[802.3_DIALOG] March plenary announcement
TO: IEEE 802.3 Voters, Observers and Liaisons
Dear Colleagues,
IEEE 802.3 will meet Monday 18th March through Thursday 21st March 2013 in Orlando, FL, USA. All IEEE 802.3 meetings are scheduled for the Caribe Royale, Orlando, FL, USA. As always, the IEEE 802 LMSC session announcement, registration and current hotel availability information can be found through the 'Next IEEE 802 Plenary session notice' link on our home web page <www.ieee802.org/3>. To receive email updates and reminders for the plenary sessions, subscribe to the stds-802-ALL reflector <http://listserv.ieee.org>.
The opening IEEE 802.3 working group (WG) meeting will begin at 1:00 PM on Monday 18th March, and the IEEE 802.3 WG closing plenary meeting will be 1:00 PM on Thursday 21st March. Task Force (TF) and Study Group (SG) meetings will follow our typical schedule also found on our web site <http://www.ieee802.org/3/plenary.html>. The draft agenda, as well as liaison letters received so far, are available in the minutes area <http://www.ieee802.org/3/minutes/mar13/index.html> and will be updated as required prior to the meeting. The agenda will be approved at the meeting. As usual, TF, SG, standing committee and any appropriate ad hoc meetings will be scheduled between the opening and closing IEEE 802.3 meetings.
We will gather two records of attendance, the attendance tracking tool and attendance books in each meeting. The attendance tool will be the only official record of attendance for building and maintaining WG membership. The meeting attendance books will be used to record the attendance in the minutes for each meeting and it is important that you review these minutes to make sure your attendance is recorded correctly as this will be the backup should there be an issue with the attendance tool.
Attendance credit toward membership requires attendance at three of the four days of the IEEE 802.3 session, independent of how long a particular TF or SG might be meeting. The attendance tracking tool will only allow sign in on Monday at the opening IEEE 802.3 plenary and on Thursday at the closing IEEE 802.3 plenary meeting (not during the Thursday morning meetings). A number of WG decisions are expected during the IEEE 802.3 meetings (most on Thursday during the closing meeting). Depending on the amount of discussion, the Thursday closing meeting may run beyond our target 5:30 PM ending time, so please plan your travel accordingly.
Additional subgroup information follows. Information for contacting Task Force chairs, and archival project information can be found on our web site: <www.ieee802.org/3>.
I look forward to seeing you in Orlando, FL, USA.
David Law
Chair, IEEE 802.3 Working Group
dlaw@xxxxxx
IEEE 802.3 Business (Mon & Thu afternoon)
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Working Group Home page: http://www.ieee802.org/3/index.html
In addition to regular Working Group business, there will be Task Force and Study Group business based on the status below, as well as two Calls for Interest.
Maintenance Task Force (Tue afternoon)
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Task Force Home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/maint/index.html>
The Task Force will be considering new maintenance requests, reviewing the status of outstanding maintenance requests. The Task Force will also be considering the submission of IEEE Std 802.3-2012 for adoption by ISO/IEC JTC1 SC6.
Questions about maintenance activities can be addressed to the Maintenance Task Force Chair, Mr Wael William Diab.
IEEE P802.3.1 (IEEE 802.3.1a) Ethernet MIBs (revision) Task Force (Thu morning)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/1/index.html>
The Ethernet MIBs (revision) Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Sponsor recirculation ballot of Ethernet MIBs (revision) draft D2.1 that is due to close prior to the meeting. With the project near to completing Sponsor ballot it is expected that the Task Force will request conditional, or unconditional, approval to proceed to Sponsor ballot.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Howard Frazier.
IEEE P802.3bj 100Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable Task Force (Tue-Thu)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/index.html>
This will be the tenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bj 100Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable Task Force.
The IEEE P802.3bj Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the 5th Task Force review of IEEE P802.3bj draft D1.4 that will close prior to the meeting. The IEEE P802.3bj draft D1.4 will also be submitted for Working Group preview in preparation for a request to proceed to Working Group ballot.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr John D'Ambrosia.
IEEE P802.3bk Extended EPON Task Force (Tue-Thu)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bk/index.html>
This will be the sixth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bk Extended EPON Task Force.
The Extended EPON Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Working Group recirculation ballot of Extended EPON draft D2.1 that is due to close prior to the meeting. With the project near to completing Working Group ballot it is expected that the Task Force will request conditional, or unconditional, approval to proceed to Sponsor ballot.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Marek Hajduczenia.
IEEE P802.3bm 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Fiber Optic Task Force (Tue-Thu)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bm/index.html>
This will be the fourth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bm 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Fiber Optic Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bm Task Force continues to work on selection of a set of baseline proposals to satisfy the project objectives, progressing towards a technically complete draft for working group ballot.
The Task Force has also developed a draft PAR modification request to the IEEE P802.3bm PAR, as well as supporting updated 5C and objectives. These can be accessed as follows:
PAR modification request: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bm/P802_3bm_PAR_0113.pdf>
Updated 5C: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bm/P802_3bm_PAR_0113.pdf>
Updated objectives: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bm/P8023bm_Objectives_1112.pdf>
The draft PAR modification and Objectives were approved by the IEEE 802.3 Working Group at the November 2012 Plenary, the updated 5C is pending IEEE 802.3 Working Group approval at the March 2013 plenary.
Since the submission deadline for the April NesCom Continuous Processing meeting (15th March) occurs prior to the date of the March IEEE 802 EC meeting, I have pre-submit the draft PAR to NesCom on the understanding that any changes to the draft PAR text resulting from the Plenary review process will be promptly communicated to the NesCom Administrator and should the IEEE 802.3 Working Group or the IEEE 802 Executive Committee not approve the submission, it will be removed from the NesCom agenda.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Dan Dove.
