IEEE 802.3 Higher Speed Study Group

                        Interim Meeting
                         Wakefield, MA
                        21-22 May, 1996


Agenda

      1.  Welcome and introductions

      2.  Select recording secretary

      3.  Approve minutes of March meeting

      4.  P802.3z status report

      5.  Email reflector and web/ftp site

      6.  Preliminary outline for P802.3z

      7.  Technical presentations

      8.  Review HSSG objectives

      9.  AOB

     10.  Plans for next meeting

     11.  Adjourn


P802.3z status report

      o  802.3 approved P802.3z PAR on 14-Mar-96

      o  802 Exec approved P802.3z PAR on 14-Mar-96

      o  NESCOM will review P802.3z PAR on 19-Jun-96

      o  IEEE Standards Board will consider P802.3z PAR on 20-Jun-96

      o  We are still the "802.3 Higher Speed Study Group", 
         with a license to operate until the July plenary session of 802

      o  If the Standards Board approves our PAR, we will become the
         "802.3z Task Force" at the July plenary session of 802

      o  We will elect TF officers and establish voting rules at that time


E-mail reflector

      o  The IEEE has set up a reflector for this study group:

         stds-802-3-hssg@mail.ieee.org

      o  The are currently ~300 names/addresses on the reflector

      o  The reflector can be used for announcements, comments, 
         discussions, or dissemination of information related to the 
         work of this study group

      o  The reflector should not be used for recruiting, advertising, 
         soliciting, flaming, or whining

      o  To be added to the reflector, send an E-mail containing the 
         following line:

         subscribe stds-802-3-hssg <your email address>

         to either 

         majordomo@mail.ieee.org      or      howard.frazier@sun.com



Web/FTP site

      o  The IEEE has established a web/ftp site for our use:

      o  ftp://stdsbbs.ieee.org/pub/802_main/802.3/gigabit

      o  We will archive drafts (once we have `em!), minutes, and 
         technical presentations on this site

      o  Format for drafts is Postscript or PDF

      o  Format for minutes is ASCII text

      o  Format for presentations is ASCII text or PDF

      o  The "802.3" and "gigabit" directories will always contain a file 
         called "MEETING.TXT" which will contain information about the 
         next meeting schedule and arrangements

      o  Please send requests for uploads to this site to:

      o  howard.frazier@eng.sun.com


Preliminary outline for P802.3z

      o  Use 100BASE-T outline as a starting point

      o  A Supplement to 802.3, formatted as a collection of clauses

      21.     Introduction

      22.     Reconciliation sublayer and Media Independent Interface

      23.     Physical Coding sublayer, Physical Medium Attachment sublayer, 
              and baseband medium, type 100BASE-T4

      24.     Physical Coding sublayer and Physical Medium Attachment 
              sublayer, type 100BASE-X

      25.     Physical Medium Dependent sublayer and baseband medium, 
              type 100BASE-TX

      26.     Physical Medium Dependent sublayer and baseband medium, 
              type 100BASE-FX

      27.     Repeater for 100 Mb/s baseband networks

      28.     Physical layer link signaling for 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s 
              Auto-Negotiation on twisted pair

      29.     System considerations for multi-segment 100BASE-T networks

      30.     Layer Management for 10 Mb/s and 100 Mb/s


Objectives

        1. Speed of 1000 Mb/s at the MAC/PLS service interface

        2. Use 802.3/Ethernet frame format 

        3. Meet 802 FR, with the possible exception of Hamming Distance

        4. Simple forwarding between 1000, 100, 10

        5. Preserve min and max FrameSize of current 802.3 Std

        6. Full and Half Duplex operation

        7. Support star-wired topologies

        8. Use CSMA/CD access method w/ support for at least 1 
           repeater/collision domain

        9. Support Fiber media and if possible copper media

       10. Use ANSI Fiber Channel FC-1 and FC-0 as basis for work

       11. Provide a family of Physical Layer specifications which support a 
           link distance of:

           a. At least 500 m on multimode fiber

           b. At least 25 m on copper (100 m preferred)

           c. At least 2 km on single mode fiber

       12. Decide between collision domain diameter of >= 50m or >= 200m

       13. Support media selected from ISO/IEC 11801

       14. Accommodate proposed P802.3x flow control


Plans for next meeting

      o  Next meeting will take place during IEEE 802 July plenary 

      o  University of Twente in Enschede, The Netherlands

      o  July 8-12, 1996

      o  For more info contact Classic Consulting (604) 527-1045

      o  Will request 1-1/2 days during week, okay to overlap w/ T2, FDX

      o  Sunday meeting? Yes/No?

      o  Agenda topics:

      o  PAR Status

      o  Task Force officers, voting rules

      o  Sub Task Force organization

      o  Outline for 802.3z

      o  Technical presentations