[802.3_DIALOG] IEEE 802.3 November 2017 plenary meeting announcement

["Law, David" <dlaw@xxxxxxx>]

Dear Colleagues,

IEEE 802.3 will meet Monday 6th November through Thursday 9th November 2017 in Orlando, FL, USA. The IEEE 802.3 meetings are scheduled to occur in the Caribe Royale, Orlando, FL, 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 6th November, and the IEEE 802.3 WG closing plenary meeting will begin at 13:00 on Thursday 9th 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/nov17/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 subgroup 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.

I look forward to seeing you in Orlando, FL, USA.

David Law
  Chair, IEEE 802.3 Working Group
  dlaw@xxxxxxx
  +44 1631 563729



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 below, as well as 4 Calls for Interest. 


Maintenance Task Force
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Task Force Home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/maint/index.html>

The Maintenance Task Force will be considering new maintenance requests, reviewing the status of outstanding maintenance requests, and progressing IEEE 802.3 adoptions by ISO/IEC SC6 under the PSDO agreement.

The Maintenance Task Force is also progressing a revision project, and is therefore expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Working Group recirculation ballot of IEEE P802.3 (IEEE 802.3cj) Maintenance #12 (revision) 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 maintenance activities can be addressed to the Maintenance Task Force Chair, Mr Adam Healey.


IEEE P802.3bs 200 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s Ethernet Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bs/index.html>

This will be the twenty-fourth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bs 200 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s Ethernet Task Force. The 200 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s Ethernet Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 5th Sponsor recirculation ballot of 200 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s Ethernet draft D3.5 that is due to close prior to the meeting. With the project completing Sponsor ballot it is expected that the Task Force will request unconditional approval to proceed to RevCom submittal.

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 twenty-sixth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bt DTE Power via MDI over 4-Pair Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bt Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Sponsor recirculation ballot of DTE Power via MDI over 4-Pair draft D3.1 that is due to close prior to the meeting.

Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Chad Jones.


IEEE P802.3ca 25 Gb/s, 50 Gb/s, and 100 Gb/s EPON Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/ca/index.html>

This will be the twelfth meeting of the IEEE P802.3ca 25 Gb/s, 50 Gb/s, and 100 Gb/s 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 Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cb/index.html>

This will be the fifteenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3cb 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Operation over Backplane Task Force. The IEEE P802.3cb Task Force will be completing comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Sponsor recirculation ballot of 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Operation over Backplane draft D3.1 that closed prior to the September interim meeting.

Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Dan Smith.


IEEE P802.3cc 25 Gb/s Ethernet over Single-Mode Fiber Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cc/index.html>

With the submittal of IEEE P802.3cc draft D3.3 to the December 2017 RevCom meeting the IEEE P802.3cc Task Force will not be meeting during the November 2017 IEEE 802 plenary week.

Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr David Lewis.


IEEE P802.3cd 50 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, and 200 Gb/s Ethernet Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cd/index.html>

This will be the tenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3cd 50 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, and 200 Gb/s Ethernet Task Force. The 50 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, and 200 Gb/s Ethernet Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 2nd Working Group recirculation ballot of 50 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, and 200 Gb/s Ethernet draft D2.2 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 Mark Nowell.


IEEE P802.3.2 (IEEE 802.3cf) YANG Data Model Definitions Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cf/index.html>

This will be the seventh meeting of the IEEE P802.3.2 (IEEE 802.3cf) YANG Data Model Definitions Task Force. The IEEE P802.3.2 (IEEE 802.3cf) Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the 3rd Task Force review of IEEE P802.3.2 (IEEE 802.3cf) draft D1.2 that will close prior to the meeting.

Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Ms Yan Zhuang.


IEEE 802.3cg 10 Mb/s Single Twisted Pair Ethernet Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cg/index.html>

This will be the sixth meeting of the IEEE 802.3cg 10 Mb/s Single Twisted Pair Ethernet Task Force. The IEEE 802.3cg 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 George Zimmerman.
  

IEEE P802.3ch Multi-Gig Automotive Ethernet Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/ch/index.html>

This will be the fourth meeting of the IEEE P802.3ch Multi-Gig Automotive Ethernet Task Force. The IEEE P802.3ch 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 Beyond 10 km Optical PHYs Study Group
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Study Group home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/B10K/index.html>

This will be the third meeting of the IEEE 802.3 Beyond 10 km Optical PHYs Study Group. The study group continues to work on developing a PAR, CSD and objectives.

Questions about the Study Group can be addressed to the Study Group Chair, Mr John D'Ambrosia.


10Mb/s Backplane Ethernet call for interest 
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_1117_1.html>

The following request for agenda time for a 10Mb/s Backplane Ethernet call for interest has been received from Jon Lewis.

