[802.3_DIALOG] November plenary meeting announcement
TO: IEEE 802.3 Voters, Observers and Liaisons
Dear Colleagues,
IEEE 802.3 will meet Monday 3rd November through Thursday 6th November 2014 in San Antonio, TX, USA. The IEEE 802.3 meetings are scheduled to occur in the Grand Hyatt San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA. 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 3rd November, and the IEEE 802.3 WG closing plenary meeting will begin at 13:00 on Thursday 6th November. 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/nov14/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 the IEEE 802.3 Industry Connections Next Generation Ethernet Passive Optical Network (NG-EPON) Ad Hoc will be meeting on the Sunday prior to the IEEE 802.3 Opening plenary.
I look forward to seeing you in San Antonio, TX, USA.
David Law
Chair, IEEE 802.3 Working Group
dlaw@xxxxxx
IEEE 802.3 Business
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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
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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 Maintenance Task Force is also progressing a revision project, IEEE P802.3 (IEEE 802.3bx), to revise IEEE Std 802.3-2012. This revision project is to meet IEEE-SA requirement to enable future amendments to be considered for approval as IEEE Standards. The Revision will include the merge of IEEE Std 802.3bk-2013, IEEE Std 802.3bj-2014 and accumulated maintenance changes and is expected to also include IEEE Std 802.3bm-201x. It is also expected that a IEEE P802.3 (IEEE 802.3bx) draft will be submitted for Working Group preview in preparation for a request to proceed to Working Group ballot.
Questions about maintenance activities can be addressed to the Maintenance Task Force Chair, Mr Adam Healey.
IEEE P802.3bm 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Fibre Optic Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bm/index.html>
This will be the fourteenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bm 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Fibre Optic Task Force. The 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Fibre Optic Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 2nd Sponsor recirculation ballot of 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Fibre Optic draft D3.2 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 to proceed to RevCom submittal.
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
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bn/index.html>
This will be the fifteenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bn EPON Protocol over Coax (EPoC) Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bn Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the Task Force review of IEEE P802.3bn draft D1.1 that will close prior to the meeting.
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
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bp/index.html>
This will be the tenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bp Reduced Twisted Pair Gigabit Ethernet PHY Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bp Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Task Force review of IEEE P802.3bp draft D1.0 that will close prior to the meeting.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Steve Carlson.
IEEE P802.3bq 40GBASE-T Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bq/index.html>
This will be the tenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bq 40GBASE-T Task Force.
The IEEE P802.3bq Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Task Force review of IEEE P802.3bq draft D1.0 that will close prior to the meeting.
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 fourth meeting of the IEEE P802.3br Interspersing Express Traffic Task Force. The IEEE P802.3br Task Force continues to work on reviewing the draft.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Ludwig Winkel.
IEEE P802.3bs 400Gb/s Ethernet Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bs/index.html>
This will be the fourth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bs 400Gb/s Ethernet Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bs 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 John D'Ambrosia.
IEEE P802.3bt DTE Power via MDI over 4-Pair Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bt/index.html>
This will be the sixth meeting of the 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
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bu/index.html>
This will be the sixth 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 P802.3bw 100BASE-T1 Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/bw/index.html>
This will be the third meeting of the IEEE P802.3bw 100BASE-T1 Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bw Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the Task Force review of the IEEE P802.3bw draft that will close prior to the meeting. The IEEE P802.3bw draft 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 Thomas Hogenmueller.
IEEE 802.3 Gigabit Ethernet Over Plastic Optical Fiber Study Group
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Study Group home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/GEPOFSG/index.html>
This will be the fourth meeting of the IEEE 802.3 Gigabit Ethernet Over Plastic Optical Fiber Study Group. The Study Group has developed and approved the draft IEEE P802.3bv Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Physical Layer Specifications and Management Parameters for 1000 Mb/s Operation Over Plastic Optical Fiber 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 LMSC Executive committee. The draft PAR, CSD and objectives can be accessed as follows:
Draft PAR request: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/GEPOFSG/P802_3bv_PAR_240914.pdf>
Draft CSD: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/GEPOFSG/CSD_GEPOF_0914.pdf>
Draft objectives: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/GEPOFSG/Objectives_GEPOF_2_0714.pdf>
Since the submission deadline for the December 9th (submittal deadline 20th October) NesCom meeting occurs prior to the date of the November 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 LMSC Executive Committee not approve the submission, it will be removed from the NesCom agenda.
You may recall that the IEEE P802.3bv PAR, and supporting CSD, were submitted for approval at the July IEEE 802 plenary meeting. The CSD however did not gain approval of the IEEE 802.3 Working Group, and due to that I removed PAR and CSD from the IEEE 802 LMSC July closing Executive Committee agenda and the PAR from the August IEEE-SA NesCom agenda.
As a result the IEEE 802.3 Gigabit Ethernet Over Plastic Optical Fiber Study Group have now updated the draft IEEE P802.3bv PAR and CSD. The PAR is little changed from the one submitted to you in July, with a sentence added to item 8.1 in response to a IEEE 802.11 comment received in July suggesting that the acronym VDE be expanded. The CSD document provided is change marked for review convenience, these changes were made in response to comments received in July from the IEEE 802.11 Working Group and from IEEE 802.3 participants.
