[802.3_DIALOG] IEEE 802.3 November 2020 plenary update

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

Dear Colleagues,

As already announced <https://ieee802.org/3/private/email/msg02328.html>, IEEE 802.3 will hold its November 2020 plenary session telephonically, from Monday 9th November, through Thursday, 19th November 2020.

There will be an IEEE 802.3 Opening plenary meeting on Monday 9th November, a Mid-session IEEE 802.3 plenary meeting on Thursday 12th November 2020, and an IEEE 802.3 Closing plenary session on Thursday 19th November 2020 from 14h00 to 16h00 UTC. The draft agendas, as well as liaison letters received so far, are available in the minutes area <http://www.ieee802.org/3/minutes/nov20/index.html> and will be updated as required prior to the meeting. The agenda will be approved at the meeting.

Subgroup (Task Force, standing committee, and any appropriate ad hocs) meetings will be held from Tuesday 10th November 2020 UTC through Wednesday 18th November 2020 UTC, excluding Friday 13th November 2020 UTC through Sunday 15th November 2020 UTC. An overview of the IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.3 Plenary sessions can be found at <https://www.ieee802.org/3/minutes/sep20/0920_802_3_interim.pdf#page=22> (slide 22). Further information regarding subgroup meetings are provided below.

As a reminder, attendance credit toward membership requires at least 75% attendance during the plenary session. As a result, you will need to record attendance at a meeting on at least six of the eight meeting days of the November 2020 IEEE 802.3 plenary session, independent of how long a subgroup might be meeting.
 
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 business based on the status below.


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 as well as progressing the adoption of IEEE 802.3 standards by ISO/IEC SC6 as ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-3 standards. The Task Force will also be progressing the recently approved IEEE P802.3 (IEEE 802.3dc) Ethernet revision project.

Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Adam Healey.


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>

The IEEE P802.3ck Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the 4th Task Force review of IEEE P802.3ck draft D1.3.

Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Ms Elizabeth Kochuparambil.


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>

The IEEE P802.3cp Bidirectional 10 Gb/s, 25 Gb/s, and 50 Gb/s Optical Access PHYs Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 2nd Working Group recirculations ballot of Bidirectional 10 Gb/s, 25 Gb/s, and 50 Gb/s Optical Access PHYs draft D2.2 that is due to close prior to the November 2020 plenary session. With the project near to completing Working Group balloting it is expected that the Task Force will request conditional, or unconditional, approval to proceed to Standards Association balloting.

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


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

The IEEE P802.3cr Isolation (Maintenance #14) Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 3rd Standards Association recirculation ballot of Isolation (Maintenance #14) draft D3.3 that is expected to close prior to the November 2020 plenary session. With the project near to completing Standards Association balloting 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 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>

The IEEE P802.3cs Task Force will be in comment resolution on comments received on the Task Force review of IEEE P802.3cs draft D1.2 that is due to close prior to the November 2020 plenary session.

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


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

The IEEE P802.3ct 100Gb/s over DWDM systems Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the Initial Standards Association ballot of 100Gb/s over DWDM systems draft D3.0 that is due to close prior to the November 2020 plenary session.

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>

The IEEE P802.3cu 100 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s over SMF at 100 Gb/s per Wavelength Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Standards Association recirculation ballot of 100 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s over SMF at 100 Gb/s per Wavelength draft D3.1 that is due to close prior to the November 2020 plenary session. With the project near to completing Standards Association balloting 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 P802.3cv Power over Ethernet (Maintenance #15) Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cv/index.html>

The IEEE P802.3cv Maintenance #15: Power over Ethernet Task Force has completed the 2nd Working Group recirculations ballot of Maintenance #15: Power over Ethernet draft D2.2 with 100% approval and no comments. The IEEE P802.3cv Task Force will therefore not meet during the November 2020 plenary session and a request for unconditional approval to proceed to Standards Association balloting is expected during the IEEE 802.3 Mid-session plenary meeting.

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

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

The IEEE P802.3cw 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 John D'Ambrosia.  

 
IEEE P802.3cx Improved PTP timestamping accuracy Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cx/index.html>

The IEEE P802.3cx 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 Gorshe.


IEEE P802.3cy Greater than 10 Gb/s Electrical Automotive Ethernet Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cy/index.html>

The IEEE P802.3cy 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 P802.3cz Multi-Gigabit Optical Automotive Ethernet Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/cz/index.html>

The IEEE P802.3cz 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 Bob grow.
 

IEEE P802.3da 10 Mb/s Single Pair Multidrop Segments Enhancement Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/da/index.html>

The IEEE P802.3da 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 Chad Jones.


