[802.3_DIALOG] IEEE 802.3 July 2018 plenary meeting announcement

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

Dear Colleagues,

IEEE 802.3 will meet Monday 9th July through Thursday 12th July 2018 in San Diego, CA, USA. The IEEE 802.3 meetings are scheduled to occur in the Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, CA, USA. As always, the IEEE 802 LMSC session announcement, registration and current hotel information can be found through the 'Next IEEE 802 meeting 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 9th July, and the IEEE 802.3 WG closing plenary meeting will begin at 13:00 on Thursday 12th 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/jul18/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 18h00 ending time, so please plan your travel accordingly. Additional subgroup information follows.

I look forward to seeing you in San Diego, CA, USA.

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


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 2 Calls for Interest. 


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 thirtieth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bt DTE Power via MDI over 4-Pair Task Force. The DTE Power via MDI over 4-Pair Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 5th Sponsor recirculation ballot of DTE Power via MDI over 4-Pair draft D3.5 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, or unconditional, approval to proceed to RevCom submittal.

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 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 eighteenth 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 is continuing work towards completing a technically complete draft for working group ballot. The IEEE P802.3ca Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the 2nd Task Force review of IEEE P802.3ca draft D1.1 that will close prior to the meeting.

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 twentieth meeting of the IEEE P802.3cb 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Operation over Backplane Task Force. The 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Operation over Backplane Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 5th Sponsor recirculation ballot of 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Operation over Backplane draft D3.5 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, or unconditional, approval to proceed to RevCom submittal.

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


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 fourteenth 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 3rd Sponsor recirculation ballot of 50 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, and 200 Gb/s Ethernet draft D3.3 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, or unconditional, approval to proceed to RevCom submittal.

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 ninth meeting of the IEEE P802.3.2 (IEEE 802.3cf) YANG Data Model Definitions Task Force.  The YANG Data Model Definitions Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 2nd Working Group recirculation ballot of YANG Data Model Definitions 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 approval to proceed to Sponsor ballot.

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


IEEE P802.3cg 10 Mb/s Single Pair Ethernet Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cg/index.html>

This will be the tenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3cg 10 Mb/s Single Pair Ethernet Task Force. The IEEE P802.3cg Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the 4th Task Force review of IEEE P802.3cg draft D1.3 that will close prior to the meeting. The IEEE P802.3cg draft D1.3 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 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 eighth 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 P802.3ck 100 Gb/s, 200 Gb/s, and 400 Gb/s Electrical Interfaces Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/ck/index.html>

This will be the second meeting of the IEEE P802.3ck 100 Gb/s, 200 Gb/s, and 400 Gb/s Electrical Interfaces Task Force. The IEEE P802.3ck 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, Ms Elizabeth Kochuparambil.


IEEE P802.3cm 400 Gb/s over Multimode Fiber Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cm/index.html>

This will be the second meeting of the IEEE P802.3cm 400 Gb/s over Multimode Fiber Task Force. The IEEE P802.3cm 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 Robert Lingle.


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 fourth meeting of the IEEE 802.3 Beyond 10 km Optical PHYs Study Group. The Study Group has developed and approved the draft IEEE P802.3cn Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Physical Layers and Management Parameters for 50 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, 200 Gb/s, and 400 Gb/s Operation over Single-Mode Fiber and DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) systems PAR, as well as supporting CSD responses 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/B10K/project_docs/PAR_P8023cn_180521_draft.pdf>
Draft CSD responses: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/B10K/project_docs/CSD_P8023cn_180521_draft.pdf>
Draft objectives: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/B10K/project_docs/objectives_180521.pdf>

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


IEEE 802.3 Bidirectional 10 Gb/s and 25 Gb/s Optical Access PHYs Study Group
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Study Group home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/NGBIDI/index.html>

This will be the second meeting of the IEEE 802.3 Bidirectional 10 Gb/s and 25 Gb/s Optical Access 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 Frank Effenberger.


IEEE 802.3 New Ethernet Applications Industry Connections Ad Hoc
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Ad Hoc home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/ngrates/index.html>

The IEEE 802.3 NEA Ad Hoc will hold one session during the plenary week in relation to continuing the discussion regarding the PON related topics.

Questions about the Ad Hoc can be addressed to the Ad Hoc Chair, Mr John D'Ambrosia.


Ethernet Access PMDs for Central Office Consolidation (Super-PON) call for interest 
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_0718_1.html>

The following request for agenda time for an Ethernet Access PMDs for Central Office Consolidation (Super-PON) call for interest has been received from Mr Claudio DeSanti.

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The IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group continues to develop standards to scale the speed of Passive Optical Networks (PONs) and point-to-point access networks. There is a growing need to further scale the coverage and reach of PONs to cover more customers at a greater distance from a Central Office. There is also an opportunity to define a common optical infrastructure to support both point-to-multipoint (P2MP) and point-to-point (P2P) operations. This means standardizing new Ethernet Access PMDs for P2MP and P2P operations over a common long reach optical infrastructure through cost effective wavelength division multiplexing techniques. The Study Group intends to leverage existing PCS and PMA definitions and may consider defining a 2.5Gb/s EPON PCS and PMA for upstream operations. This Call for Interest is to assess the support for the formation of a Study Group to explore the development of these new Ethernet Access PMDs.

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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the morning of Monday 9th July. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 18:30 to 19:30 on the evening of Tuesday 10th 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 12th July.


Bidirectional 50Gb/s optical access PHYs call for interest 
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_0718_2.html>

The following request for agenda time for a Bidirectional 50Gb/s optical access PHYs call for interest has been received from Mr Xinyuan Wang.

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In the past, the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group has standardized bidirectional optical PHYs running at 100Mb/s and 1Gb/s over one single mode fiber, that are intended for optical access applications. Presently, the bidirectional 10 Gb/s and 25 Gb/s Optical Access PHYs Study Group has started. In the near future, due to the high bandwidth requirement of 5G mobile networks, bidirectional links running at 50 Gb/s will be needed. This Call for Interest is to assess the support for the formation of a study group to explore the development of 50Gb/s bidirectional optical access PHYs.

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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the morning of Monday 9th July. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 19:30 to 20:30 on the evening of Tuesday 10th 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 12th 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 IEEE 802.3 Dialog reflector prior to the plenary meeting.


Amendment PARs
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IEEE P802.1Qcz Congestion Isolation
PAR: http://ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2018/cz-draft-PAR-0518-v02.pdf
CSD http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2018/cz-draft-CSD-0518-v01.pdf

IEEE P802.1Qdd – Amendment: Resource Allocation Protocol
PAR: http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2018/dd-draft-PAR-0518-v01.pdf
CSD: http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2018/dd-draft-CSD-0518-v01.pdf

PAR Modification request
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IEEE P802.1Qcr Asynchronous Traffic Shaping
PAR modification request: http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2018/cr-PAR-modification-draft-0518-v01.pdf
CSD: https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/16/ec-16-0056-00-ACSD-802-1qcr.pdf

PAR Extension request
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IEEE P802.11ax High Efficiency WLAN
PAR: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/18/11-18-0870-00-00ax-tgax-par-extension-request.docx
CSD: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/14/11-14-0169-01-0hew-ieee-802-11-hew-sg-proposed-csd.docx


IEEE 802.3 Rules
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At present, there are no proposed rules changes.


Tutorials
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There are no tutorials session planned for this plenary.

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