[802.3_DIALOG] November 2019 plenary meeting announcement

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

Dear Colleagues,

IEEE 802.3 will meet Monday 11th November through Thursday 14th November 2019 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 802.3 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 10h00 on Monday 11th November, and the IEEE 802.3 WG closing plenary meeting will begin at 13h00 on Thursday 14th 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/nov19/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 number of discussions, 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 Waikoloa, HI, 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 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.


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 will be the twenty-fourth meeting of the IEEE P802.3ca 25 Gb/s and 50 Gb/s Passive Optical Networks Task Force. 

The 2nd IEEE 802.3 Working Group recirculation ballot on IEEE P802.3ca 25 Gb/s and 50 Gb/s Ethernet Passive Optical Networks closed successfully on 2nd October 2019, exceeding the required 75% for consensus and no comments were received. The 25 Gb/s and 50 Gb/s Passive Optical Networks Task Force will meet to progress the project and it is expected that the Task Force will request unconditional approval to proceed to Standards Association ballot.

Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Curtis Knittle.


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>

IEEE P802.3cg draft D3.4 is on the 6th November 2019 Review Committee (RevCom) meeting agenda. Assuming a recommendation for approval, and subsequent approval at the IEEE-SA Standards Board the following day, IEEE P802.3cg draft D3.4 will become an approved IEEE Standard. As a result the work of the IEEE P802.3cg Task Force will be complete and the IEEE P802.3cg Task Force will not meet. If, for any reason, IEEE P802.3cg draft D3.4 is not approved as an IEEE Standard, the IEEE P802.3cg Task Force will meet to continue to progress the draft.

Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr George Zimmerman.


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

This will be the eighteenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3ch Multi-Gig Automotive Ethernet PHY Task Force. The Multi-Gig Automotive Ethernet PHY Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 3rd Working Group recirculation ballot of Multi-Gig Automotive Ethernet PHY draft D2.3 that is planned 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 Standards Association 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 tenth 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 Vice Chair, Mr Kent Lusted, while the Chair, Ms Elizabeth Kochuparambil, is out on maternity leave.


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 tenth meeting of the IEEE P802.3cm 400 Gb/s over Multimode Fiber Task Force. The 400 Gb/s over Multimode Fiber Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Sponsor recirculation ballot of 400 Gb/s over Multimode Fiber draft D3.1. 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 Robert Lingle.


IEEE P802.3cn 50 Gb/s, 200 Gb/s, and 400 Gb/s over greater than 10 km of SMF Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cn/index.html>

IEEE P802.3cn draft D3.1 is on the 6th November 2019 Review Committee (RevCom) meeting agenda. Assuming a recommendation for approval, and subsequent approval at the IEEE-SA Standards Board the following day, IEEE P802.3cn draft D3.1 will become an approved IEEE Standard. As a result the work of the IEEE P802.3cn Task Force will be complete and the IEEE P802.3cn Task Force will not meet. If, for any reason, IEEE P802.3cn draft D3.1 is not approved as an IEEE Standard, the IEEE P802.3cn Task Force will meet to continue to progress the draft.

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


IEEE P802.3cp Bidirectional 10 Gb/s, 25 Gb/s, and 50 Gb/s Optical Access PHYs Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cp/index.html>

This will be the sixth meeting of the IEEE P802.3cp Bidirectional 10 Gb/s, 25 Gb/s, and 50 Gb/s Optical Access PHYs Task Force. The IEEE P802.3cp 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 P802.3cp Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the 2nd Task Force review of IEEE P802.3cp draft D1.0 that will close prior to the meeting.

Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Frank Effenberger.


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 sixth meeting of the IEEE P802.3cq Power over Ethernet over 2 Pairs (Maintenance #13) Task Force. The Power over Ethernet over 2 Pairs (Maintenance #13) Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Sponsor recirculation ballot of Power over Ethernet over 2 Pairs (Maintenance #13) draft D3.1. 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 P802.3cr Isolation (Maintenance #14) Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cr/index.html>

This will be the seventh meeting of the IEEE P802.3cr Isolation (Maintenance #14) Task Force. The IEEE P802.3cr Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the Task Force review of IEEE P802.3cr draft D1.1 that will close prior to the meeting. The IEEE P802.3cr 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 Jon Lewis.


IEEE P802.3cs Increased-reach Ethernet optical subscriber access (Super-PON) Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cs/index.html>

This will be the sixth meeting of the IEEE P802.3cs Increased-reach Ethernet optical subscriber access (Super-PON) Task Force. The IEEE P802.3cs 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 P802.3cs Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Task Force review of IEEE P802.3cs draft D0.1 that will close prior to the meeting.

Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Claudio DeSanti.


IEEE P802.3ct 100Gb/s and 400Gb/s over DWDM systems Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/ct/index.html>

This will be the fifth meeting of the IEEE P802.3ct 100Gb/s and 400Gb/s over DWDM systems Task Force. The IEEE P802.3ct Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the Task Force review of IEEE P802.3ct draft D1.0 that will close prior to the meeting.

