IEEE 802.3 ETHERNET

IEEE 802.3 ETHERNET WORKING GROUP

The IEEE 802.3 Working Group develops standards for Ethernet networks. We have a number of active projects, study groups, and ad hocs as listed below:

IEEE P802.3bm 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Fibre Optic Task Force.
IEEE P802.3bn EPON Protocol over Coax (EPoC) Task Force.
IEEE P802.3bp 1000BASE-T1 PHY Task Force.
IEEE P802.3bq 40GBASE-T Task Force.
IEEE P802.3br Interspersing Express Traffic Task Force.
IEEE P802.3bs 400 Gb/s Ethernet Task Force.
IEEE P802.3bt DTE Power via MDI over 4-Pair Task Force.
IEEE P802.3bu 1-Pair Power over Data Lines (PoDL) Task Force.
IEEE P802.3bv Gigabit Ethernet Over Plastic Optical Fiber Task Force.
IEEE P802.3bw 100BASE-T1 Task Force.
IEEE P802.3 (IEEE 802.3bx) Revision to IEEE Std 802.3-2012 Maintenance #11 Task Force.
IEEE P802.3by 25 Gb/s Ethernet Task Force.
IEEE P802.3bz 2.5/5GBASE-T Task Force.
IEEE 802.3 25GBASE-T PHY Study Group.

Additional information:

Next IEEE 802.3 Interim meeting notice.
Next IEEE 802 Plenary meeting notice.
IEEE 802.3 Plenary minutes.
IEEE 802.3 Maintenance.
IEEE 802.3 Interpretations.
IEEE 802.3 Ad hocs web area.
IEEE 802.3 joint sessions.
IEEE 802.3 Plenary tutorials.
IEEE 802.3 reflector policy.
IEEE 802.3 Management registration arcs.
IEEE 802.3 Auto-Negotiation selector fields.
IEEE 802.3 Private area (password-protected).

Other information:

Operating Rules of IEEE Project 802 Working Group 802.3, CSMA/CD LANs.
Requirements for Voting on IEEE 802.3 Drafts.
Typical Working Group 802.3 meetings during IEEE 802 Plenary Week.
Requesting an interpretation of the Standard.
IEEE 802.3 Patent policy.
Discussion of cost in IEEE 802.3.
IEEE 802.3 Working Group tools and resources.
IEEE 802.3 Working Group Dialog Reflector.

Published standard:

IEEE 802 Standards Available for Free Download.
Purchasing published IEEE 802.3 Standards and drafts.
IEEE Standards On-Line Subscription Information.
IEEE Standards Ordering Information.
Publication Status of IEEE 802.3 Documents.
Correction sheets for published IEEE 802.3 Standard.
ISO/IEC approval status for published IEEE 802.3 Standard.
Machine readable extracts of published IEEE 802.3 Standard.

Archive information of completed work:

