[802.3_DIALOG] November 2018 plenary meeting announcement

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

Dear Colleagues,

IEEE 802.3 will meet Monday 12th November through Thursday 15th November 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. The IEEE 802.3 meetings are scheduled to occur in the Marriott Marquis Queen's Park, Bangkok, Thailand. As always, the IEEE 802 LMSC session announcement, registration and current hotel information can be found through the 'Next IEEE 802.3 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 <https://listserv.ieee.org/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=stds-802-ALL&A=1>.

The IEEE 802.3 Working Group (WG) opening plenary meeting will begin at 10:00 on Monday 12th November, and the IEEE 802.3 WG closing plenary meeting will begin at 13:00 on Thursday 15th 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/nov18/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 Bangkok, Thailand.

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


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 P802.3bt 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>

With the approval of IEEE P802.3bt draft D3.7 DTE Power via MDI over 4-Pair as an IEEE Standards on Thursday 27th September 2018 the IEEE P802.3bt Task Force will not be meeting.

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


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

This meeting will be the twentieth meeting of the IEEE P802.3ca 25 Gb/s and 50 Gb/s Passive Optical Networks Task Force. The IEEE P802.3ca Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the 4th Task Force review of IEEE P802.3ca draft D1.3 that will close before the meeting.

The Task Force has also developed and approved a draft IEEE P802.3ca PAR modification request accompanied by updated CSD responses. The Task Force proposes modifying the scope of the project to (a) remove 100 Gb/s operation, and (b) add extensions to the Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPON) protocols, it is also proposed to modify the title to reflect the removal of 100 Gb/s from the scope. Finally, it is proposed to modify the expected date of submission of the draft to sponsor ballot and the expected date for submittal to RevCom based on the current project plan. Since the new expected date for submittal to RevCom is February 2020, after the PAR expiration date of December 2019, a PAR extension request is also being submitted.

The draft PAR modification request, PAR extension request and updated CSD responses are all pending IEEE 802.3 Working Group approval at this meeting before seeking approval by the IEEE 802 LMSC Executive committee. The PAR modification request, PAR extension request, updated CSD responses and updated objectives approved at the July 2018 plenary can be accessed as follows:

Draft PAR modification request: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/18/ec-18-0172-00-00EC-ieee-p802-3ca-draft-par-modification-request.pdf>
Draft PAR extension: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/18/ec-18-0174-00-00EC-ieee-p802-3ca-draft-par-extension-request.pdf>
Draft modified CSD responses: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/18/ec-18-0173-01-00EC-ieee-p802-3ca-draft-modified-csd.pdf>
Objectives (Approved July 2018): <http://www.ieee802.org/3/ca/documents/P802_3ca_objectives.pdf>

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>

With the approval of IEEE P802.3cb draft D3.5 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Operation over Backplane as an IEEE Standards on Thursday 27th September 2018 the IEEE P802.3cb Task Force will not be meeting.

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>

With the submittal of IEEE P802.3cd draft D3.5 50 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, and 200 Gb/s Ethernet to the December 2018 RevCom agenda the IEEE P802.3cd Task Force will not be meeting.

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 eleventh 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 Initial sponsor ballot of YANG Data Model Definitions 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, 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 twelfth meeting of the IEEE P802.3cg 10 Mb/s Single Pair Ethernet Task Force.  The 10 Mb/s Single Pair Ethernet Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Working Group recirculation ballot of 10 Mb/s Single Pair Ethernet 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 George Zimmerman.


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

This will be the tenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3ch Multi-Gig Automotive Ethernet Task Force Task Force. The IEEE P802.3ch Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the 2nd Task Force review of IEEE P802.3ch draft D0.6 that will close prior to the meeting.

Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Steve Carlson.


IEEE P802.3ck 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 fourth 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 the 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 fourth meeting of the IEEE P802.3cm 400 Gb/s over Multimode Fiber Task Force. The IEEE P802.3cm Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the 4th Task Force review of IEEE P802.3cm draft D1.3 that will close prior to the meeting.

Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Robert Lingle.


IEEE P802.3cn 50 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, 200 Gb/s, and 400 Gb/s over SMF and DWDM Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cn/index.html>

This will be the first meeting of the IEEE P802.3cn 50 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, 200 Gb/s, and 400 Gb/s over SMF and DWDM Task Force. The scope of the IEEE P802.3cn project is to define physical layer specifications and management parameters for the transfer of Ethernet format frames at 50
Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, 200 Gb/s, and 400 Gb/s at reaches greater than 10 km over single-mode fiber and DWDM systems. In addition make TDECQ (Transmitter and dispersion eye closure for PAM4) related changes to existing 200 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s physical medium dependent sublayers over single-mode fiber.

Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the acting Task Force Chair, John D'Ambrosia.


IEEE P802.3cq Power over Ethernet over 2 Pairs (Maintenance #13) Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cq/index.html>

This will be the first meeting of the IEEE P802.3cq IEEE P802.3cq Power over Ethernet over 2 Pairs (Maintenance #13) Task Force. The scope of the IEEE P802.3cq project is to implement editorial and technical corrections, refinements, and clarifications to Clause 33, Power over Ethernet over 2 pairs, and related portions of the standard. No new features will be added by this project.

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


IEEE P802.3cr Isolation (Maintenance #14) Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cr/index.html>

This will be the first meeting of the IEEE P802.3cr Isolation (Maintenance #14) Task Force. The scope of the IEEE P802.3cr project is to replace references to the IEC 60950 series of standards (including IEC 60950-1 "Information technology equipment - Safety - Part 1: General requirements") with appropriate references to the IEC 62368 "Audio/video, information and communication technology equipment" series and make appropriate changes to the standard corresponding to the new references.

Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the acting Task Force Chair, Jon Lewis.


IEEE 802.3 Bidirectional 10 Gb/s, 25 Gb/s, and 50 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, 25 Gb/s, and 50 Gb/s Optical Access PHYs Study Group. The Study Group has developed and approved the draft IEEE P802.3cp Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Bidirectional 10 Gb/s, 25 Gb/s, and 50 Gb/s Optical Access PHYs 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: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/18/ec-18-0175-00-00EC-ieee-p802-3cp-draft-par.pdf>
Draft CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/18/ec-18-0176-01-00EC-ieee-p802-3cp-draft-csd.pdf>
Draft objectives: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/NGBIDI/public/1809/180911_802d3_OBJ_BiDi_v2.pdf>

Questions about the Study Group can be addressed to the Study Group Chair, Mr Frank Effenberger.


IEEE 802.3 Physical Layers for increased-reach Ethernet optical subscriber access (Super-PON) Study Group
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Study Group home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/SUPER_PON/index.html>

This will be the fourth meeting of the IEEE 802.3 Physical Layers for increased-reach Ethernet optical subscriber access (Super-PON) Study Group. The Study Group has developed and approved the draft IEEE P802.3cs Physical Layers and management parameters for increased-reach point-to-multipoint Ethernet optical subscriber access (Super-PON) 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: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/18/ec-18-0177-00-00EC-ieee-p802-3cs-draft-par.pdf>
Draft CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/18/ec-18-0178-00-00EC-ieee-p802-3cs-draft-csd.pdf>
Draft objectives: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/SUPER_PON/Super-PON_Objectives.pdf>

Questions about the Study Group can be addressed to the Study Group Chair, Mr Claudio DeSanti.


IEEE 802.3 New Ethernet Applications (NEA) 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 two sessions during the plenary week in relation to continuing the discussions regarding Switching Latency and Automotive Optical Multigig.

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


100 Gb/s Lambda call for interest 
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_1118_1.html>

The following request for agenda time for a 100 Gb/s Lambda call for interest has been received from Mark Nowell.

