Dear Colleagues,
IEEE 802.3 will hold its July 2024 plenary session from Monday 15 July 2024 through Thursday 18 July 2024. The plenary session will be held at the Le Centre Sheraton Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada with support for mixed-mode attendance (i.e., remote attendance).
Please note that the meetings are being planned around an in-person schedule, with remote access provided on a best-effort basis.
The IEEE 802.3 Working Group opening plenary meeting will begin at 10h15 EDT (14h15 UTC) on Monday 15 July 2024, and the IEEE 802.3 Working Group closing plenary meeting will begin at 13h15 EDT (17h15 UTC) on Thursday 18 July 2024. I will provide the IEEE
802.3 Working Group opening and closing plenary meeting call information and calendar invitations shortly. IEEE 802.3 Subgroup meetings will be scheduled between the IEEE 802.3 Working Group opening and closing plenary meetings. Please always check <
https://ieee802.org/3/calendar.html>
for the most up-to-date information.
The draft agendas, as well as liaison letters received so far, are available in the minutes area <
https://ieee802.org/3/minutes/jul24/index.html> and will
be updated as required before the meeting. The agenda will be approved at the meeting. Several Working Group decisions are expected during the IEEE 802.3 meetings (most during the Thursday Closing plenary meetings). Depending on the amount of discussion, IEEE
802.3 WG meetings may run beyond their target ending times, so please plan your time accordingly.
As I announced during the March 2024 IEEE 802.2 Plenary meeting, and was used during the May 2024 Interim meeting, IMAT will be configured to use four 'meeting slots' per day for both interims and plenaries <
https://ieee802.org/3/minutes/mar24/0324_802_3_opening_plenary.pdf#page=41>.
This removes the need for the IEEE 802.3 Recording Secretary to post-process IMAT records after meetings, results in the IMAT attendance credit percentages being correct, and aligns IEEE 802.3 with all other IEEE 802 Working Groups.
Subclause 4.1 'Attendance at Meetings' of the IEEE 802 LMSC Working Group Policies and Procedures says that 'A participant shall attend at least 75% of a meeting slot's duration ...' and satisfy any registration requirements to gain 'Credited Attendance'
at that meeting slot. It then goes on to say that 'A participant that has Credited Attendance in at least 75% of the meeting slots in a Session has Session Attendance Credit for that Session.'. A participant requires Session Attendance Credit at two of the
last four plenary sessions, with the ability to substitute one credited interim session for one plenary session, to gain or retain IEEE 802.3 voting membership.
As has always been our practice, there will only be an opportunity to gain Credited Attendance on Monday during the IEEE 802.3 Working Group opening plenary, one slot, and on Thursday at the IEEE 802.3 Working Group closing plenary meeting, two slots.
This, combined with four slots on Tuesday and Wednesday, will result in a total of eleven meeting slots where there is an opportunity to gain Credited Attendance during the plenary session. A participant will, therefore, have to gain Credited Attendance at
a minimum of nine meeting slots (at least 75% of eleven) to obtain Session Attendance Credit towards gaining or retaining IEEE 802.3 voting membership.
At a high level, this will require attendance at a minimum of any three consecutive days out of the four-day July 2024 Plenary Session, but the requirement to gain Credited Attendance at a minimum of 75% of the meeting slots of the Plenary Session can
be achieved in any way a participant chose. This, for example, could be achieved by attending the IEEE 802.3 Working Group opening plenary slot on Monday morning, all four meeting slots on Tuesday, two meeting slots on Wednesday, and then the two IEEE 802.3
Working Group closing plenary slots on Thursday afternoon.
I look forward to seeing you in Montreal, QC, Canada.
David Law
Chair, IEEE 802.3 Working Group
+44 1631 563729
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IEEE 802.3 Business
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In addition to regular Working Group business, there will be Task Force and Ad Hoc business based on the status below. There will also be one Call for Interest.
Maintenance Task Force
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The Task Force will be considering new maintenance requests, reviewing the status of outstanding maintenance requests as well as considering any other maintenance business.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Adam Healey.
IEEE P802.3da 10 Mb/s Single Pair Multidrop Segments Enhancement Task Force
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The IEEE P802.3da Task Force continues to work towards a technically complete draft for Working Group ballot. The IEEE P802.3da Task Force plans to close the Task Force review of IEEE P802.3da draft D1.3 on 7 July 2024. The IEEE P802.3da Task Force, therefore,
plans to consider the comments received during the Task Force review of IEEE P802.3da draft D1.3 during the plenary session.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Chad Jones.
IEEE P802.3dg 100 Mb/s Long-Reach Single Pair Ethernet Task Force
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The IEEE P802.3dg Task Force is working 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, Mr George Zimmerman.
IEEE P802.3dj 200 Gb/s, 400 Gb/s, 800 Gb/s, and 1.6 Tb/s Ethernet Task Force
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The IEEE P802.3dj Task Force continues to work towards a technically complete draft for Working Group ballot. The IEEE P802.3dj Task Force plans to post an updated IEEE P802.3dj draft, based on the comment responses to the comment received during the first
Task Force review of IEEE P802.3dj draft D1.0, the week before to plenary session for review. This is in preparation for a second Task Force review of IEEE P802.3dj draft D1.1 starting immediately after the plenary session.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr John D'Ambrosia.
