the concepts outlined in remein_3bn_05_0114.pdf slides 2, 4, 7, 8 & 10 for initiation and control of the PHY Discovery window.	See Motion 8	remein_3bn_05_0114.pdf
120	PLC FEC, initial/fine ranging start point	Adopt shen_3bn_01_0114.docx as a starting point for PLC FEC, initial ranging FEC and CRC, fine ranging FEC, constellation mappings and the other elements of initial and fine ranging for P802.3bn	See Motion 9	shen_3bn_01_0114.docx
121	OFDMA 1D-to-2D Upstream starting point.	Adopt EPoC OFDMA upstream with 1D-to-2D translation as described in boyd_3bn_02_0114.pdf as a starting point.	See Motion 10	boyd_3bn_02_0114.pdf
122	D0.3 Editorial bulk acceptance.	Accept in bulk the comment resolutions for all Editorial comments as recorded 8023bn Draft 0.3 Comment Proposed Responses 140108.pdf (P) and 8023bn Draft 0.3 LATE Comments Proposed Responses 140108.pdf (P) with the exception of; 1231, 1386, & 1250. Chair's Note: This adoption removed the 8K FFT option as per Comment #1359.	See Motion 12	8023bn Draft 0.3 Comment Proposed Responses 140108.pdf (P) 8023bn Draft 0.3 LATE Comments Proposed Responses 140108.pdf (P)
123	Authorize Draft 0.4	Authorize the Editors to create Draft 0.4 from Draft 0.3 by incorporating approved baseline and comment resolution material from the January 2014 meeting as recorded in P8023bn_draft0d3_Comments_Approved_Responses.pdf.(P)	See Motion 13	P8023bn_draft0d3_Comments_Approved_Responses.pdf.(P)
124	Three Resource Block symbol length configurations.	Specify three configurations for the number of symbols in a Resource Block: 8, 12 and 16.	See Motion 14
18-20 March 2014
125	Upstream PHY Block Diagram	Adopt the Upstream PHY Block Diagram for Clause 100 as presented in laubach_3bn_02_0314.vsd as shown in laubach_3bn_02_0314.pdf as a baseline figure. Editors to place in Clause 100.1.5.2, Figure 100-2, for 10GPASS-XR-U and move Figure 100-1, to Clause 100.1.5.1 for 10GPASS-XR-D. Rationalize PHY Link block in Figure 100-1 as illustrated in new Figure 100-2.	See Motion 3	laubach_3bn_02_0314.vsd laubach_3bn_02_0314.pdf
126	Upstream 4x6 Burst Marker	Adopt as baseline the 4x6 Burst Marker as described in Slide 6 in montreuil_3bn_01b_0314.pdf with normative mapping into Resource Blocks using S0 as an example is shown on slides 8-10, and additional defined parameters include: Stop marker is the complement of “B” & “N” Start Marker pattern Sequence “B” boosted by a factor of 2 in power (3.01 dB) S0 and its orthogonal circular shifts can be used by the Burst Marker to carry other information	See Motion 4	montreuil_3bn_01b_0314.pdf
127	D0.4 Editorial bulk acceptance. Authorize D0.5	Move to accept in bulk the comment resolutions for all Editorial comments as recorded in 8023bn Draft 0.3 Comment Proposed Responses 140307(P). Authorize the Editors to create Draft 0.5 from Draft 0.4 by incorporating approved baseline and comment resolution material from the March 2014 meeting as recorded in Draft 0.4 Comment Approved Responses(P) .	See Motion 5	8023bn Draft 0.3 Comment Proposed Responses 140307(P). Draft 0.4 Comment Approved Responses(P)
14-16 May 2014
128	Bit Scrambler	Adopt and incorporate in the draft the bit scrambler recommendation on pages 2, 3 and 4 of montreuil_3bn_01a_0514.pdf for the upstream PCS MAC data path function and PHY Link. The seed shall have a default value and may also be set via the PHY Link. Adopt and incorporate in the draft the bit scrambler recommendation on pages 5 and 6 of montreuil_3bn_01a_0514.pdf for the downstream PCS MAC data path function and PHY Link. The seed shall have a default value and may also be set via the PHY Link.	See Motion 3