IEEE Std 1802.3-2001Conformance test reaffirmation.
IEEE 802.3 Trunking Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 Higher Speed Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 DTE Power via MDI Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 10GBASE-CX4 Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 10GBASE-T Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 Backplane Ethernet Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 10 Gb/s on FDDI-grade MM fiber Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 Power over Ethernet Plus Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 Residential Ethernet Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 Energy Efficient Ethernet Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 Higher Speed Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 100 Gb/s Backplane and Copper Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 Extended EPON Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 Next Generation 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Optical Ethernet Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 EPON Protocol over a Coax (EPoC) PHY Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 Reduced Twisted Pair Gigabit Ethernet (RTPGE) Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 Next Generation BASE-T Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 Distinguished Minimum Latency Traffic in a Converged Traffic Environment Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 4-Pair Power over Ethernet (PoE) Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 1-Pair Power over Data Lines (PoDL) Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 400 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 1 Twisted Pair 100 Mb/s Ethernet Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 Gigabit Ethernet Over Plastic Optical Fiber Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 25 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group.
IEEE 802.3 Next Generation Enterprise Access BASE-T PHY Study Group.
IEEE Std 802.3z-1998, Gigabit Ethernet.
IEEE Std 802.3aa-1998, Maintenance #5.
IEEE Std 802.3ab-1999, 1000BASE-T.
IEEE Std 802.3ac-1998, VLAN TAG.
IEEE Std 802.3ad-2000, Link Aggregation.
IEEE Std 802.3ae-2002, 10 Gb/s Ethernet.
IEEE Std 802.3af-2003, DTE Power via MDI.
IEEE Std 802.3ag-2002, Maintenance #6 (Revision).
IEEE Std 802.3ah-2004, Ethernet in the First Mile.
IEEE Std 802.3aj-2003, Maintenance #7.
IEEE Std 802.3ak-2004, 10GBASE-CX4.
IEEE Std 802.3REVam-2005, Maintenance #8 (Revision).
IEEE Std 802.3an-2006, 10GBASE-T.
IEEE Std 802.3ap-2007, Backplane Ethernet.
IEEE Std 802.3aq-2006, 10GBASE-LRM.
IEEE P802.3ar, Congestion Management.
IEEE Std 802.3as-2006, Frame Expansion.
IEEE Std 802.3at-2009, DTE Power Enhancements.
IEEE Std 802.3-2005/Cor 1-2006 (IEEE 802.3au) DTE Power Isolation Corrigendum.
IEEE Std 802.3av-2009, 10 Gb/s PHY for EPON.
IEEE Std 802.3-2005/Cor 2-2007 (IEEE 802.3aw), 10GBASE-T Corrigendum.
IEEE Std 802.1AX-2008 (IEEE 802.3ax), Link Aggregation.
IEEE Std 802.3-2008 (IEEE 802.3ay), Maintenance #9 (Revision).
IEEE Std 802.3az-2010, Energy-efficient Ethernet.
IEEE Std 802.3ba-2010, 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Ethernet.
IEEE Std 802.3-2008/Cor 1-2009 (IEEE 802.3bb) Pause Reaction Delay Corrigendum.
IEEE Std 802.3bc-2009 Ethernet Organizationally Specific type, length, values (TLVs).
IEEE Std 802.3bd-2011 MAC Control Frame for Priority-based Flow Control.
IEEE Std 802.3.1-2011 (IEEE 802.3be) Ethernet MIBs .
IEEE Std 802.3bf-2011 Ethernet Support for the IEEE P802.1AS Time Synchronization Protocol.
IEEE Std 802.3bg-2011 40Gb/s Ethernet Single-mode Fibre PMD.
IEEE Std 802.3-2012 (IEEE 802.3bh) Revision to IEEE Std 802.3-2008.
IEEE Std 1802.3-2001, Conformance Test Maintenance #1.
IEEE Std 802.3.1-2013 (IEEE 802.3.1a) Revision to IEEE Std 802.3.1-2011 Ethernet MIBs.
IEEE Std 802.3bk-2013 Extended EPON.
IEEE Std 802.3bj-2014 100 Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable.
IEEE 802.3 Ethernet over LAPS liaison Ad hoc.
IEEE 802.3 Static Discharge in Copper Cables Ad hoc.
IEEE 802.3 OIF VSR Liaison Ad Hoc.
IEEE 802.3 Industry Connections Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment Ad Hoc.
IEEE 802.3 Industry Connections NG-EPON Ad Hoc.

Contact information:

IEEE 802.3 Working Group Chair: David Law.
IEEE 802.3 Working Group Vice Chair: Adam Healey.
IEEE 802.3 Working Group Executive Secretary: Steve Carlson.
IEEE 802.3 Working Group Secretary: Pete Anslow.
IEEE 802.3 Working Group Treasurer: Valerie Maguire.
IEEE Standards Staff Liaison: Lisa Perry.
List of Task Force, Study Group, and Ad Hoc Officers.

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Last Update: 2015-03-26
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