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IEEE 802.1 Activities & Status

Update on the current projects, PAR approvals, and revisions in progress within the IEEE 802.1 Working Group.

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IEEE 802.1 Activities & Status

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  1. 802.1 – Activities & status Tony Jeffree, 802.1 WG Chair 16 March 2008

  2. Areas of work • 802 Architecture and interworking between 802 technologies • Cross-802 Architecture group • “Technical Plenary” if needed • Interworking • “Traditional” (802.1D) bridging • VLAN (802.1Q) bridging • Provider bridging • LAN management • Discovery mechanisms • Connectivity fault management • AV bridging • Time synchronization • Stream reservation and transmission support • Data center bridging • Congestion management • Per priority flow control • Security • Secure frame transmission • Key management • Secure device identity

  3. Officers • Chair: Tony Jeffree • Vice Chair: Paul Congdon • Recording Secretary: Michael Wright • Interworking TG Chair: Steve Haddock • Link Security TG Chair: Mick Seaman • AV Bridging TG Chair: Michael Johas Teener • Congestion Management TG Chair: Pat Thaler • Maintenance of Email exploder: Hal Keen • Maintenance of website: John Messenger • Website: http://www.ieee802.org/1/

  4. Status of current projects - (1) • The following PARs are awaiting approval by the Standards Board: • P802.1X Revision (will replace P802.1af) • P802.1Qaz - Enhanced Transmission Selection for Bandwidth Sharing Between Traffic Classes • The following PARs will be submitted for approval this week: • P802.1BA – AVB Systems • http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/new-avb-systems-ba-draft-par-0208-v4.pdfhttp://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/new-avb-systems-ba-draft-5c-0208-v2.pdf • P802.1Qbb – Priority-based flow control • http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/new-dcb-thaler-pfc-draft-par-0208.pdfhttp://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/new-dcb-thaler-draft-pfc-5c-0208-v3.pdf • P802.1Qav – amendment to existing PAR • http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/av-p802-1qav-par-amendment-0308-v01.pdf • P802.1aj – extension request • http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/aj-p802-1aj-par-extension-0308.pdf • P802.1Q – Revision PAR • http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/q-p802-1q-revision-par-0308.pdf • All active 802.1 PARs can be found here (Sponsor=C/LM): https://development.standards.ieee.org/pub/active-pars?n=3

  5. Status of current projects - (2) • MAC Service revision (P802.1ac) • Initial input generated based on ISO/IEC JTC1 standard 15802-1 plus ISS, E-ISS from 802.1D and 802.1Q • Second draft (D0.1) generated for circulation to the WG • P802.1af – Key Agreement • Project converted to a revision of 802.1X • P802.1X Revision – was P802.1af Key Agreement • Current draft is D2.1 • TG ballotting in progress; comment resolution this week • P802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management • Published

  6. Status of current projects - (3) • P802.1ah – Provider Backbone Bridges • Proposed amendment to 802.1Q to provide further scaling characteristics in conjunction with P802.1ad in large provider networks • Current draft is D4.1 • Sponsor ballot recirculation completed; comment resolution this week. • P802.1aj – Two-port MAC Relay • Proposed amendment to 802.1Q to define a relay device, commonly known as a “media converter”, that will assist the integration of 802 LAN technologies with emulated LAN services in use in the provider networking space. • Current draft is 2.2 • First WG ballot and comment resolution completed; awaiting next draft and recirc ballot.

  7. Status of current projects - (4) • P802.1ap - Management Information Base (MIB) definitions for VLAN Bridges • Draft D3.2 generated and issued for WG ballot • Comment resolution this week • P802.1aq – Shortest Path Bridging • Current draft is D0.4 • Task Group ballot comment resolution this week • P802.1AR – Secure Device Identity • Current draft is D1.4 • Task group ballot in progress. • P802.1AS – Timing and Synchronization in LANs • Current draft D2.0 • Task Group ballot completed; comment resolution this week

  8. Status of current projects - (5) • P802.1Qat – Stream Reservation Protocol – • Current draft is D1.0 • Task Group ballot resolution completed; awaiting next draft • P802.1Qau – Congestion Notification – • Current draft is D0.4 • P802.1H Revision – MAC Bridging of Ethernet – Recently approved PAR • No draft as yet

  9. Status of current projects - (6) • P802.1Qav – Forwarding and queuing for time sensitive streams • Current draft is D2.0 • Task group ballot completed; awaiting next TG ballot • P802.1Qaw – Data dependent CFM • Current draft is D2.0 • Working Group balloting completed; comment resolution this week • P802-REV – Overview and Architecture revision • No draft as yet • P802.1AB-REV – Link layer discovery protocol revision • Current draft is D2.2 • Editing in progress prior to WG recirculation

  10. Next Interim meetings • May 2008: • Eilat, Israel – 12th through 15th • Sept 2008: • ChengDu, China, 15th through 18th (also 802.3)

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