IEEE 802.3ah
Ethernet in the First Mile
Task Force

The following presentations contains material accepted by the Task Force as the baseline for the copper clause of the first draft of P802.3ah. The first four make the basis of Clause 61.

• Copper Baseline Proposal - MAC - PHY Rate Matching ( marris_1_0302.pdf )
• Copper Baseline Proposal - PMD control ( simon_1_0302.pdf )
• Copper Baseline Proposal - Loop Aggregation ( fosmark_1_0302.pdf )
• Copper Baseline Proposal - Encapsulation (omahony_1_0103.pdf), slide entitled "Layering and Interfaces" not included in baseline

Clauses 62 and 63 are based on the following two presentations.

• Copper Baseline Proposal - VDSL (Clause 62) ( rezvani_1_0302.pdf )
• Copper Baseline Proposal - SHDSL (Clause 63) ( kimpe_copper_1_0103.pdf )

• The motion to adopt the VDSL presentation included the Notes to the Editor document (except note 13).

• Selection criteria for VDSL linecode (omahony_copper_1_0702.pdf).

The votes to adopt the copper baselines were captured in the relevant meeting minutes and are summarized here