Questions about the Study Group can be addressed to the Study Group Chair, Mr Bob Grow.
IEEE 802.3 25 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group
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Study Group home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/25GSG/public/index.html>
This will be the second meeting of the IEEE 802.3 25 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group. The Study Group has developed and approved the draft IEEE P802.3by Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers and Management Parameters for 25 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 LMSC Executive committee. The draft PAR, CSD and objectives can be accessed as follows:
Draft PAR request: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/25GSG/25GE_PAR_final_110914.pdf>
Draft CSD: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/25GSG/25GE_CSD_0914_adopted.pdf>
Draft objectives: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/25GSG/25GE_Objectives_0914_adopted.pdf>
Since the submission deadline for the December 9th (submittal deadline 20th October) NesCom meeting occurs prior to the date of the November 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 LMSC 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 Mark Nowell.
IEEE 802.3 Industry Connections Next Generation Ethernet Passive Optical Network (NG-EPON) Ad Hoc (Sun)
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Ad Hoc home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/ngepon/index.html>
This will be the sixth meeting of the IEEE 802.3 Industry Connections Next Generation Ethernet Passive Optical Network (NG-EPON) Ad Hoc. The ad hoc 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. The ad hoc continues data gathering and review of their draft report.
Due to personal commitments the Ad Hoc Chair, Mr Howard Frazier will not be able to attend the plenary meeting, I have therefore asked Mr Marek Hajduczenia to serve as Chair, hence if you have any questions they can be addressed to Mr Marek Hajduczenia.
Next Generation Enterprise Access BASE-T PHY call for interest
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_1114_1.html>
The following request for agenda time for a Next Generation Enterprise Access BASE-T PHY call for interest has been received from Yong Kim.
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This is a call for interest to initiate a Study Group to explore the need for one or more new Ethernet speed(s) between 1 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s over balanced twisted pair cabling. We believe there is a market need, driven by IEEE Std 802.11ac wireless access points, to support higher than 1 Gb/s Ethernet rates at a 100m reach using the installed base of Cat5e (or better) structured cabling. Higher performance end devices like desktop and laptop PCs, as well as other enterprise applications for Ethernet, will also benefit from the new data rates provided by this work.
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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the afternoon of Monday 3rd November. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 18:00 to 19:30 on the evening of Tuesday 4th November. 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 6th November.
25GBASE-T call for interest
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_1114_2.html>
The following request for agenda time for a 25GBASE-T call for interest has been received from David Chalupsky.
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The rapid progress of the 25 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group highlighted the broad market potential for 25 Gb/s Ethernet switch-to-server interconnect in a range of data center wiring architectures including within-rack, adjacent rack, middle-of-row, and end-of-row switching topologies. At the 10 Gb/s rate, the use of BASE-T for these applications is growing as an augment to fiber and direct-attach twinax copper. The IEEE P802.3bq 40GBASE-T Task Force has been addressing switch-to-server interconnect for these topologies at a 40 Gb/s rate. At this time, there is no path for data centers to utilize cost-effective and backwards compatible BASE-T technology for 25 Gb/s Ethernet. This Call For Interest is a request for the formation of a study group to explore 25 Gb/s BASE-T Ethernet and potentially extending the work of the IEEE P802.3bq Task Force to include it.
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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the afternoon of Monday 3rd November. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 19:30 to 21:00 on the evening of Tuesday 4th November. 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 6th November.
Project Authorization Requests (PARs)
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The following are the PARs from other Working Groups for consideration at the plenary. Comments are due by 18:30 on Tuesday so if there is any interest in reviewing an Ad Hoc will have to be chartered to generate and submit the comments.
New Projects:
IEEE P802.15.7a Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Part 15.7: Short-Range Wireless Optical Communication Using Visible Light: Amendment for a Physical Layer Supporting Optical Camera Communications
PAR: http://ieee802.org/secmail/pdfDTIfdoJoeC.pdf
CSD: http://ieee802.org/secmail/docOlQhtl6Ukm.doc
IEEE P802.1ASRev Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Timing and Synchronization for Time-Sensitive Applications
PAR: http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2014/new-802-1AS-rev-draft-par-0514-v1.pdf
CSD: http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2014/new-802-1AS-rev-draft-csd-0514-v1.pptx
IEEE P802c Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and Architecture Amendment: Local Media Access Control (MAC) Addressing
PAR: http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2014/new-addresses-thaler-local-address-par-v01.pdf
CSD: http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2014/new-addresses-thaler-local-address-csd-v01.pdf
IEEE P802.1Qch Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges and Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks Amendment: Cyclic Queuing and Forwarding
PAR: http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2014/ch-mjt-cyclic-queuing-and-forwarding-par-0914-v01.pdf
CSD: http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2014/ch-mjt-cyclic-queuing-and-forwarding-par-csd-0814-v01.pdf
IEEE 802.3 Rules
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At present, there are no proposed rules changes.
Tutorials
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IEEE 802 Tutorials web page: <http://www.ieee802.org/Tutorials.shtml>
Session #1, Monday 18:00 to 19:30
Gigabit Ethernet over Plastic Optical Fiber
Session #2, Monday 19:30 to 21:00
Introduction to IEEE P802.3bn EPON Protocol over Coax (EPoC)
Session #3, Monday 21:00 to 22:30
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