IEEE P802.3bn EPON Protocol over Coax (EPoC) Task Force (Tue-Thu)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bn/index.html>
This will be the fifth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bn EPON Protocol over Coax (EPoC) Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bn Task Force continues to work on selection of a set of baseline proposals to satisfy the project objectives, progressing towards a technically complete draft for working group ballot.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Mark Laubach.
IEEE P802.3bp Reduced Twisted Pair Gigabit Ethernet PHY Task Force (Tue-Thu)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bp/index.html>
This will be the second meeting of the IEEE P802.3bp Reduced Twisted Pair Gigabit Ethernet PHY Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bp Task Force continues to work on selection of a set of baseline proposals to satisfy the project objectives, progressing towards a technically complete draft for working group ballot.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Steve Carlson.
IEEE 802.3 Next Generation BASE-T Study Group (Tue-Thu)
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Study Group Home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/NGBASET/index.html>
This will be the fourth meeting of the IEEE 802.3 Next Generation BASE-T Study Group. The study group has developed an approved draft PAR, 5C and objectives and will be seeking approval of them by the IEEE 802.3 Working Group, as well as approval of the PAR and 5C by the IEEE 802 Executive committee, at this meeting. The draft PAR, 5C and objectives can be accessed as follows:
Draft PAR <http://www.ieee802.org/3/NGBASET/P802_3bq_PAR_Detail.pdf>
Draft 5C <http://www.ieee802.org/3/NGBASET/5C_020813_NGBT.pdf>
Draft Objectives: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/NGBASET/objectives_draft_ngbt_0113.pdf>
Questions about the Study Group can be addressed to the Study Group Chair, Mr Bill Woodruff.
IEEE 802.3 Distinguished Minimum Latency Traffic Study Group (Tue-Thu)
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Study Group Home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/DMLT/index.html>
This will be the second meeting of the IEEE 802.3 Distinguished Minimum Latency Traffic Study Group. The study group was chartered at the November 2012 IEEE 802 plenary meeting and met for the first time during the IEEE 802.3 January interim meeting week. The study group continues to work on developing a PAR, 5C and objectives.
Questions about the Study Group can be addressed to the Study Group Chair, Mr Ludwig Winkel.
IEEE 802.3 IC Higher Speed Ethernet Consensus Ad Hoc
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Ad Hoc home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/hse/index.html>
The scope the IEEE 802.3 Industry Connections Higher Speed Ethernet Consensus Ad Hoc is to build consensus related to the next speed of Ethernet for wireline applications, which will be used for the evaluation and possible development of a Call-For-Interest for the next IEEE 802.3 Higher Speed Study Group. The IEEE 802.3 IC Higher Speed Ethernet Consensus Ad Hoc will not be meeting as the 400 Gb/s Ethernet Call For Interest (see below) will be occurring
Questions about the Ad Hoc can be addressed to the Ad Hoc Chair, Mr John D'Ambrosia.
400 Gb/s Ethernet call for interest
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_0313_1.html>
The following request for agenda time for a 400 Gb/s Ethernet call for interest has been received from John D'Ambrosia.
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In July 2012 the IEEE 802.3 Industry Connections Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment forecast that networks, on average, would need to support 58% compound annual growth rates. Such growth rates would force the use of solutions aggregating or bundling multiple 100GbE links, whose capability would be quickly exceeded by the noted growth rate. The development of a 400GbE solution would provide the next step for the industry to deal with an ever increasing exponential bandwidth growth rate. This call for interest is to request the formation of a 400 Gigabit Ethernet Study Group (400GbESG) to begin this effort.
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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the afternoon of Monday 18th March. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 6:30PM to 8:00PM on the evening of Tuesday 19th March. The vote to determine if a Study Group will be formed will take place at the IEEE 802.3 Closing Plenary on the afternoon of Thursday 21st March.
4-pair Power over Ethernet call for interest
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_0313_2.html>
The following request for agenda time for a 4-pair Power over Ethernet call for interest has been received from Koussalya Balasubramanian.
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Power over Ethernet (PoE) has become the preferred method to power networked devices, such as IP phones and access points. It has also enabled many new types of network devices. PoE systems will benefit from a 4-pair solution in multiple ways, for instance, better energy efficiency than 2-pair PoE system and the ability to provide greater than 25.5 Watts of power to systems. This call for interest is to request the formation of a "4-pair Power over Ethernet" study group to start this effort.
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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the afternoon of Monday 18th March. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 8:00PM to 9:30PM on the evening of Tuesday 19th March. The vote to determine if a Study Group will be formed will take place at the IEEE 802.3 Closing Plenary on the afternoon of Thursday 21st March.
IEEE 802.3 Rules
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At present, there are no proposed rules changes.
Project Authorization Requests (PARs)
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The following are the PARs from other Working Groups for consideration at the March plenary. Comments are due by 5PM on Tuesday so if there is any interest to review any of these PARs an Ad Hoc will be chartered to generate and submit the comments.
Amendment PAR
IEEE 802.1Qcb - Frame Replication and Elimination for Reliability
PAR: <http://ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2013/new-p802-1Qcb-draft-par-0113.pdf>
5C: <http://ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2013/new-p802-1Qcb-draft-5c-0113.pdf>
PAR modification request
IEEE 802 Overview and Architecture
PAR: <http://ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2013/p802-par-modification-0113l.pdf>
Tutorials
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IEEE 802 Tutorials web page: < http://www.ieee802.org/Tutorials.shtml>
Session #1, Monday 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
Unallocated
Session #2, Monday 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Shared 5 GHz bands update
Session #3, Monday 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM
Unallocated