[802.3_100GCU] Ad Hoc Update

["John D'Ambrosia" <jdambrosia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Task Force Participants,

As part of yesterday’s Open Issues Ad hoc, , I appointed 2 new ad hocs and expanded the scopes of 3 ad hocs formed @ Sept Interim.  See Table below.  All interested individuals are directed to talk to respective ad hoc chairs regarding their efforts.

 

Ad Hoc	Name	Ad hoc Chair	Topics
New	EEE	Bennett mjbennett@xxxxxxx	Address open issues with EEE, including PMA/PMD functional/electrical behavior
Sept	Clause 92	DiMinico	Address open issues with Clause 92, including harmonizing transmit, cable assembly, and receiver parameters
New	Clause 93	Healey	Address open issues with Clause 93, including harmonizing transmit and receive parameters with COM
Sept	Clause 94 transmitter	Lusted	Define test methods and parameters unique to PAM4 transmitter
Sept	Clause 94 interference tolerance	Dudek, Moore	Define test method and parameters for 100GBASE-KP4 interference tolerance

 

In addition, Rich Mellitz is working on COM looking to update with example implementation, explain usage, and potential updates.

 

Regards,

 

John D’Ambrosia

Chair, IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable Task Force