It has also become apparent that the market demands and the state of technology for 100 Gb/s Ethernet and 400 Gb/s Ethernet over DWDM systems are different, and that a faster timeline for the 100Gb/s Ethernet portion of the IEEE P802.3ct project could be achievable. As a result an IEEE P802.3ct PAR modification request, and a new IEEE P802.3cw PAR, are proposed to remove the 400 Gb/s Operation over DWDM Systems portion of the project from the IEEE P802.3ct PAR and placed it in the new IEEE P802.3cw PAR. The IEEE P802.3ct draft PAR modification request and IEEE P802.3cw draft PAR are both pending IEEE 802.3 Working Group approval at this meeting prior to seeking approval of both by the IEEE 802 LMSC Executive committee. The PARs, CSD responses and objectives can be accessed as follows:

IEEE P802.3ct draft PAR modification request: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/19/ec-19-0149-00-00EC-ieee-p802-3ct-draft-par-response.pdf>
IEEE P802.3ct draft CSD modifications: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/19/ec-19-0147-00-00EC-ieee-p802-3ct-draft-csd.pdf> IEEE P802.3ct draft Objectives modifications: <http://ieee802.org/3/ct/ProjDoc/3ct_Objectives_190911.pdf>

IEEE P802.3cw draft PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/19/ec-19-0150-00-00EC-ieee-p802-3cw-draft-par-response.pdf>
IEEE P802.3cw draft CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/19/ec-19-0148-00-00EC-ieee-p802-3cw-draft-csd.pdf>
IEEE P802.3cw draft Objectives: <http://ieee802.org/3/ct/ProjDoc/3cw_Objectives_190911.pdf>

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


IEEE P802.3cu 100 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s over SMF at 100 Gb/s per Wavelength Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cu/index.html>

This will be the fourth meeting of the IEEE P802.3cu 100 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s over SMF at 100 Gb/s per Wavelength Task Force. The IEEE P802.3cu Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the first Task Force review of IEEE P802.3cu draft D1.0 that will close prior to the meeting.

Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Mark Nowell.


IEEE P802.3cv Maintenance #15: Power over Ethernet Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cv/index.html>

This will be the second meeting of the IEEE P802.3cv Maintenance #15: Power over Ethernet Task Force. The IEEE P802.3cv Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the first Task Force review of IEEE P802.3cv draft D1.0 that will close prior to the meeting.

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


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 be holding two session during the plenary week.

[1]: Bandwidth Assessment - Introduction / Review of draft D1.0
[2]: Discussion - Industry Consensus Assessment for Beyond 400 Gb/s Ethernet

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


IEEE 802.3 Greater than 10 Gb/s Automotive Ethernet Electrical PHYs Study Group
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Study Group home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/B10GAUTO/index.html>

This will be the fourth meeting of the IEEE 802.3 Greater than 10 Gb/s Automotive Ethernet Electrical 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 Steve Carlson.


IEEE 802.3 Multi Gigabit Automotive Optical PHYs Study Group
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Study Group home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/OMEGA/index.html>

This will be the second meeting of the IEEE 802.3 Multi Gigabit Automotive Optical PHYs Study Group.  The study group continues to work on developing a PAR, CSD and objectives. In addition, the hybrid (optical / electrical) automotive Ethernet data links call for interest is seeking to extend the scope of this Study Group to include (optical/electrical) automotive Ethernet links.

Questions about the Study Group can be addressed to the Study Group Chair, Mr Bob Grow.


IEEE 802.3 Improving PTP Timestamping Accuracy Study Group
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Study Group home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/ITSA/index.html>

This will be the second meeting of the IEEE 802.3 Improving PTP Timestamping Accuracy Study Group. The Study Group has developed and approved the draft IEEE P802.3cx Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Media Access Control (MAC) service interface and management parameters to support improved Precision Time Protocol (PTP) timestamping accuracy 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/19/ec-19-0160-00-00EC-ieee-p802-3cx-draft-par-response.pdf>
Draft CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/19/ec-19-0161-00-00EC-ieee-p802-3cx-draft-csd-response.pdf>
Draft objectives: <http://ieee802.org/3/ITSA/P802_3cx_Objectives_190912.pdf>

Questions about the Study Group can be addressed to the Study Group Chair, Mr Steve Gorshe.


IEEE 802.3 10Mb/s Single Pair Ethernet Multidrop Enhancements Study Group
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Study Group home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/SPMD/index.html>

This will be the second meeting of the IEEE 802.3 IEEE 802.3 10Mb/s Single Pair Ethernet Multidrop Enhancements Study Group 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 Chad Jones.


Lower cost, short reach, optical PHYs using 100 Gb/s wavelengths call for interest
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_1119_1.html>

The following request for agenda time for a Lower cost, short reach, optical PHYs using 100 Gb/s wavelengths call for interest has been received from Mabud Choudhury.