IEEE P802.3db 100 Gb/s, 200 Gb/s, and 400 Gb/s Short Reach Fiber Task Force
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Task Force home page: <http://ieee802.org/3/db/index.html>

The IEEE P802.3db 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 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 New Ethernet Applications (NEA) Industry Connections Ad Hoc is not planning to meet during the November plenary session.

Questions about the Ad Hoc can be addressed to the Ad Hoc Chair, Mr Jon Lewis.


Beyond 400 Gigabit Ethernet call for interest 
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CFI page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_1120_1.html>

The following request for agenda time for a Beyond 400 Gigabit Ethernet call for interest has been received from John D’Ambrosia.

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The IEEE 802.3 2020 Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment examined a multitude of applications and forecasts a broad diversity in network traffic growth rates by 2025 ranging from 2.3x to 55.4x the amount of traffic these same applications experienced in 2017.  This same assessment also examined the underlying factors of bandwidth growth, i.e. users, access rates, and applications, and highlighted the forecasted growth of these factors, which will only provide further pressure on future network bandwidth requirements.  Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic, which occurred after the completion of the 2020 Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment, highlighted the critical role of networking in everyday life.  The importance of these networks to support the bandwidth demand of these times cannot be understated.

The development of a new Ethernet rate and physical layer solutions supporting greater than  400 Gigabit per second will provide the industry with the next solution set it needs to address the bandwidth demands of the various applications examined, such as mobile, data center, and IP video.  It is also recognized that any signaling rates used for higher speed physical layer specifications may be applicable to creating physical layer specifications for existing Ethernet rates, which would enable optimized solutions to meet bandwidth demands throughout network architectures.

This call for interest is to request the formation of the “Beyond 400 Gigabit Ethernet” Study Group to  consider the development of solutions supporting Ethernet rates greater than 400 Gigabits per second, and the application of any signaling rates used to support Ethernet rates greater than 400 Gb/s to existing Ethernet rates. 

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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary teleconference meeting on Monday 9th November. A call for interest consensus building teleconference meeting <https://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/ngrates/email/msg00772.html> has been scheduled to occur on Thursday 29th October 2020 from 14h00 to 16h00 UTC. The vote to determine if a Study Group will be formed will take place at the IEEE 802.3 Closing Plenary teleconference meeting on Thursday 19th November. Please note that IMAT will be used to record attendance at teleconference meetings, and to conduct the polls during the consensus building teleconference meeting. This requires a free IEEE account. If you do not have one and wish to participate in this call for interest consensus building teleconference meeting, or any other IEEE 802.3 meeting, please see <https://www.ieee.org/about/help/my-account/web-account.html>.


Project Authorization Requests (PARs) and Industry Connections Work Item proposals
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The following are the PARs from other Working Groups for consideration at the plenary. Under the modified PAR approval process for November 2020 comments on PARs from other WGs are due no later than Tuesday 3rd November 2020 AoE so an Ad Hoc has been chartered and will meet Monday 2nd November 2020 14h00 UTC 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 2nd November 2020 ad hoc meeting.

New standard PAR
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IEEE P802.1DP Time-Sensitive Networking Profile for Aerospace Onboard Ethernet Communications
PAR: <https://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2020/dp-draft-PAR-0920-v01.pdf>
CSD: <https://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2020/dp-draft-CSD-0920-v01.pdf>

Amendment PARs
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IEEE P802.11bh WLAN MAC and PHY Specifications amendment: Enhanced service with randomized MAC addresses
PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/20/11-20-0742-04-0rcm-proposed-par-draft.docx>
CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/20/11-20-1117-03-0rcm-rcm-sg-proposed-rcm-csd-draft.docx>

IEEE P802.11bi WLAN MAC and PHY Specifications amendment: Enhanced service with Data Privacy Protection
PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/20/11-20-0854-06-0rcm-par-proposal-for-privacy.pdf>
CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/20/11-20-1346-02-0rcm-csd-draft-for-privacy-amendment-of-rcm-project.docx>

IEEE P802.15aa Low-Rate Wireless Networks amendment: Amendment: Higher data rate extension to IEEE 802.15.4 Smart Utility Network (SUN) Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) Physical layer (PHY)
PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/dcn/20/15-20-0202-00-0jre-802-15-4aa-par-for-japanese-rate-extension.docx>
CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/dcn/20/15-20-0159-04-0jre-draft-csd-for-japanese-rate-extension.docx>

PAR modification request
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IEEE P802.16t Broadband Wireless Access System: Fixed and Mobile Wireless Access in Narrowband Channels
PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/dcn/20/15-20-0196-00-016t-licensed-narrowband-amendment-par.pdf>
CSD: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/19/ec-19-0222-00-ACSD-p802-16t.docx>


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

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