[802.3_NGEPON] IEEE P802.3ca/D2.2 25 Gb/s and 50 Gb/s Ethernet Passive Optical Networks Working Group 2nd recirculation ballot

[Curtis Knittle <C.Knittle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Task Force Participants,

With this e-mail, I'd like to announce the start of the IEEE P802.3ca/D2.2 25 Gb/s and 50 Gb/s Ethernet Passive Optical Networks Working Group 2nd recirculation ballot.

Open date: Wednesday 18th September 2019 Close date: Wednesday 2nd October 2019 23:59 AOE

As stated in the announcement below, the ballot group for this draft is the IEEE 802.3 voting membership as of Monday 30th September 2019. 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,
Curtis Knittle
Chair, IEEE P802.3ca 25 Gb/s and 50 Gb/s Ethernet Passive Optical Networks Task Force 

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Dear Colleagues,

This is the announcement of the electronic IEEE 802.3 Working Group 2nd recirculation ballot on the Amendment IEEE P802.3ca 25 Gb/s and 50 Gb/s Ethernet Passive Optical Networks. 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.

The ballot group for this draft is the IEEE 802.3 voting membership as of Thursday 23rd May 2019.

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 2nd recirculation ballot, the scope of the ballot is the substantive changes between IEEE P802.3ca/D2.1 and IEEE P802.3ca/D2.2 and the unsatisfied negative comments.

CRITERIA FOR STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT:
One of the responsibilities as a balloter is to ensure that draft is consistent with the criteria for standards development (CSD) responses which are available at <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/18/ec-18-0247-00-ACSD-p802-3ca.pdf>. An Approve vote indicates your agreement that the draft is consistent with the CSD responses.

BALLOT OPEN:
Wednesday 18th September 2019

BALLOT CLOSE:
Wednesday 2nd October 2019 23:59 AOE

The Project Authorization Request for this Amendment is available at <http://ieee802.org/3/ca/documents/P802_3ca_PAR_approved.pdf> and includes the following:

TITLE:
Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Physical Layer Specifications and Management Parameters for 25 Gb/s and 50 Gb/s Passive Optical Networks

SCOPE OF PROJECT:
The scope of this project is to amend IEEE Std 802.3 to add physical layer specifications and management parameters for point-to-multipoint passive optical networks supporting MAC data rates of 25 Gb/s or 50 Gb/s in the downstream direction and 10 Gb/s, 25 Gb/s, or 50 Gb/s in the upstream direction, with distance and split ratios consistent with those defined in IEEE Std 802.3. It also extends the operation of Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPON) protocols, such as MultiPoint Control Protocol (MPCP) and Operation Administration and Management (OAM).

NEED FOR THE PROJECT:
The project is applicable to business and residential access environments. The project is needed to enable access network operators to provide advanced bandwidth-intensive services while reducing footprint of network equipment, simplifying service upgrades, reducing network upgrade cost, and reducing fiber deployment costs.

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 

Curtis Knittle
Chair, IEEE P802.3ca 25 Gb/s and 50 Gb/s Ethernet Passive Optical Networks Task Force
Phone: +1 303 661 3851
Email: c.knittle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR BALLOTING ON: IEEE P802.3ca draft D2.2

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 P802.3ca 25 Gb/s and 50 Gb/s Ethernet Passive Optical Networks draft D2.2 may be downloaded from:

URL: <http://ieee802.org/3/ca/private/drafts/D2_2/draft_3ca_D2_2_clean.pdf>
Username: [IEEE 802.3 or IEEE P802.3ca username]
Password: [IEEE 802.3 or IEEE P802.3ca password]

Please submit comments against the above draft.

A comparison file between IEEE P802.3ca 25 Gb/s and 50 Gb/s Ethernet Passive Optical Networks draft D2.1 and D2.2 is also provided to both focus and ease your review. Please DO NOT comment on this comparison document. This draft may be downloaded from:

<http://ieee802.org/3/ca/private/drafts/D2_2/draft_3ca_D2_2_diff.pdf>

Please DO NOT submit comments against the above document.

Unsatisfied negative comments, and their dispositions may be downloaded from:

<http://ieee802.org/3/ca/comments/802d3ca_D2_all_unsatisfied_20190917.pdf>

All comments, and their dispositions, from the 1st recirculation ballot may be downloaded from:

<http://ieee802.org/3/ca/comments/802d3ca_D2_1_approved_20190917.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 may be downloaded for free downloading from Adobe from:

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


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