129	Upstream Probe Sequence	Adopt and incorporate in the draft the Upstream Probe Sequence recommendation on pages 2 and 3 of montreuil_3bn_02a_0514.pdf without staggering.	See Motion 4
130	PHY Discovery Preamble	Adopt and incorporate in the draft the PHY Discovery preamble on slide 4 of montreuil_3bn_03a_0514.pdf	See Motion 5
131	Upstream PHY Link pilot pattern	Adopt and incorporate in the draft the Upstream PHY Link Pilot Pattern on slide 2 of montreuil_3bn_05a_0514.pdf without the Complementary Pilots (CP).	See Motion 6
132	D0.5 Editorial bulk acceptance. Authorize D0.6	Accept in bulk the comment resolutions for all Editorial comments as recorded in 8023bn Draft 0.5 Comment Proposed Responses 140507. Authorize the Editors to create Draft 0.6 from Draft 0.5 by incorporating approved baseline and comment resolution material from the May 2014 meeting as recorded in Draft 0.5 Comment Approved Responses.	See Motion 8
15-16 July 2014
133	CNU_ID assignment	Accept the MDIO interface for assigned CNU_ID as described in remein_3bn_02_0714.pdf slides 7 & 9 except create only one register set (CNU_ID, flag, Range & MAC address) and incorporate into the draft.	See Motion 3	remein_3bn_02_0714.pdf
134	Resource Block Sizes	Adopt Resource Block (RB) sizes of 1 subcarrier by 8 symbols and 1 subcarrier by 16 symbols as described in slide 3 of kliger_3bn_02b_0714.pdf. The 1 subcarrier x 12 symbol RB mode will not be adopted. Instruct the Editors to include in the next draft. Instruct Editors to remove 4 subcarrier RB and 8 subcarrier RB modes from the next draft.	See Motion 4	kliger_3bn_02b_0714.pdf
135	Upstream Burst rules and Pilot Type definition	Adopt Burst rules in slide 5 and Pilots rules in slide 6 and Pilot Type definition in slide 4 of kliger_3bn_02b_0714.pdf. Instruct the Editors to include in the next draft.	See Motion 5	kliger_3bn_02b_0714.pdf
136	Upstream OFDMA Frame and Superframe structure	Adopt the upstream OFDMA Frame and Superframe structure as shown in slide 16 of kliger_3bn_01_0714.pdf where PHY Discovery Window and Fine Ranging Window of size 128 subcarriers by 4 symbols and Probe share a common area using all subcarriers with a duration of 5 or 6 symbol. Multiple Discovery or Fine Ranging responses may occupy symbol periods at different frequencies. Instruct the Editors to include in the next draft.	See Motion 6	kliger_3bn_01_0714.pdf
137	Start, Stop Burst Marker figures	Add figures to the draft showing Start and Stop Burst Markers in slides 9 and 11 of kliger_3bn_02b_0714.pdf.	See Motion 7	kliger_3bn_02b_0714.pdf
138	Authorize Draft 1.0	Authorize the Editors to create Draft 1.0 from Draft 0.6 by incorporating approved baseline and comment resolution material from the July 2014 meeting as recorded in Draft 0.6 Comments Approved Responses (P).	See Motion 8	Draft 0.6 Comments Approved Responses (P)
139	Clause 45 pre-equalizer coefficients	Instruct the Editors to create registers in Clause 45 to specify CNU upstream pre-equalizer coefficients as two 16 bit registers per subcarrier Clause 101.4.3.12.1. Note for a description see Draft 0.6, Page 143, Line 36.	See Motion 9
10-11 September 2014
140	PMA Service Interface	Adopt the PMA Service Interface text in laubach_3bn_09a_0914.pdf into the next draft.	See Motion 3	laubach_3bn_09a_0914.pdf
141	Multiple Downstream Channels	Adopt into the draft the figure 100-2 update based on laubach_3bn_04_0914.pdf Page 3 and text updates as per laubach_3bn_05a_0914.pdf Editors will update to support up to 5 downstream OFDM channels.	See Motion 4	laubach_3bn_04_0914.pdf laubach_3bn_05a_0914.pdf
