[802.3_DIALOG] March plenary meeting announcement
Dear Colleagues,
IEEE 802.3 will meet Monday 17th March through Thursday 20th March 2014 in Beijing, China. The IEEE 802.3 meetings are scheduled to occur in the China World Hotel and Traders Hotel, Beijing, China. As always, the IEEE 802 LMSC session announcement, registration and current hotel 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 IEEE 802.3 working group (WG) opening plenary meeting will begin at 13:00 on Monday 17th March, and the IEEE 802.3 WG closing plenary meeting will begin at 13:00 on Thursday 20th March. Task Force (TF), Study Group (SG), standing committee and any appropriate ad hoc meetings will be scheduled between the opening and closing IEEE 802.3 meetings as illustrated in 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/mar14/index.html> and will be updated as required prior to the meeting. The agenda will be approved at the meeting.
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 18:00 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>. Please note that in addition to the normal IEEE 802 plenary week meeting schedule there will be a welcome meeting from 11:00 to 12:00 on Monday 17th to which all attendees are invited to attend.
I look forward to seeing you in Beijing, China.
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 3 Calls for Interest.
As this is the first plenary session of an even numbered year, IEEE 802 officer elections will also take place. For the IEEE 802.3 Working Group, this will be for the positions of Chair and Vice-Chair of the Working Group.
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.
Questions about maintenance activities can be addressed to the Maintenance Task Force Chair, Mr Adam Healey.
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 sixteenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bj 100Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable Task Force.
The 100Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Sponsor recirculation ballot of 100Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable draft D3.1 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 approval for RevCom submittal.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Adam Healey.
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 tenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bm 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Fiber Optic Task Force.
The 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Fiber Optic Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Working Group recirculation ballot of 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Fiber Optic 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 approval to proceed to Sponsor ballot.
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 eleventh 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 eighth 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.
The Task Force has also developed a draft PAR modification request to the IEEE P802.3bp PAR. The IEEE P802.3bp project has decided to support only single pair operation. Based on this, in PAR item 2.2 'Amendment title', item 5.2B 'Scope of project' and item 5.5 'Need for the project', fewer than three twisted pairs has been changed to a single twisted pair. In addition PAR item 4.2 'Expected Date of submission of draft to the IEEE-SA for Initial Sponsor Ballot' and item 4.3 'Projected Completion Date for Submittal to RevCom' the dates were corrected. The draft PAR modification and unmodified CSD responses (grandfathered 5 Criteria responses) can be accessed as follows:
Draft PAR modification: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bp/P802_3bp_PAR_modification_0114.pdf>
Unmodified CSD responses (grandfathered 5 Criteria responses): <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bp/5Criteria.pdf>
The draft PAR modification and CSD responses are pending IEEE 802.3 Working Group approval at the March 2014 plenary prior to seeking approval of both by the IEEE 802 Executive committee. Since the submission deadline for the March 2014 NesCom meeting (14th February 2014) occurs prior to the date of the March IEEE 802 EC meeting, I have pre-submitted the draft PAR modification to NesCom on the understanding that any changes to the draft PAR modification 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 Steve Carlson.
IEEE P802.3bq 40GBASE-T Task Force (Wed-Thu)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bq/index.html>
This will be the sixth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bq 40GBASE-T Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bq 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 David Chalupsky.
IEEE P802.3br Interspersing Express Traffic Task Force (Wed-Thu)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/br/index.html>
This will be the second meeting of the IEEE P802.3br Interspersing Express Traffic Task Force. The IEEE P802.3br 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 Ludwig Winkel.
IEEE P802.3bt IEEE P802.3bt DTE Power via MDI over 4-Pair Task Force (Tue-Thu)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bt/index.html>
This will be the second meeting of the IEEE P802.3bt IEEE P802.3bt DTE Power via MDI over 4-Pair Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bt 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 Chad Jones.
IEEE P802.3bu 1-Pair Power over Data Lines (PoDL) Task Force (Tue-Thu)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bu/index.html>
This will be the second meeting of the IEEE P802.3bu 1-Pair Power over Data Lines (PoDL) Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bu 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 Dave Dwelley.
IEEE 802.3 400 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group (Wed)
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Study Group home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/400GSG/index.html>
This will be the sixth meeting of the IEEE 802.3 400 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group. The Study Group has developed and approved the draft IEEE P802.3bs Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers and Management Parameters for 400 Gb/s Operation PAR, as well as supporting CSD and objectives. The draft PAR, CSD and objectives are pending IEEE 802.3 Working Group approval at this meeting prior to seeking approval of both the PAR and CSD by the IEEE 802 Executive committee. The draft PAR, CSD and objectives can be accessed as follows:
Draft PAR request: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/400GSG/project_docs/PAR_400_14_0121.pdf>
Draft CSD: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/400GSG/project_docs/CSD_400_14_0121.pdf>
Draft objectives: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/400GSG/project_docs/Objectives_13_1114.pdf>
Since the submission deadline for the March 2014 NesCom meeting (14th February 2014) occurs prior to the date of the March IEEE 802 EC meeting, I have pre-submitted 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 Study Group can be addressed to the Study Group Chair, Mr John D'Ambrosia.
