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[802.3_ITSA] IEEE P802.3cx/D2.4 Improved PTP Timestamping Accuracy Working Group 4th recirculation ballot



Dear Task Force Participants,

 

With this e-mail, I'd like to announce the start of the IEEE P802.3cx/D2.4 Improved PTP Timestamping Accuracy Working Group 4th recirculation ballot.

 

Open date: Wednesday 20th April 2022

Close date: Wednesday 4th May 2022 23:59 AOE

 

As stated in the announcement below, the ballot group for this draft is the IEEE 802.3 voting membership as of Wednesday 6th October 2021. All comments received before the close of ballot will be considered, the one limitation however is that if you are not a member of the balloting group, and therefore cannot cast a ballot, you cannot designate comments as TR or ER since you cannot cast a Disapprove ballot.

 

Best regards,

Steve Gorshe

Chair, IEEE P802.3cx Improved PTP Timestamping Accuracy Task Force 

 

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Dear Colleagues,

 

This is the announcement of the electronic IEEE 802.3 Working Group 4th recirculation ballot on the Amendment IEEE P802.3cx Improved PTP Timestamping Accuracy. Remember that voting, as well as attendance, is a requirement to maintain your IEEE 802.3 member (voter) status <http://ieee802.org/3/rules/member.html#DOT3>. Instructions for accessing the draft, casting your ballot and submitting comments follow this announcement. Please review the commenting instructions below to ensure you are using the most up to date tools.

 

The ballot group for this draft is the IEEE 802.3 voting membership as of Wednesday 6th October 2021.

 

Because this is a recirculation ballot, YOU ONLY NEED TO CAST A BALLOT IF YOU WISH TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE FROM THAT WHICH WAS RECORDED ON THE INITIAL BALLOT OR LAST RECIRCULATION. If you voted previously and your vote has not changed, the last ballot cast will be carried over to this ballot and you do not need to cast a new ballot.

 

BALLOT SCOPE:

During this IEEE 802.3 Working Group 4th recirculation ballot, the scope of the ballot is the substantive changes between IEEE P802.3cx/D2.3 and IEEE P802.3cx/D2.4 and the unsatisfied negative comments.

 

CRITERIA FOR STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT:

One of the responsibilities as a balloter is to ensure that draft is consistent with the criteria for standards development (CSD) responses which are available at <https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/19/ec-19-0220-01-ACSD-p802-3cx.pdf>. An Approve vote indicates your agreement that the draft is consistent with the CSD responses.

 

BALLOT OPEN:

Wednesday 20th April 2022

 

BALLOT CLOSE:

Wednesday 4th May 2022 23:59 AOE

 

The Project Authorization Request for this Amendment is available at <https://www.ieee802.org/3/cx/P802d3cx.pdf> and includes the following:

 

TITLE:

Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Media Access Control (MAC) service interface and management parameters to support improved Precision Time Protocol (PTP) timestamping accuracy

 

SCOPE OF PROJECT:

Define optional enhancements to Ethernet support for time synchronization protocols to provide improved timestamp accuracy in support of ITU-T Recommendation G.8273.2 'Class C' and 'Class D' system time error performance requirements.

 

NEED FOR THE PROJECT:

Ethernet can be applied in important new applications if implementations can interwork to meet more stringent time synchronization. Potential new applications include use in the 5G radio access network (RAN) infrastructure, high-speed telecommunications, industrial control and Smart Grid. For example, there is a strong desire to be able to use Ethernet for 5G RAN, which is expected to have significant volume.

 

Thank you for your participation in this ballot and careful review of the draft.

 

David Law

Chair, IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group

Phone: +44 1631 563729

Email: david_law@xxxxxxxx

 

Steve Gorshe

Chair, IEEE P802.3cx Improved PTP Timestamping Accuracy Task Force

Phone: +1 503 708 4046

Email: steve.gorshe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR BALLOTING ON: IEEE P802.3cx draft D2.4

 

Instructions for accessing the ballot documents, casting your ballot and submitting comments follow.

 

HOW TO ACCESS THE DRAFT

The draft is posted for your review for balloting purposes only, and neither the draft nor access information should be copied or redistributed to others in violation of document copyrights.

 

The IEEE P802.3cx Improved PTP Timestamping Accuracy draft D2.4 may be downloaded from:

 

URL: <https://ieee802.org/3/cx/private/Files/802.3cx_D2p4.pdf>

Username: <IEEE 802.3 or IEEE P802.3cx username>

Password: <IEEE 802.3 or IEEE P802.3cx password>

 

Please submit comments against the above draft.

