[802.3_DIALOG] IEEE 802.3 March 2016 plenary meeting announcement
Dear Colleagues,
IEEE 802.3 will meet Monday 14th March through Thursday 17th March 2016 in Macao SAR, P.R. China. The IEEE 802.3 meetings are scheduled to occur in The Venetian Macao, Macao SAR, P.R. 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 10:00 on Monday 14th March, and the IEEE 802.3 WG closing plenary meeting will begin at 13:00 on Thursday 17th 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/mar16/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 18h00 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 Macao SAR, P.R. China.
David Law
Chair, IEEE 802.3 Working Group
dlaw@xxxxxxx
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, Study Group and Ad Hoc business based on the status below, as well as a Call 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 (Wed 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 P802.3bn 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 twenty-fifth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bn EPON Protocol over Coax (EPoC) Task Force. The EPON Protocol over Coax (EPoC) Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Sponsor recirculation ballot of EPON Protocol over Coax (EPoC) draft D3.1 that is expected 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 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 twenty-first meeting of the IEEE P802.3bp 1000BASE-T1 Task Force. The 1000BASE-T1 Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 2nd Sponsor recirculation ballot of 1000BASE-T1 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 Steve Carlson.
IEEE P802.3bq 25G/40GBASE-T Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bq/index.html>
This will be the nineteenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bq 25G/40GBASE-T Task Force. The 25G/40GBASE-T Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Sponsor recirculation ballot of 25G/40GBASE-T 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 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 fifteenth 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 Initial sponsor ballot of Interspersing Express Traffic draft D3.0 that is due to close prior to the meeting.
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 twelfth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bs 400Gb/s Ethernet Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bs Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the 3rd Task Force review of IEEE P802.3bs draft D1.2 that will close prior to the meeting.
Please note that the IEEE 802.3 200 Gb/s Ethernet single-mode Study Group (see below) is proposing a modification to the IEEE P802.3bs PAR, CSD and objectives to add the development of 200 Gb/s Ethernet physical layer specifications equivalent to the existing 400 Gb/s Ethernet specifications to this project. 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 modification request: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/50G/public/NGAOTH_802d3bs_PAR_modification_0116.pdf>
Draft CSD modifications: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/50G/public/NGAOTH_802d3bs_CSD_modification_0116.pdf>
Draft objectives modifications: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/50G/public/objectives_50G_NGOATH_01a_0116.pdf#Page=3>
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 sixteenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bt DTE Power via MDI over 4-Pair Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bt Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the 9th Task Force review of IEEE P802.3bt draft D1.6 that will close prior to the meeting.
The Task Force has also developed and approved a draft IEEE P802.3bt PAR modification. During the development of this project new features are being defined for 4-pair operation. This modification will permit some of these features to be defined for new 2-pair operation as well.
The draft PAR modification is pending IEEE 802.3 Working Group approval at this meeting prior to seeking approval of both the PAR modification by the IEEE 802 LMSC Executive committee. The PAR modification and CSD responses can be accessed as follows:
Draft PAR modification request: <http://ieee802.org/3/bt/P802_3bt_PAR_Jan_21_16.pdf>
Unmodified (grandfathered 5 Criteria responses) CSD responses: <http://ieee802.org/3/bt/P802d3bt_5Criteria.pdf>
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 sixteenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bu 1-Pair Power over Data Lines (PoDL) Task Force. The 1-Pair Power over Data Lines (PoDL) Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Working Group recirculation ballot of 1-Pair Power over Data Lines (PoDL) 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 P802.3bv 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 eighth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bv Gigabit Ethernet Over Plastic Optical Fiber Task Force. The Gigabit Ethernet Over Plastic Optical Fiber Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the Initial Working Group ballot of Gigabit Ethernet Over Plastic Optical Fiber draft D2.0 that is due to close prior to the meeting.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Bob Grow.
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 eighth meeting of the IEEE P802.3by 25 Gb/s Ethernet Task Force. The 25 Gb/s Ethernet Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Sponsor recirculation ballot of 25 Gb/s Ethernet 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 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 sixth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bz 2.5G/5GBASE-T PHY Task Force. The 2.5G/5GBASE-T PHY Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the Initial Working Group ballot of 2.5G/5GBASE-T PHY draft D2.0 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 P802.3ca 25 Gb/s, 50 Gb/s, and 100 Gb/s Ethernet Passive Optical Networks Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/ca/index.html>
This will be the second meeting of the IEEE P802.3ca 25 Gb/s, 50 Gb/s, and 100 Gb/s Ethernet Passive Optical Networks Task Force. The IEEE P802.3ca 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 Curtis Knittle.
IEEE P802.3cb 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Operation over Backplane and Copper Cables Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cb/index.html>
This will be the second meeting of the IEEE P802.3cb 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Operation over Backplane and Copper Cables Task Force. The IEEE P802.3cb 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 Yong Kim.
IEEE 802.3 200 Gb/s Ethernet single-mode Study Group
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Study Group home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/NGOATH/index.html>
This will be the second meeting of the Study Group and as I announced <http://www.ieee802.org/3/email_dialog/msg00457.html> the IEEE 802 Executive Committee recently approved the IEEE 802.3 request to reduce the charter of this Study Group to only 200 Gb/s Ethernet single-mode.
