Ethernet Support for the IEEE P802.1AS Time Synchronization Protocol Study Group - May 2009 Interim
Colleagues,
The first session of the Ethernet Support for the IEEE P802.1AS Time
Synchronization Protocol Study Group (Time Sync Study Group) or TSSG, will
be Friday, May 1 during the April/May 2009 802.3 Interim in Quebec City,
Canada. Please see
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/interims/quebec_1_0509.html for
details.
As the TSSG was formed at the March 2009 802.3 WG meeting in Vancouver, the
Interim schedule had already been set. Therefore, the TSSG will have a
one-day session to present organizational and introductory material. The
TSSG's work will require knowledge and coordination with a number of other
standards projects.
Topics to be covered:
- Overview of the IEEE 802.1 AVB project and IEEE P802.1AS -
http://www.ieee802.org/1/pages/avbridges.html
- Overview of IEEE P802.3ba 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s Ethernet Architecture -
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/ba/index.html
- Overview of IEEE P802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet -
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/az/index.html
- Overview of IEEE - 1588 - http://ieee1588.nist.gov/
- Overview of the IEEE Standards Association Process -
http://standards.ieee.org/resources/development/index.html
- Overview of the IEEE 802.3 Working Group process -
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/rules/index.html
During the July Plenary and September Interim the TSSG will determine its
scope of work and objectives. From this, it will present a PAR and 5
Criteria at the November Plenary. This is a tentative schedule and will be
discussed further.
This project is intended to provide 802.3 support for IEEE P802.1AS and its
IEEE-1588 usage. Since there are other applications that may benefit from
this project, it is appropriate to identify them early in the process to see
if their requirements may fit into this work.
Therefore if you have an application that fits into this category, you are
invited to present it during the first meeting. Please do not provide
solutions; it is too early in the process. Rather, please give a concise
overview of the application and how it uses (or might use) IEEE-1588 in the
context of IEEE 802.3. Please send a copy to the Chair by this Friday. The
rules for presenters are covered on the TSSG home page at
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/3/time_adhoc/public/presentproc.html. The
deadlines have been relaxed for this one meeting only. If you have any
questions about presenting, please email the TSSG Chair.
I look forward to seeing you in Quebec.
Regards,
Steve
Steven B. Carlson
Executive Secretary, IEEE 802.3 Working Group
Chair, 802.3 Time Synchronization Study Group
http://ieee802.org/3/index.html
President
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