IEEE P802.3dk Greater than 50 Gb/s Bidirectional Optical Access PHYs Task Force
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The IEEE P802.3dk Task Force is working 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 Yuanqiu Luo.
IEEE P802.3dm Asymmetrical Electrical Automotive Ethernet Task Force
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The IEEE P802.3dm Task Force is working 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, Mr Jon Lewis.
IEEE Std 802.3-2022/Cor 1 (IEEE 802.3dn) Multi-Gigabit Automotive MDI Return Loss Task Force
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The initial Standards Association ballot of IEEE Std 802.3-2022/Cor 1 (IEEE 802.3dn) draft D3.0 closes on 4 July 2024. The IEEE Std 802.3-2022/Cor 1 (IEEE 802.3dn) Task Force therefore plans to be considering the comments received during the initial Standards
Association ballot during the plenary session.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Brett McClellan.
IEEE P802.3.1 (IEEE 802.3.1b) SMIv2 Data Models (Revision)
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The third Working Group recirculation ballot of IEEE P802.3.1 (IEEE 802.3.1b) draft D1.3 closed on 5 June 2024, and a meeting to consider the comments received has been announced for 24 June 2024. Since Conditional approval to forward IEEE P802.3.1 (IEEE
802.3.1b) to Standards Association ballot was granted by the IEEE 802 LMSC on 4 June 2024, if the conditional approval criteria are met, the initial Standards Association ballot of IEEE P802.3.1 (IEEE 802.3.1b) draft D2.0 will commence before the plenary session.
The IEEE P802.3.1 (IEEE 802.3.1b) Task Force, therefore, does not plan to meet during the plenary session.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Marek Hajduczenia.
IEEE P802.3.2 (IEEE 802.3.2a) YANG Data Model (Revision)
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The third Working Group recirculation ballot of IEEE P802.3.2 (IEEE 802.3.2a) draft D1.3 closes on 18 June 2024. The IEEE P802.3.2 (IEEE 802.3.2a) Task Force therefore plans to be considering the comments received during the third Working Group recirculation
ballot during the plenary session.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Marek Hajduczenia.
IEEE 802.3 New Ethernet Applications (NEA) Industry Connections Ad Hoc
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The IEEE 802.3 New Ethernet Applications (NEA) Industry Connections Ad Hoc is not planning to meet during the plenary session.
Questions about the Ad Hoc can be addressed to the Ad Hoc Chair, Mr Jon Lewis.
IEEE 802.3 Power Distribution Coordinating Committee (PDCC) Ad Hoc
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As well as continuing its task of reviewing output and building consensus on input for liaisons regarding power delivery over cabling cited in IEEE 802.3 standards and projects, the IEEE 802.3 PDCC Ad Hoc meeting will also serve as the consensus-building
meeting for the Single-Pair Ethernet Powering Cabling Restrictions call for interest (see below).
Questions about the Ad Hoc can be addressed to the Ad Hoc Chair, Mr Chad Jones.
Single-Pair Ethernet Powering Cabling Restrictions call for interest
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The following request for agenda time for a Single-Pair Ethernet Powering Cabling Restrictions call for interest has been received from Chad Jones.
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This is a call for interest (CFI) to initiate a Study Group to develop a Project Authorization Request (PAR) and Criteria for Standards Development (CSD) for a project to provide clarification on the cabling requirements for single-pair Ethernet powering.
The IEEE 802.3 Working Group's Power Delivery Coordinating Committee (PDCC) is working with other SDOs to avoid potential issues but has serious concerns about a currently proposed approach that an international cabling SDO has taken. In particular, the
SDO is proposing to specify cabling at different current carrying capacities that do not support all the power classes that are presently defined in IEEE 802.3. This threatens the historic assumption that PoE is plug-and-play. It may be necessary to have additional
information in IEEE Std 802.3 to provide guidance regarding the usage of such cabling.
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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the morning of Monday 15th July. A call for interest consensus-building presentation has been scheduled to occur during the IEEE 802.3 PDCC Ad Hoc meeting from 19h00 to 21h00
EDT Tuesday 16th July (23h00 Tuesday 16th July to 01h00 Wednesday 17th July UTC). 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 18th July.
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. Comments are due by 18h30 EDT (22h30 UTC) on Tuesday 16 July 2024 and, as already announced <
https://www.ieee802.org/3/email_dialog/msg01555.html>,
the PAR Review Ad Hoc will be meeting at 07h00 PST (14h00 UTC) on Monday 1 July 2024 to consider these PARs and submit comments if necessary.
New standard PAR
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IEEE P802.1DD Resource Allocation Protocol
Revision PARs
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IEEE P802.1AB Station and MAC Connectivity Discovery
IEEE P802.1AC MAC Service Definition
IEEE P802.11 Wireless LANs
Amendment project PARs
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IEEE P802.1Ased Fault-Tolerant Timing with Time Integrity
IEEE P802.15.4ae Ascon cryptographic algorithms
IEEE P802.15.9a Ephemeral Diffie-Hellman Over COSE (EDHOC) KMP
PAR extension requests
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IEEE 802.1DP Time-Sensitive Networking for Aerospace Onboard Ethernet Communications
IEEE P802.11bf Enhancements for Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
IEEE P802.16t Fixed and Mobile Wireless Access in Narrowband Channels
IEEE 802 Tutorials
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TBD