The Study Group has developed and approved the draft PAR modification request for IEEE P802.3bs Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers and Management Parameters for and 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 LMSC Executive committee. The draft PAR, CSD and objectives can be accessed as follows:
Draft PAR modification request: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/50G/public/NGAOTH_802d3bs_PAR_modification_0116.pdf>
Draft CSD modifications: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/50G/public/NGAOTH_802d3bs_CSD_modification_0116.pdf>
Draft objectives modifications: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/50G/public/objectives_50G_NGOATH_01a_0116.pdf#Page=3>
Questions about the Study Group can be addressed to the Study Group Chair, Mr Mark Nowell.
IEEE 802.3 50 Gb/s Ethernet over a single-lane, next generation 100 Gb/s and 200 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group
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Study Group home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/50G/index.html>
This will be the second meeting of the Study Group and as I announced <http://www.ieee802.org/3/email_dialog/msg00457.html> the IEEE 802 Executive Committee recently approved the IEEE 802.3 request to expand the charter of this Study Group to include next generation 100 Gb/s and 200 Gb/s Ethernet rates.
This will be the second meeting of the IEEE 802.3 50 Gb/s Ethernet over a single-lane, next generation 100 Gb/s and 200 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group. The Study Group has developed and approved the draft IEEE P802.3cd Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Media Access Control Parameters for 50 Gb/s and Physical Layers and Management Parameters for 50 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, and 200 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://ieee802.org/3/50G/public/50G_NGOATH_PAR_0116.pdf>
Draft CSD: <http://ieee802.org/3/50G/public/CSD_50G_NGOATH_01_0116.pdf>
Draft objectives: <http://ieee802.org/3/50G/public/objectives_50G_NGOATH_01a_0116.pdf>
Questions about the Study Group can be addressed to the Study Group Chair, Mr Mark Nowell.
IEEE 802.3 25 Gb/s Ethernet PMD(s) for Single Mode Fiber Study Group
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Study Group home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/25GSMF/index.html>
This will be the second meeting of the IEEE 802.3 25 Gb/s Ethernet PMD(s) for Single Mode Fiber Study Group. The Study Group has developed and approved the draft IEEE P802.3cc Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Physical Layer and Management Parameters for Serial 25 Gb/s Ethernet Operation Over Single-Mode 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://ieee802.org/3/25GSMF/law_25gsmf_01_0116.pdf>
Draft CSD: <http://ieee802.org/3/25GSMF/lewis_25gsmf_02b_0116.pdf>
Draft objectives: <http://ieee802.org/3/25GSMF/lewis_25gsmf_01a_0116.pdf>
Questions about the Study Group can be addressed to the Study Group Chair, Mr David Lewis.
IEEE 802.3 Next Generation Enterprise / Campus / Data Center (NG-ECDC) Ethernet Industry Connections Ad Hoc
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Ad Hoc home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/ngrates/index.html>
The NG-ECDC Ad Hoc will have one session during the plenary week in relation to Single Pair BASE-T Extended Reach chaired by Mr Ludwig Winkel. This will be held on Monday 14th March from 19h00 to 21h00.
Questions about the Ad Hoc can be addressed to the Ad Hoc Chair, Mr John D'Ambrosia.
Ethernet YANG models call for interest
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_0316_1.html>
The following request for agenda time for an Ethernet YANG models call for interest has been received from Yan Zhuang.
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YANG is the corner-stone for the reliable, transaction-oriented and vendor-independent network management scheme, providing functionality and operational consistency across different platforms, vendors, and implementations. YANG models for 802.3 interfaces will provide all the statistics, state information, and configuration hooks for 802.3 Ethernet PHYs, providing the natural extension of existing SNMP/MIB-based management schemes. The IEEE 802.3 YANG call for interest will request the formation of a study group to explore the market demand, modeling scope and its technical feasibility.
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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the morning of Monday 14th March. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 18:30 to 19:30 on the evening of Tuesday 15th 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 17th March.
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 IEEE 802.3 Dialog reflector prior to the plenary meeting.
New standards PARs:
Title: IEEE 802.15.12 Upper Layer Interface (ULI) for IEEE 802.15.4 Low-Rate Wireless Networks
Draft PAR: http://www.ieee802.org/secmail/pdftzO9WdIy7b.pdf
Draft CSD: http://www.ieee802.org/secmail/docZ5l36EWgpc.doc
Amendment project PARs:
Title: IEEE P802.1Qrc Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Bridges and Bridged Networks Asynchronous Traffic Shaping
Draft PAR: http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2016/cr-draft-PAR-0216-v01.pdf
Draft CSD: http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2016/cr-draft-CSD-0216-v01.pdf
Title: IEEE P802.15.4v Standard for Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks Amendment enabling/updating the use of Regional Sub-GHz bands
Draft PAR: http://www.ieee802.org/secmail/pdfoKL7sEwIqU.pdf
Draft CSD: http://www.ieee802.org/secmail/doc6bnrAHvkAl.doc
Title: IEEE P802.16s Air Interface for Broadband Wireless Access: Amendment Fixed and Mobile Wireless Access in Channel Sizes up to 1.25 MHz
Draft PAR: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.16/dcn/16/16-0012-01.docx
Draft CSD: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.16/dcn/16/16-0013-01.docx
IEEE 802.3 Rules
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At the November 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://www.ieee802.org/3/rules/updates/prop_change_1_0715.pdf>.
Tutorials
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There are no IEEE 802 Tutorials planned for the March 2016 plenary.