[802.3_DIALOG] July 2015 plenary meeting notice
Dear Colleagues,
IEEE 802.3 will meet Monday 13th July through Thursday 16th July 2015 in Waikoloa, HI, USA. The IEEE 802.3 meetings are scheduled to occur in the Hilton Waikoloa Village, Waikoloa, HI, 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 10:00 on Monday 13th July, and the IEEE 802.3 WG closing plenary meeting will begin at 13:00 on Thursday 16th July. 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/jul15/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 Monday afternoon or 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 P802.3by 25Gb/s Ethernet and Task Force will be holding a short interim meeting on the Monday morning prior to the IEEE 802.3 Opening plenary.
I look forward to seeing you in Waikoloa, HI, USA.
David Law
Chair, IEEE 802.3 Working Group
dlaw@xxxxxx
IEEE 802.3 Business (Mon morning & 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
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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. IEEE Std 802.3-2012 needs to have a revision initiated by 2015 to allow consideration of future amendments per standards board policies. 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-2015. The Maintenance Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Sponsor recirculation ballot of 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 to proceed to RevCom submittal.
Questions about maintenance activities can be addressed to the Maintenance Task Force Chair, Mr Adam Healey.
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 nineteenth 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 a Task Force review of IEEE P802.3bn draft D1.5 that will close prior to the meeting. The IEEE P802.3bn draft D1.5 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 Mark Laubach.
IEEE P802.3bp 1000BASE-T1 Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bp/index.html>
This will be the fifteenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bp 1000BASE-T1 Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bp Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on a Task Force review of IEEE P802.3bp draft D1.5 that will close prior to the meeting. The IEEE P802.3bp draft D1.5 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 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 fourteenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bq 40GBASE-T Task Force. The 40GBASE-T Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Working Group recirculation ballot of 40GBASE-T draft D2.1 that is due to 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
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/br/index.html>
This will be the tenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3br Interspersing Express Traffic Task Force. The Interspersing Express Traffic Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Working Group recirculation ballot of Interspersing Express Traffic 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 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 eighth 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 eleventh 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, as well as draft development, progressing towards a technically complete draft for working group ballot. The IEEE P802.3bt Task Force expects to be in comment resolution on comments received on a Task Force review of IEEE P802.3bt draft D1.1 to close prior to the meeting.
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 eleventh 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, as well as draft development, progressing towards a technically complete draft for working group ballot. The IEEE P802.3bu Task Force expects to be in comment resolution on comments received on a Task Force review of IEEE P802.3bu draft D1.1 to close prior to the meeting.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Dave Dwelley.
IEEE P802.3bv Gigabit Ethernet Over Plastic Optical Fiber Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bv/index.html>
This will be the fourth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bv Gigabit Ethernet Over Plastic Optical Fiber Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bv Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on a Task Force review of IEEE P802.3bv draft D1.1 that will close prior to the meeting. The IEEE P802.3bv draft D1.1 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 Bob Grow.
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 ninth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bw 100BASE-T1 Task Force. The 100BASE-T1 Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Sponsor recirculation ballot of 100BASE-T1 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 to proceed to RevCom submittal.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Thomas Hogenmueller.
IEEE P802.3by 25 Gb/s Ethernet Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/by/public/index.html>
This will be the fourth meeting of the IEEE P802.3by 25 Gb/s Ethernet Task Force. The IEEE P802.3by Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on a Task Force review of IEEE P802.3by draft D1.1 that will close prior to the meeting. The IEEE P802.3by draft D1.1 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 Mark Nowell.
IEEE P802.3bz 2.5G/5GBASE-T PHY Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bz/index.html>
This will be the second meeting of the IEEE P802.3bz 2.5G/5GBASE-T PHY Task Force. As a result of the baseline selection at their May 2015 interim meeting, the IEEE P802.3bz Task Force chartered the editor to create IEEE P802.3bz draft D0.1. This draft will be reviewed at this meeting in preparation to proceed to Task Force review with draft D1.0.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr David Chalupsky.
IEEE 802.3 25GBASE-T Study Group
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Study Group home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/25GBASET/public/index.html>
This will be the fourth meeting of the IEEE 802.3 25GBASE-T Study Group. The Study Group has developed and approved a PAR modification request to add 25GBASE-T to the scope of the IEEE P802.3bq 40GBASE-T project. The supporting draft CSD and objectives were approved by the IEEE 802.3 Working Group at the March 2015 Plenary. The PAR modification request is 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, draft CSD and objectives can be accessed as follows:
Draft PAR modification request: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/25GBASET/draft_P802.3bq_PAR_modification_300115.pdf>
Draft CSD: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/25GBASET/draft_P802.3bq_modified_CSD.pdf>
Objectives: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/25GBASET/draft_P802.3bq_modified_objectives.pdf>
Questions about the Study Group can be addressed to the Study Group Chair, Mr David Chalupsky.
Next Generation Ethernet Passive Optical Networking (NG-EPON) call for interest
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CFI page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_0715_1.html>
The following request for agenda time for an NG-EPON call for interest has been received from Curtis Knittle. It will be discussed at the IEEE 802 LMSC July 2015 Plenary meeting in Waikoloa, HI, USA.