142	Frame Lost Ratio objective update	Amend P802.3bn Task Force objective as follows: “PHY to have: a downstream frame loss ratio better than 10^-6 at the MAC/PLS service interface; an upstream frame loss ratio better than 5x10^-5 at the MAC/PLS service interface.” Direct the P802.3bn Chair to bring forward at next IEEE 802 plenary meeting for Working Group approval.	See Motion 5
143	Authorize Draft 1.1	Authorize the Editors to create Draft 1.1 from Draft 1.0 by incorporating approved baseline and comment resolution material from the September 2014 meeting as recorded in Draft 1.0 Comments Approved Responses	See Motion 6
04-05 November 2014
144	Comment roll up	Approve proposed responses to all open comments in remein_3bn_03_1114.pdf.	See Motion 4	remein_3bn_03_1114.pdf
145	Upstream codeword filler text	Adopt prodan_3bn_02a_1114.pdf into the P802.3bn draft.	See Motion 6	prodan_3bn_02a_1114.pdf
146	Upstream electrical text	Adopt kolze_3bn_02a_1114.pdf into the P802.3bn draft.	See Motion 7	kolze_3bn_02a_1114.pdf
147	Authorize Draft 1.2	Authorize the Editors to create Draft 1.2 from Draft 1.1 by incorporating approved baseline and comment resolution material from the November 2014 meeting as recorded in Draft 1.1 Comments Approved Responses.	See Motion 8	Draft 1.1 Comments Approved Responses
13-15 January 2015
148	Upstream symbol mapper baseline	Move to adopt laubach_3bn_05a_0115.pdf and laubach_3bn_06_0115.pdf as baseline starting point for upstream symbol mapper.	See Motion 3	laubach_3bn_05a_0115.pdf laubach_3bn_06_0115.pdf
149	RxMER draft text	Adopt RxMER draft text from laubach_3bn_02a_0115.pdf. Allow the Editor to split out equations for stylistic reasons.	See Motion 4	laubach_3bn_02a_0115.pdf
150	Upstream pilot insertion	Adopt upstream pilot insertion draft text from laubach_3bn_04a_0115.pdf	See Motion 5	laubach_3bn_04a_0115.pdf
151	Authorize Draft 1.3	Authorize the Editors to create Draft 1.3 from Draft 1.2 by incorporating approved baseline and comment resolution material from the January 2015 meeting as recorded in Draft 1.2 Comments Approved Responses.	See Motion 6	Draft 1.2 Comments Approved Responses
10-12 March 2015
152	PCS transmit update	Adopt laubach_3bn_03_0315.pdf changes to Draft 1.3 for PCS Transmit	See Motion 3	laubach_3bn_03_0315.pdf (P)
153	Upstream PMA updates	Adopt laubach_3bn_07_0315.pdf as an update to Draft 1.3 for Upstream PMA Staging, Pilot Insertion, and Frame Timing. The Editors have license to adjust section numbers and variable lists to comply with IEEE Style Guide and 802.3 practices. On Page 76, Line 11, change “T2” to “T1” (subcarrier type).	See Motion 4	laubach_3bn_07_0315.pdf
154	Downstream electrical update	Adopt laubach_3bn_05a_0315.pdf draft text changes for Downstream Electrical	See Motion 5	laubach_3bn_05a_0315.pdf
155	Authorize Draft 1.4	Authorize the Editors to create Draft 1.4 from Draft 1.3 by incorporating approved baseline and comment resolution material from March 2015 meeting as recorded in Draft 1.3 Comments Approved Responses	See Motion 6	Draft 1.3 Comments Approved Responses
156	Upstream exclusion band edit	Remove the sentence “Exclusion bands are limited to TBD % or less of encompassed spectrum (see Table 101-13)” on Page 183 Line 4.	See Motion 7
157	Upstream frequency band change	Change Table 100-11 upstream Frequency band from “5 to 234” to “5 to at least 204”. Editor to change elsewhere in the draft text from “234” to “204”.	See Motion 8
18-20 May 2015
158	Affirm project documentation	The P802.3bn Task Force believes that Draft 1.4 and later draft revisions meet the P802.3bn PAR, 5 Criteria, and Objectives.	See Motion 4
