[802.3_DIALOG] July plenary announcement
TO: IEEE 802.3 Voters, Observers and Liaisons
Dear Colleagues,
IEEE 802.3 will meet Monday 15th July through Thursday 18th July 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland. IEEE 802.3 meetings are currently scheduled to occur in both the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) building and the adjacent Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG) in Geneva, Switzerland. As always, the IEEE 802 LMSC session announcement, registration and hotel information can be found through the 'Next IEEE 802 Plenary session notice' link on our home web page <www.ieee802.org/3>. To receive email updates and reminders for the plenary sessions, please subscribe to the stds-802-ALL reflector <http://listserv.ieee.org>.
There will be a joint IEEE-SA/ITU-T Workshop on Saturday 13th July on the subject of 'Ethernet Protection and Packet Synchronization'. The workshop is intended to provide the opportunity to exchange views on work items involving Ethernet Protection and Packet Synchronization of interest to IEEE 802.1 and ITU-T SG15. The agenda for this workshop can be access at <http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/Workshops-and-Seminars/ethernet/201307/Pages/programme.aspx>. Everyone is welcome to attend, but please note that there is a separate (no charge) registration required for this workshop, please register at <http://www.itu.int/online/regsys/ITU-T/misc/edrs.registration.form?_eventid=3000545>.
The opening IEEE 802.3 working group (WG) meeting will begin at 1:00 PM on Monday 15th July, and the IEEE 802.3 WG closing plenary meeting will be 1:00 PM on Thursday 18th July. Task Force (TF) and Study Group (SG) meetings will follow our typical schedule also found on our web site <http://www.ieee802.org/3/plenary.html>. The draft agenda, as well as liaison letters received so far, are available in the minutes area <http://www.ieee802.org/3/minutes/jul13/index.html> and will be updated as required prior to the meeting. The agenda will be approved at the meeting. As usual, TF, SG, standing committee and any appropriate ad hoc meetings will be scheduled between the opening and closing IEEE 802.3 meetings.
Please note that in addition to the normal IEEE 802 plenary week meeting schedule, the ITU leadership will be holding a welcome meeting for IEEE 802 from 11:00AM to Noon on Monday 15th to which all participants are invited to attend.
As is normal we will gather two records of attendance, the attendance tracking tool and attendance books in each meeting. The attendance tool will be the only official record of attendance for building and maintaining WG membership. The meeting attendance books will be used to record the attendance in the minutes for each meeting and it is important that you review these minutes to make sure your attendance is recorded correctly as this will be the backup should there be an issue with the attendance tool.
Attendance credit toward membership requires attendance at three of the four days of the IEEE 802.3 session, independent of how long a particular TF or SG might be meeting. The attendance tracking tool will only allow sign in on Monday at the opening IEEE 802.3 plenary and on Thursday at the closing IEEE 802.3 plenary meeting (not during the Thursday morning meetings). A number of WG decisions are expected during the IEEE 802.3 meetings (most on Thursday during the closing meeting). Depending on the number of discussion, the Thursday closing meeting may run beyond our target 5:30 PM ending time, so please plan your travel accordingly.
Additional subgroup information follows. Information for contacting Task Force chairs, and archival project information can be found on our web site: <www.ieee802.org/3>.
I look forward to seeing you in Geneva, Switzerland.
David Law
Chair, IEEE 802.3 Working Group
dlaw@xxxxxx
IEEE 802.3 Business (Mon & Thu afternoon)
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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 and Study Group business based on the status below, as well as a Call for Interest.
Maintenance Task Force (Tue afternoon)
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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 the status of the submission of IEEE Std 802.3-2012 for adoption by ISO/IEC JTC1 SC6.
Questions about maintenance activities can be addressed to the Maintenance Task Force Chair, Mr Wael William Diab.
IEEE P802.3.1 (IEEE 802.3.1a) Ethernet MIBs (revision) Task Force (no meeting)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/1/index.html>
As the IEEE P802.3.1 revision was approved as an IEEE standard at the recent June 2013 IEEE-SA Standards Board meeting the Task Force will not be meeting.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Howard Frazier.
IEEE P802.3bj 100Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable Task Force (Tue-Thu)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/index.html>
This will be the twelfth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bj 100Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable Task Force.
The 100Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Working Group recirculation ballot of 100Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable draft D2.1 that is due to close prior to the meeting.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Adam Healey.
IEEE P802.3bk Extended EPON Task Force (Tue)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bk/index.html>
This will be the eighth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bk Extended EPON Task Force.
The Extended EPON Task Force is expected to be in comment resolution on comments received on the 1st Sponsor recirculation ballot of Extended EPON draft D3.1 that is due to close prior to the meeting. With the project near to completing Sponsor ballot it is expected that the Task Force will request conditional approval to proceed to Sponsor ballot.
Questions about the Task Force can be addressed to the Task Force Chair, Mr Marek Hajduczenia.
IEEE P802.3bm 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Fiber Optic Task Force (Tue-Thu)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bm/index.html>
This will be the sixth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bm 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s Fiber Optic Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bm 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 Dan Dove.
IEEE P802.3bn EPON Protocol over Coax (EPoC) Task Force (Tue-Thu)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bn/index.html>
This will be the seventh meeting of the IEEE P802.3bn EPON Protocol over Coax (EPoC) Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bn 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 Mark Laubach.