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Over the past few years, the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group has initiated several projects chartered with developing new Ethernet solutions for single pair applications at various rates including 100 Mb/s, 1 Gb/s, and 10 Mb/s. The focus of these efforts has been solutions addressing reaches ranging from 15 m (automotive), 40 m (1 Gb/s industrial) up to 1000 m (10 Mb/s Industrial). There is an emerging need to provide 10 Mb/s Ethernet for intra-system management and control over backplane media. This Call for Interest is to request the formation of a study group to explore the addition of backplane media to the development of single pair 10 Mb/s Ethernet.

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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the morning of Monday 6th November. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 18:00 to 18:45 on the evening of Tuesday 7th 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 9th November.


Beyond 10km Optical 100 Gb/s PHYs call for interest 
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_1117_2.html>

The following request for agenda time for a Beyond 10km Optical 100 Gb/s PHYs call for interest has been received from Mark Nowell.

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The ongoing growth in network bandwidths continues to push in all application areas.  Like core networks, distribution, metro and mobile networks require higher interface speeds in order to keep up with bandwidth requirements. Many of these networks are also migrating to Ethernet solutions in an effort to minimize cost and maximize architecture and deployment flexibility. Applications such as cable/MSO, Service Provider metro and mobile backhaul all require solutions for reaches greater than 10km over single-mode fiber. Newly adopted Ethernet technologies such as forward error correction, higher speed electrical SERDES or higher speed optical modulation offer the potential to be leveraged for new solutions or lower cost solutions compared to the existing solutions available today. It is requested that 802.3 form a study group to investigate potential 100 Gb/s Ethernet solutions for beyond 10km SMF reaches to address these application spaces.

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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the morning of Monday 6th November. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 18:45 to 19:30 on the evening of Tuesday 7th 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 9th November.


100 Gb/s per Lane for Electrical Interfaces and PHYs call for interest 
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_1117_3.html>

The following request for agenda time for a 100 Gb/s per Lane for Electrical Interfaces and PHYs call for interest has been received from John D’Ambrosia.

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The continual growth of bandwidth demand has driven evolution of higher Ethernet speeds, most recently with 100 Gb/s, 200 Gb/s, and 400 Gb/s Ethernet, as demonstrated by related 802.3 projects over the past 5 years. Ongoing advancement in SERDES technology to higher rates of operation will enable the opportunity to develop improved interfaces for AUIs, backplanes, and cables at these rates. This call for interest is to assess support for the formation of an 802.3 Study Group to explore the uses and development of electrical interfaces and electrical PHYs using 100 Gb/s per lane technology.

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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the morning of Monday 6th November. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 19:30 to 20:30 on the evening of Tuesday 7th 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 9th November.


Next-generation 200 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s MMF PHYs call for interest 
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_1117_4.html>

The following request for agenda time for a Next-generation 200 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s MMF PHYs call for interest has been received from Robert Lingle.

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Links comprising multimode fiber cable and VCSEL-based transceivers have played a key role in implementing 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Ethernet in data centers for short reach. The continual growth of bandwidth demand has driven evolution of higher Ethernet speeds, most recently with 200 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s Ethernet, as demonstrated by related IEEE 802.3 projects over the past 4 years. To better support the installed base of MMF cables and to reduce the relative cost of short reach links, we request a call for interest to assess support for a Study Group to develop the PAR and CSD for next-generation 200 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s PHYs over fewer MMF pairs than existing Ethernet projects.

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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the morning of Monday 6th November. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 20:30 to 21:30 on the evening of Tuesday 7th 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 9th 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. Participants are invited to discuss any concerns about the below PARs on the IEEE 802.3 Dialog reflector prior to the plenary meeting.

IEEE P802.15.10a Recommended Practice for Routing Packets in IEEE 802.15.4 Dynamically Changing Wireless Networks: Additional routing modes
PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/dcn/17/15-17-0565-00-0000-802-15-10a-par.pdf>
CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/dcn/17/15-17-0566-00-0000-802-15-10a-csd.docx>

IEEE P802.11ax High Efficiency WLAN
PAR modification request: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/17/11-17-0913-02-00ax-par-modification-to-support-6-ghz-band.docx>
CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/14/11-14-0169-01-0hew-ieee-802-11-hew-sg-proposed-csd.docx>

IEEE P802.11az Enhancements for Positioning
PAR modification request: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/17/11-17-1319-01-00az-p802-11az-par-modification.pdf>
CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/17/11-17-1318-00-00az-ieee-802-11az-ngp-csd-update.docx>


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 19:20
IEEE 802.15.4: Its Impact on Its Users

Session #2, Monday 19:30 to 20:50
Use of 802.11 for 5G Millimeter Wave Systems

Session #3, Monday 21:00 to 22:20
Local MAC Addresses in the IEEE 802
Overview and Architecture based on IEEE Std 802c