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The volume of traffic in residential and business access networks continues to increase, driven by the combination of growing number of subscribers, numbers of devices per subscriber, and innovative applications requiring more bandwidth. It is expected that in the next 2-3 years, the combined bandwidth demand from residential and business applications will surpass the capabilities of existing 1G-EPON and 10G-EPON PHYs. Service providers that have invested in EPON now spearhead the industry drive to develop the next generation of access technology that would offer increased capacities and seamless upgrade capabilities. The Next Generation EPON (NG-EPON) Call for Interest, to be held at the July plenary meeting in Hawaii, will present the market drivers and potentially-relevant recent technical advancements, and will request the formation of a study group to further explore the next generation of EPON technology.
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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the morning of Monday 13th July. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 18:00 to 19:30 on the evening of Tuesday 14th July. 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 16th July.
2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Ethernet Backplane and Short Reach Copper Cable call for interest
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_0715_2.html>
The following request for agenda time for a 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Ethernet Backplane and Short Reach Copper Cable 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 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Ethernet on Backplane and short reach copper (e.g.Twin-axial) cabling. We believe there is a market need, driven by enterprise rotational and solid state storage devices that currently use 1 G Ethernet to migrate to higher speed applications.
Devices currently using 1G in backplanes, as well as other 1 Gb/s 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 morning of Monday 13th July. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 19:30 to 21:00 on the evening of Tuesday 14th July. 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 16th July.
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. Participants are invited to discuss any concerns about the below PARs on the 802.3 Dialog reflector prior to the plenary meeting.
New Projects:
P802.1[__] Recommended Practice for Privacy Considerations for IEEE 802 Technologies
PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/privecsg/dcn/15/privecsg-15-0006-01-ecsg-privacy-recommendation-par-proposal.pdf>
CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/privecsg/dcn/15/privecsg-15-0004-04-0000-privacy-recommendation-par-csd-proposal.pptx>
IEEE P802.1CM Time-Sensitive Networking for Fronthaul
PAR: <http://ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2015/new-P802-1CM-draft-PAR-0515-v02.pdf>
CSD: <http://ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2015/new-P802-1CM-draft-CSD-0515-v02.pdf>
IEEE P802.1Qcl Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Bridges and Bridged Networks Amendment: YANG Data Model
PAR: <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2015/cl-draft-1Q-YANG-par-0615-v02.pdf>
CSD: <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2015/cl-draft-Qcl-csd-0615-v1.docx>
IEEE P802.1Qcn Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Bridges and Bridged Networks Amendment: Virtual Station Interface (VSI) Discovery and Configuration Protocol (VDP) extension to Support Network Virtualization Overlays (NVO3)
PAR: <http://ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2015/cn-thaler-Qcn-draft-PAR.pdf>
CSD: <http://ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2015/cn-yizhou-qbg-ext-for-nvo3-csd-v03.pdf>
IEEE P802.1Xck Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Port-Based Network Access Control Amendment: YANG Data Model
PAR: <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2015/ck-draft-1X-YANG-par-0615-v02.pdf>
CSD: <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2015/ck-draft-Xck-csd-0615-v1.docx>
IEEE P802.11az: Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications-- Amendment: Positioning Enhancements.
PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/15/11-15-0030-08-0ngp-ngp-par-draft.docx>
CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/15/11-15-0262-04-0ngp-csd-working-draft.docx>
IEEE P802.19.1a Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems -- Local and metropolitan area networks -- Specific requirements -- Part 19: TV White Space Coexistence Methods Amendment: Coexistence Methods for geo-location capable devices operating under general authorization
PAR: <http://ieee802.org/secmail/pdfXg9bOZopxR.pdf>
CSD: <http://ieee802.org/secmail/binO5cgaykssw.bin>
Revision project:
IEEE P802.15.3 Standard for High Data Rate Wireless Networks
PAR: <http://ieee802.org/secmail/pdfTfFoPREAQL.pdf>
CSD: <http://ieee802.org/secmail/docqaAR5NRUfI.doc>
Modification request:
IEEE P802.15.9 Recommended Practice for Transport of Key Management Protocol (KMP) Datagrams
PAR: <http://ieee802.org/secmail/pdfgVpHQLKnoh.pdf>
5C: <http://ieee802.org/secmail/docDwxTGSQkOu.doc>
IEEE 802.3 Rules
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At the March 2015 plenary we discussed a proposed revision to the IEEE 802.3 operating rules. It is expected that a vote will occur at the IEEE 802.3 closing plenary to decide if the change should be accepted, rejected or sent out for a Working Group ballot. For details see <http://ieee802.org/3/minutes/mar15/0315_rules_close_report.pdf#Page=8>.
Tutorials
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IEEE 802 Tutorials web page: <http://www.ieee802.org/Tutorials.shtml>
Session #1, Monday 18:00 to 19:30
Title: IEEE 802.11 as a component
Abstract: At present, there are no standardized “concrete” interfaces that allow an 802.11 STA to be managed. The MIB in 802.11 is not fit for purpose. The value of allowing 802.11 STAs to be effectively managed is increasing, given the goal of increased convergence with heterogonous communications technologies, such as cellular. This tutorial describes an opportunity to improve this situation.
Session #2, Monday 19:30 to 21:00
Title: IEEE-SA 2015 patent policy update
Abstract: Updates to the IEEE-SA Patent Policy (Clause 6 of the IEEE-SA Standards Board Bylaws) became effective on 15th March 2015. While the text relating directly to conduct and responsibilities of participants within IEEE standards development groups has not been updated, this tutorial will provide an overview of the areas that were updated.
Session #3, Monday 21:00 to 22:30
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