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Ethernet has a successful track record of reusing and leveraging technology in order to enable new cost-optimized solutions for broad market adoption. Recently, both the IEEE 802.3bs and IEEE 802.3cd Ethernet projects defined optical interfaces based on 100 Gb/s PAM4 per lane optics for 500m reaches on single-mode fiber. This technology enables a lower component count implementation that can lead towards a lower cost solution.

The successful industry adoption of 100 GbE is resulting in higher volumes and continuing cost pressures on optical interfaces and the hyper-scale data centers, being aggressive adopters of cost-effective solutions, are looking to enable the next generation of lower cost solutions for 400 Gb/s Ethernet interfaces.

At this time, no IEEE 802.3 Ethernet specifications exist for greater than 500m reaches on single-mode fiber using this advanced technology. This Call For Interest is a request for the formation of a Study Group to explore the potential market requirements and feasibility of extending 100 Gb/s PAM4 per lane optical technology to longer 100 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s Ethernet reaches.

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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the morning of Monday 12th November. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 18:30 to 19:30 on the evening of Tuesday 13th 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 15th 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.


New standards PARs
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IEEE P802.1DF Time-Sensitive Networking Profile for Service Provider Networks
PAR: <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2018/df-draft-PAR-0918-v01.pdf>
CSD: <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2018/df-draft-CSD-0918-v01.pdf>

IEEE P802.1DG Time-Sensitive Networking Profile for Automotive In-Vehicle Ethernet
PAR: <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2018/dg-draft-PAR-0918-v01.pdf>
CSD: <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2018/dg-draft-CSD-0918-v01.pdf>

New Recommended Practice PAR
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IEEE P802.19 Coexistence Methods for Sub-1 GHz Frequency Bands
PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.19/dcn/18/19-18-0073-03-S1GH-s1gh-draft-par.pdf>
CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.19/dcn/18/19-18-0072-02-S1GH-draft-csd-for-s1gh.docx>

Amendment project PARs
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IEEE P802.1CMde Enhancements for Fronthaul Interface and Synchronization
PAR: <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2018/de-draft-PAR-0918-v01.pdf>
CSD: <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2018/de-draft-CSD-0918-v01.pdf>

IEEE P802.11bc Enhanced Broadcast Service (eBCS)
PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/18/11-18-0825-08-0bcs-a-par-proposal-for-bcs.docx>
CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/18/11-18-0826-08-0bcs-a-csd-proposal-for-bcs.docx>

IEEE P802.11bd Next Generation V2X
PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/18/11-18-0861-08-0ngv-ieee-802-11-ngv-sg-proposed-par.docx>
CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/18/11-18-0862-03-0ngv-ieee-802-11-ngv-sg-proposed-csd.docx>

PAR Extension requests
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IEEE P802.22 Cognitive Radio Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRAN) MAC and PHY revision
PAR extension request: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.22/dcn/18/22-18-0041-00-0000-802-22-revision-par-extension.pdf>

IEEE P802.22.3 Spectrum Characterization and Occupancy Sensing new standard
PAR extension request: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.22/dcn/18/22-18-0040-00-0000-802-22-3-par-extension-request.pdf>


IEEE 802.3 Rules
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At the July 2018 plenary we discussed three proposed revisions 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. The first (1-07/18) proposed revision relates to defining the role of Task Force Vice-Chair <http://www.ieee802.org/3/rules/updates/prop_change_1_0718.pdf>, the second (2-07/18) relates to removing a redundant item from Compatibility criterion <http://www.ieee802.org/3/rules/updates/prop_change_2_0718.pdf>, the third (3-07/18) relates to TF/SG meetings during WG interim meeting series <http://www.ieee802.org/3/rules/updates/prop_change_3_0718.pdf>.

At present, there are no new proposed rules changes.


Tutorials
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Tutorial #1 Monday 6:00-7:20 PM
THz communications - an overview and options for an IEEE 802 standardization.

Tutorial #2 Monday 7:30-8:50 PM
The new LMSC P&P, WG P&P and how to take good minutes.

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