IEEE P802.3bp Reduced Twisted Pair Gigabit Ethernet PHY Task Force (Tue-Thu)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bp/index.html>
This will be the fourth meeting of the IEEE P802.3bp Reduced Twisted Pair Gigabit Ethernet PHY Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bp 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 P802.3bq 40GBASE-T Task Force (Tue-Wed)
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Task Force home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bq/index.html>
This will be the second meeting of the IEEE P802.3bq 40GBASE-T Task Force. The IEEE P802.3bq 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 David Chalupsky.
IEEE 802.3 Distinguished Minimum Latency Traffic Study Group (Tue-Thu)
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Study Group Home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/DMLT/index.html>
This will be the fourth meeting of the IEEE 802.3 Distinguished Minimum Latency Traffic Study Group. The study group has developed the draft IEEE P802.3br Interspersing Express Traffic PAR, and supporting 5C and objectives and will be seeking approval of them by the IEEE 802.3 Working Group, as well as approval of the PAR and 5C by the IEEE 802 Executive committee, at this meeting. The draft PAR, 5C and objectives can be accessed as follows:
Draft PAR: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/DMLT/8023-DMLT-SG-1305-Winkel-PAR-2013-05-17r1.pdf>
Draft 5C: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/DMLT/8023-DMLT-SG-1305-Winkel-5C-2013-05-17r1.pdf>
Draft Objectives: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/DMLT/8023-DMLT-SG-1305-Winkel-Objectives-2013-05-17r1.pdf>
Questions about the Study Group can be addressed to the Study Group Chair, Mr Ludwig Winkel.
IEEE 802.3 400 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group (Tue-Thu)
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Study Group Home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/400GSG/index.html>
This will be the second meeting of the IEEE 802.3 400 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group. The study group was chartered at the March 2013 IEEE 802 plenary meeting and met for the first time during the IEEE 802.3 May interim meeting week. The study group continues to work on developing a PAR, 5C and objectives.
Questions about the Study Group can be addressed to the Study Group Chair, Mr John D'Ambrosia.
IEEE 802.3 4-pair Power over Ethernet Study Group (Tue-Thu)
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Study Group Home page: <http://www.ieee802.org/3/4PPOE/index.html>
This will be the second meeting of the IEEE 802.3 4-pair Power over Ethernet Study Group. The study group was chartered at the March 2013 IEEE 802 plenary meeting and met for the first time during the IEEE 802.3 May interim meeting week. The study group continues to work on developing a PAR, 5C and objectives.
Questions about the Study Group can be addressed to the Study Group Chair, Mr Chad Jones.
IEEE 802.3 Power over Data Link (PoDL) call for interest
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CFI page: < http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_0713_1.html>
The following request for agenda time for a Power over Data Link (PoDL) call for interest has been received from Dave Dwelley.
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The IEEE P802.3bp (Reduced Twisted Pair Gigabit Ethernet PHY) standard is being developed. There is a need in some applications for power delivery over the same link segment to power devices such as cameras and sensors. These powered links are expected to be widely deployed in automobiles as well as other transportation and non-transportation applications. The P802.3bp link segment and powering requirements will be substantially different than those specified in the existing Power over Ethernet Clause (Clause 33) and will require the creation of a new standard. This Call for Interest is to request the formation of a "Power over Data Lines" study group to start this effort.
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The call for interest will take place during the IEEE 802.3 Opening Plenary on the afternoon of Monday 15th July. A call for interest consensus building meeting has been scheduled to occur from 6:30PM to 8:00PM on the evening of Tuesday 16th July. 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.
IEEE 802.3 Rules
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At present, there are no proposed rules changes.
Project Authorization Requests (PARs)
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The following are the PARs from other Working Groups for consideration at the July plenary. Comments are due by 5PM on Tuesday so if there is any interest to review any of these PARs an Ad Hoc will be chartered to generate and submit the comments.
New PAR
IEEE P802.15.10 - Recommended practice on Layer 2 Routing
PAR: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/dcn/13/15-13-0231-03-0l2r-l2r-working-draft-par.pdf>
5C: <https://mentor.ieee.org/802.15/dcn/13/15-13-0232-03-0l2r-l2r-working-draft-5c.docx>
Amendment PARs
IEEE P802.1Qcc - Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges and Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks Amendment: Stream Reservation Protocol (SRP)
PAR: < http://ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2013/new-p802-1qcc-draft-par-0513-v1.pdf>
5C: < http://ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2013/new-p802-1qcc-draft-5c-0513-v1.pdf>
IEEE P802.1Qcd - Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges and Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks Amendment: Application Virtual Local Area Networks (VLAN) Type, Length, Value (TLV)
PAR: <http://ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2013/new-p802-1qcd-draft-par-0513-v01.pdf>
5C: <http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2013/new-p802-1qcd-draft-5c-0513-v01.pdf>
Tutorials
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IEEE 802 Tutorials web page: <http://www.ieee802.org/Tutorials.shtml>
Session #1, Monday 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
White Rabbit - Ethernet-based solution for sub-ns synchronization and deterministic, reliable data delivery
Session #2, Monday 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Interspersing Express Traffic on IEEE 802.3 Networks
Session #3, Monday 9:00 PM to 10:30 PM
IEEE-SA IoT Effort Overview and FAQs