 

A comparison file between IEEE P802.3cx Improved PTP Timestamping Accuracy draft D2.3 and D2.4 is also provided to both focus and ease your review. Please DO NOT comment on this comparison document. This draft may be downloaded from:

 

<https://ieee802.org/3/cx/private/Files/802.3cx_D2p4_CMP.pdf>

 

Please DO NOT submit comments against the above document.

 

Unsatisfied negative comments, and their dispositions may be downloaded from:

 

<https://ieee802.org/3/cx/comments/802d3cx_D2_0_unsatisfied_20220217.pdf>

 

All comments, and their dispositions, from the 3rd recirculation ballot may be downloaded from:

 

<https://ieee802.org/3/cx/comments/802d3cx_D2_3_approved_20220418.pdf>

 

These documents are posted in Adobe "pdf" document format and can be downloaded and printed if desired. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, it is available for free downloading from:

 

<http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html>

 

 

HOW TO CAST YOUR BALLOT

 

To assure your ballot is counted, please:

 

1) Send your ballot to: stds-802-3-ballot@xxxxxxxx

 

2) Paste the following line into the subject field:

 

IEEE P802.3cx Improved PTP Timestamping Accuracy D2.4 ballot

 

This can be done with this link <mailto:stds-802-3-ballot@xxxxxxxx?subject=IEEE%20P802.3cx%20Improved%20PTP%20Timestamping%20Accuracy%20D2.4%20ballot>

 

3) Paste into the message body and complete the ballot form below:

 

-----CUT AND PASTE TEXT BELOW THIS LINE ONLY PLEASE--------

 

IEEE P802.3cx Improved PTP Timestamping Accuracy D2.4 ballot

 

Your Name:___________________________

 

 

___ APPROVE ALL WITHOUT COMMENT

 

___ APPROVE ALL WITH COMMENTS on SOME

       (All comments are non-binding)

 

___ DISAPPROVE

       (Some or all comments are binding; a voter must submit specific comments for remedy)

 

___ ABSTAIN, Lack of Expertise

 

___ ABSTAIN, Lack of Time

 

 

-----------------------end ballot form--------------------

 

HOW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS

 

Acceptable comment types:

 

E = Editorial

ER = Editorial Required (a binding comment that is part of a DISAPPROVE vote, therefore only appropriate for an IEEE 802.3 voting member) T = Technical TR = Technical Required (a binding comment that is part of a DISAPPROVE vote, therefore only appropriate for an IEEE 802.3 voting member)

 

1. Prepare your comments in one of the following three ways. You are STRONGLY REQUESTED to use the spreadsheet. A comment entry tutorial is available at:

 

<http://ieee802.org/3/ballots/p802d3_comment_entry_tutorial_v1p0.pdf>

 

a. Access the comment spreadsheet at the URL:

 

<http://www.ieee802.org/3/WG_tools/spreadsheet/802d3_TFR_WGB_comments.xls>

 

b. Access the comment tool at the URL:

 

<http://www.ieee802.org/3/WG_tools/filemaker/Generic_Commenting_Tool_FM.zip>

 

To use the tool, extract all components into a folder and do not move any component from that folder as this will cause the executable to not work correctly. The tool is:

 

Comment_Tool_Generic_Solution.exe

 

c. To submit comments in text (ASCII) form, please use the form below. This will make it possible for the editor to properly record and track all submissions. Make as many copies of the template as necessary and submit as an ASCII text file or as part of your e-mail.

 

PLEASE NOTE: The ASCII method involves a manual transcription, hence you are recommended to check your comments to ensure accurate transcription when the comment file is made available. Please use one of the comment tools above if possible.

 

------CUT AND PASTE TEXT BELOW THIS LINE ONLY PLEASE--------

 

CommentID: (Leave Blank)

CommenterName:

CommenterCompany:

Clause:

Subclause:

Page:

Line:

CommentType: (E, ER, T, or TR)

Comment:

CommentEnd:

SuggestedRemedy:

RemedyEnd:

 

--------------------end comment template------------------

 

2. Send your comments to: stds-802-3-ballot@xxxxxxxx and paste into the subject line:

 

IEEE P802.3cx Improved PTP Timestamping Accuracy D2.4 comments

 

This can be done with this link <mailto:stds-802-3-ballot@xxxxxxxx?subject=IEEE%20P802.3cx%20Improved%20PTP%20Timestamping%20Accuracy%20D2.4%20comments>

 

 

 


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