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Matching the module I/O rate to the ASIC I/O rate reduces component count and complexity, leading to lower cost & power optical interfaces. SerDes rates on both switch ASICs and server network interface cards are expected to move to 100 Gb/s per lane in the next few years, driving current work in the IEEE P802.3ck and P802.3cu Task Forces. However, the highest speed, shortest reach PMDs over multimode fiber under development in Ethernet are built on 50 Gb/s optical lanes.

As the electrical power & interconnect bandwidth of servers & accelerators are increasing, high-radix switches are also able to connect more servers, creating a trend towards fewer servers-per-rack and thus longer server attachment connections at 100 Gb/s and higher. At the same time the achievable passive copper cable reach with 100 Gb/s lanes is expected by some experts to be shorter than the reach with 50 Gb/s lanes. In order to develop the lowest cost and complexity optical modules for next-generation server attachment, as well as shorter switch-to-switch connections, with emerging SerDes rates, we request a Call-for-Interest to assess support for a Study Group to develop the PAR and CSD for lower cost, short reach, optical PHYs using 100 Gb/s wavelengths.

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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the morning of Monday 11th November. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 18:30 to 19:30 on the evening of Tuesday 12th 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 14th November.


Hybrid (optical / electrical) automotive Ethernet data links call for interest
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_1119_2.html>

The following request for agenda time for a Hybrid (optical / electrical) automotive Ethernet data links call for interest has been received from Carlos Pardo.

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Discussions and presentations to the Multi-Gigabit Automotive Optical PHY Study Group have highlighted that the majority of automotive Ethernet links will have asymmetric peak and aggregate data rates in the two link directions. For example, a link to a camera primarily carry the image data in one direction, with the reverse direction primarily carrying the much lower data rate camera control data. There is significant interest from Study Group participants in using multi-gigabit optical fiber to carry traffic in one link direction but use a significantly lower speed electrical path in the opposite link direction, optionally allowing power to be provided over the electrical balanced conductors. This Call for Interest is to consider expanding the scope of the Multi-Gigabit Automotive Optical PHY Study Group to also allow a PAR and CSD to include adding specifications for hybrid (optical/electrical) automotive Ethernet data links.

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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the morning of Monday 11th November. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 19:30 to 20:30 on the evening of Tuesday 12th 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 14th 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.

Amendment PARs
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IEEE P802f - Overview and Architecture Amendment - YANG Data Model for EtherTypes
PAR: <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2019/802f-draft-PAR-0919-v01.pdf>
CSD: <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2019/802f-draft-CSD-0919-v01.pdf>

IEEE P802.1AEdk - Media Access Control (MAC) Security Amendment 4 - MAC Privacy protection
PAR: <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2019/dk-security-mac-privacy-PAR-0919-v02.pdf>
CSD: <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2019/dk-security-mac-privacy-CSD-0919-v00.pdf>

IEEE P802.15.7a - Short-Range Optical Wireless Communications - Amendment High Data Rate Optical Camera Communications
PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/dcn/19/15-19-0296-02-0vat-par-for-high-rate-occ-task-group.pdf>
CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/dcn/19/15-19-0297-02-0vat-csd-for-high-rate-occ-task-group.docx>

IEEE P802.16 - Fixed and Mobile Wireless Access in Channel Bandwidth up to 100 kHz
PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.24/dcn/19/24-19-0029-00-0000-licensed-narrowband-amendment-par.pdf>
CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.24/dcn/19/24-19-0030-00-0000-licensed-narrowband-amendment-csd.docx>

PAR Modification requests
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IEEE P802.1CS - Link-local Registration Protocol
PAR modification: <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2019/cs-PAR-modification-draft-0919-v01.pdf>
Unmodified CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/16/ec-16-0215-00-ACSD-802-1cs.pdf>


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


Tutorials
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There will be one tutorial taking place from 18:00 to 19:20 as follows:

IEEE 802 Engagement - Collaboration leads to Inspiration
URL: <http://ieee802.org/802_tutorials/2019-11/802_1119_TutorialFlyer_Oct7.pdf>

ABSTRACT: Bringing all 802 participants together for a directed discussion about hot/interesting topics will improve interworking-group cooperation and collaboration. In this first installment, individuals from 802.1, 802.3, and 802.11 (not representing the working group, but enthusiastic people that are well versed in their area) will provide short talks on what is hot in their area. A moderated question period will occur to find ways to collaborate or if there are areas of synergy that can be exploited.

The concept is that bringing people together and letting them talk about what is important to them leads to new ideas and excitement. There are many examples of success of this format in other standards bodies. See the IETF Birds of a Feather program (https://www.ietf.org/how/bofs/) or the more free-spirited PechaKucha <https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/105/materials/slides-105-hotrfc-24-lets-have-some-fun>.

This is all about bringing people together and getting them to understand the challenges and opportunities found in IEEE 802

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