Introduction:Industry Connections in IEEE 802

John D’Ambrosia, Dell

18 March 2013

A form of activity within IEEE 802 to develop output other than standards – ◦ individual-based process◦ Provides all normal protection to participants

Use of ICCOM is appropriate for the following◦ Report or white paper◦ Pre-Study Group Activity (i.e. roadmapping, etc)◦ Presentations

It is not appropriate to replace normal study group function.

Broad & Flexible◦ You define the scope◦ You define the output

Industry Connections Within IEEE 802

IEEE IC / 802 Structure

IEEE-SAStandards Board

IEEE-SAStandards Board

IEEE 802Sponsor Group

IEEE 802Sponsor Group

IEEE 802.xWorking GroupIEEE 802.x

Working Group

IC Activity

IC Activity

Standards Process

Approval Process

Activity

IC Process

IEEE-SAStandards Association

ICComIndustry

ConnectionsCommittee

ICComIndustry

ConnectionsCommittee

Initiating an Industry Connections Effort ICCOM Seeks Endorsement from Sponsor of

Industry Connections Activity Initialization Document (ICAID) for proposed Industry Connections Activity.◦ See References for URL

The ICAID is required and subject to EC Review Approval procedures to follow study group

policies in Exec Committee Operations Manual, except chartered for the requested duration of the ICAID.◦ Rules / Processes to be formalized.

Overview

Idea

Call forSupport

802.XForm

IC

802EC Form

IC

YesICCOM

Approve

SASBApprove

ApprovedIC

Yes

YesNo

CheckPoint

CheckPoint

RIP

No

No

NoCheckPoint

Yes

Note: At "Check Point", either the activity is ended, or there may be various options that would allow reconsideration of the approval.

IEEE 802.3 IC Bandwidth Assessment Ad hoc◦ Output: IEEE 802.3 BWA Assessment Report◦ http://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/bwa/BWA_Report.pdf

IEEE 802.3 Higher Speed Ethernet Consensus Ad hoc

◦ Output: Meeting Records: http://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/hse/index.html

◦ Results: March 2013 400 GbE Call-for-Interest, http://www.ieee802.org/3/cfi/request_0313_1.html

Successful Industry Connections

IEEE branding of effort Flexibility to define the effort Indemnification Publicity Transparency Archive of Effort

Personal Observations: Benefits

Background and PurposeDuring the IEEE P802.3ba 40Gb/s and 100Gb/s Ethernet project, it was observed that core networking and computing applications were growing at different rates, driving the need to develop the two new wireline Ethernet speeds. The focus of this IC activity will be to perform an appraisal of future “Ethernet Wireline Bandwidth Needs” of applications within the Ethernet eco-system.

Related Standard – IEEE Std 802.3-2008 and IEEE Std 802.3ba-2010

Related Sponsor – IEEE 802

Charter and ScopeThe scope of this IC will focus on gathering information that will enable an evaluation of the bandwidth needs for Ethernet wireline applications, including, but not limited to, core networking and computing. This evaluation will then enable the generation of a white paper(s) and related presentations on the future bandwidth needs of Ethernet wireline applications, which can then be used for future reference by an appropriate related standards activity.

Proposed DeliverablesThis evaluation will then enable the generation of a white paper(s) and related presentations on the future bandwidth needs of Ethernet wireline applications, which can then be used for future reference by an appropriate related standards activity.

Example ICAID Key Points: “Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment” Program Submission

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HSE ICAID: https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/12/ec-12-0033-01-00EC-higher-speed-ethernet-icaid.pdf

Background and PurposeThe completion of the IEEE 802.3 Industry Connections Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment Ad hoc has demonstrated that the bandwidth requirements of multiple application spaces are continuing an exponential climb with the forecasted growth in 2020 to reach a level 100x the bandwidth required in 2010. The purpose of the IEEE 802.3 Industry Connection’s Higher Speed Ethernet Consensus activity will be to build consensus related to initiating a new effort targeting the next speed of Ethernet for wireline applications, which will be used for the evaluation and possible development of a Call-For-Interest for the next IEEE 802.3 Higher Speed Study Group.

Related Standard – IEEE Std 802.3-2008 and IEEE Std 802.3ba-2010

Related Sponsor – IEEE 802

Charter and Scope◦ The scope of this IC activity will focus on building consensus related to the next speed of Ethernet for

wireline applications, which will be used for the evaluation and possible development of an IEEE 802.3 Call-For-Interest for the next Higher Speed Study Group. The requested duration for this Industry Connections activity is 12 months.

Proposed Deliverables◦ The proposed deliverables will be the historical records, i.e. meeting notes & presentations, of the

meetings held by this Industry Connections activity.

Example ICAID Key Points: “Higher Speed Ethernet Consensus” Program Submission

Contact: James Wendorf, Ph.D.IEEE-SA Director of Industry

Connections

Industry Connections: standards.ieee.org/industryconnections

Industry Connections Committee: http://standards.ieee.org/about/sasb/iccom/index.html 

ICAID: http://standards.ieee.org/develop/indconn/icaid_form.doc

Reference