159	Authorize D1.5 and pre-submit to WG	Authorize the Editors to create Draft 1.5 from Draft 1.4 for recirculation by incorporating the approved comment resolution material from the May 2015 meeting as recorded in Draft 1.4 Final Comments. Authorize the Chair to pre-submit Draft 1.5 to IEEE 802.3 in anticipation of requesting WG ballot at the July 2015 Plenary.	See Motion 5
13-14 July 2015 (as per unconfirmed minutes)
160	Authorize Draft 1.6	Authorize the Editors to create Draft 1.6 from Draft 1.5 by incorporating approved comment resolution material from July 2015 meeting as recorded in Draft 1.5 Final Comments.	See Motion 3
161	Advance D1.6 to WG ballot	Authorize the Chair to request that the 802.3 Working Group consider advancing P802.3bn Draft 1.6 to working group ballot.	See Motion 5
16-18 September 2015 (as per unconfirmed minutes)
162	Authorize Draft 2.1	Authorize the Editors to create Draft 2.1 from Draft 2.0 by incorporating approved comment resolution material from September 2015 meeting as recorded in Draft 2.0 Final Comments.	See Motion 5
163	Recirculate Draft 2.1, ITU SG9 liaison to WG	Authorize the Chair to ask the 802.3 Working Group Chair to recirculate Draft 2.1 when available and ask the Working Group Chair to distribute Draft 2.1 in response to ITU SG9 liaison communications.	See Motion 6
09-10 November 2015
164	Authorize Draft 2.2	Authorize the Editors to create Draft 2.2 from Draft 2.1 by incorporating approved comment resolution material from the November 2015 meeting as recorded in Draft 2.1 Final Comments.	Motion 3
165	Request recirculation	Authorize the Chair to ask the 802.3 Working Group Chair to recirculate Draft 2.2 when available.	Motion 4
166	Conditional approval to sponsor ballot	Authorize the Chair to request that the 802.3 Working Group grant conditional approval for the P802.3bn draft to proceed to Sponsor ballot.	See Motion 5
16-17 December 2015
167	Authorsize Draft 2.3	Authorize the Editors to create Draft 2.3 from Draft 2.2 by incorporating approved comment resolution material from the December 2015 meeting as recorded in Draft 2.2 Final Comments.	See Motion 3
168	Request recirculation	Authorize the Editors to create Draft 2.3 from Draft 2.2 by incorporating approved comment resolution material from the December 2015 meeting as recorded in Draft 2.2 Final Comments	See Motion 4
19 January 2016 (as per unconfirmed minutes)
169	Authorsize Draft 3.0	Authorize the Editors to revise Draft 2.3 Working Group ballot draft into Draft 3.0 Sponsor Ballot draft; Authorize the Chair to ask the 802.3 Working Group Chair to consider advancing Draft 3.0 to sponsor ballot.	See Motion 3
26 May 2016 (as per unconfirmed minutes)
170	Authorize Draft 3.2	Authorize the Editors to create Draft 3.2 from Draft 3.1 by incorporating approved comment resolution material from the May 2016 meeting as recorded in Draft 3.1 Final Comments . Chair to send Draft 3.2 to 802.3 Chair for sponsor recirculation ballot.	See Motion 4
171	Figure 102-15 update	Move to: Approve amended comment r01-7. Approve change to SEND_EMB in Figure 102-15 to reveal hidden line “Send( PhyTD )” and remove red fill.	See Motion 5
172	Clause 102 table fix.	Move to: Remove table titles from PICS in Clause 102.	See Motion 6
21 June 2016 (as per unconfirmed minutes)
173	Approve comment response	Approve comment resolution material from the June 2016 meeting as recorded in Draft 3.2 Final Comment .	See Motion 3
174	Submit to RevCom	Authorize the Chair to request that the IEEE 802.3 Working Group re-affirm the CSD (grandfathered 5C) responses in http://www.ieee802.org/3/bn/5Criteria.pdf and request approval to submit the IEEE P802.3bn draft D3.2 to RevCom for approval.	See Motion 4
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