IEEE 802.3 Industry Connections Next Generation Ethernet Passive Optical Network (NG-EPON) Ad Hoc (Tue)
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Ad Hoc home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/ngepon/index.html>
This will be the second meeting of the IEEE 802.3 Industry Connections Next Generation Ethernet Passive Optical Network (NG-EPON) Ad Hoc. The activity has been chartered to generate a report which will detail: (a) operators' requirements, (b) technological and economic tradeoffs of various approaches to next generation EPON, (c) the state of the art for optical subscriber access network technology, and (d) potential solutions that merit further consideration.
Questions about the Ad Hoc can be addressed to the Ad Hoc Chair, Mr Howard Frazier.
Gigabit Plastic Optical Fibre (POF) call for interest
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_0314_1.html>
The following request for agenda time for a Gigabit Plastic Optical Fibre (POF) call for interest has been received from Carlos Pardo.
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Deployment of Ethernet continues to stimulate the need for PHY technologies that address particular market needs. Plastic Optical Fibre provides distinct advantages for deployment of Gigabit Ethernet in diverse environments. POF is an attractive and complementary medium for automotive application environments. It also provides significant installation advantages for home networking. This Call for Interest will request the formation of a study group to explore the available technologies, market need and market application requirements for a POF 1000 Mb/s Physical Layer specification.
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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the afternoon of Monday 17th March. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 19:30 to 21:00 on the evening of Tuesday 18th 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 20th March.
100 Mb/s operation over a single twisted pair call for interest
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_0314_2.html>
The following request for agenda time for a 100 Mb/s operation over a single twisted pair call for interest has been received from Thomas Hogenmueller.
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Since the March 2012 plenary the IEEE 802 Community has been working on several automotive related activities, indicating huge interests from automotive and industrial control stakeholders in Ethernet based solution. The IEEE P802.3bp Task Force is working on 1000BASE-T1 to support 1Gb/s operation over a single twisted pair in the harsh automotive environment, the IEEE P802.3bu Task Force is working on the provision of power via a single twisted pair, and in IEEE 802.1 there are several activities related to Time Sensitive Networks in support of future Automotive Advanced Driver Assistance Systems such as highly automated driving.
To enable this multi-million port Ethernet market there is also a need for a solution to support 100 Mb/s operation over a single twisted pair in the harsh automotive environment, as not all of these ports will be capable of supporting 1Gb/s. Many users, premium and volume car manufactures, and their suppliers, desire an IEEE 802.3 standard based solution in order to enable and extend a multi-vendor supplied eco-system for the automotive industry.
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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the afternoon of Monday 17th March. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 21:00 to 22:30 on the evening of Tuesday 18th 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 20th March.
25 Gigabit Ethernet call for interest
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_0314_3.html>
The following request for agenda time for a 25 Gigabit Ethernet call for interest has been received from Brad Booth.
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The use of 4x10G breakout via 40G interfaces has become very popular over the last few years in hyper-scale data centers. As these data centers prepare to transition to 100 Gigabit Ethernet, there is an expectation to use 100G (4 x 25 Gb/s) interfaces specified in IEEE P802.3bj and P802.3bm. What the industry is missing is the ability to provide a breakout solution that - like 4x10G with 40G - matches the single-lane line rate of 25 Gb/s. Where 4x10G could draw upon 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 4x25G has no ability to draw upon a 25 Gigabit Ethernet specification. This Call-for-Interest is a request for the formation of a study group to explore the enhancements required and market requirements to take advantage of interoperable interfaces specified in P802.3bj and P802.3bm to provide a single-lane 25 Gb/s Ethernet specification.
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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the afternoon of Monday 17th March. A call for interest consensus building meeting will be scheduled to occur during the week. 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 20th March.
Project Authorization Requests (PARs)
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The following are the PARs from other Working Groups for consideration at the July plenary. Comments are due by 17:00 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.
IEEE P802.11tbd HEW (High Efficiency WLAN)
Draft PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/14/11-14-0165-00-0hew-802-11-hew-sg-proposed-par.docx>
Draft CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/14/11-14-0169-00-0hew-ieee-802-11-hew-sg-proposed-csd.docx>
IEEE P802.15.3tbd 100Gb/s wireless switched point-to-point physical layer
Draft PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/dcn/13/15-13-0523-05-0thz-100g-working-draft-par.pdf>
Draft CSD: <http://www.ieee802.org/secmail/docnfc98K39OK.doc>
IEEE P802.15.4r Radio based Distance Measurement Techniques
Draft PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/dcn/14/15-14-0075-03-004r-sg4r-draft-par.pdf>
Draft CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/dcn/14/15-14-0076-02-004r-sg4r-draft-csd.docx>
IEEE P802.22 Revision PAR for 802.22-2011
Draft PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.22/dcn/13/22-13-0138-06-0000-802-22-revision-par.docx>
Draft CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.22/dcn/13/22-13-0156-03-0000-802-22-revision-par-5c.docx>
IEEE 802.3 Rules
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It is anticipated that a set of proposed rules changes to make a number of corrects will be submitted in time for the plenary and if this occurs a rules meeting will be scheduled.
Tutorials
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IEEE 802 Tutorials web page: <http://www.ieee802.org/Tutorials.shtml>
Session #1, Monday 18:00 to 19:30
Optical Backplanes
Session #2, Monday 19:30 to 21:00
None
Session #3, Monday 21:00 to 22:30
None