802.1 – Activities & status Tony Jeffree, WG Chair 24 th July 2006

Areas of work n 802 Architecture and interworking between 802 technologies –Cross-802 Architecture group –“Technical Plenary” if needed n MAC Bridging –“Traditional” (802.1D) bridging –VLAN (802.1Q) bridging –Provider bridging –AV bridging –Congestion management n Security –Secure frame transmission –Key management n LAN management –Discovery mechanisms

Officers n Chair: Tony Jeffree n Vice Chair: Paul Congdon n Recording Secretary: Michael Wright n Interworking and Link Sec TG Chair: Mick Seaman n AV Bridging TG Chair: Michael Johas Teener n CM Study Group Chair: Pat Thaler n Link Sec TG Secretary: Allyn Romanow n Maintenance of exploder: Hal Keen n Maintenance of website: John Messenger –Website:

Status of current projects - (1) n The following draft PARs were forwarded to NesCom this week: –P802.1at – Stream Reservation Protocol –P802.1au – Congestion Notification –P802.1H Revision – MAC Bridging of Ethernet – up for 5-year cycle action n 5-year cycle action is due for Standard 802 Overview and Architecture; this will undergo a reaffirmation Sponsor ballot.

Status of current projects - (2) n MAC Service revision (P802.1ac) –Initial input generated based on ISO/IEC JTC1 standard plus ISS, E-ISS from 802.1D and 802.1Q –Second draft (D0.1) generated for circulation to the WG n P802.1af – Key Agreement –Current draft is D0.5 –Under TG balloting – ballot resolution completed this week n P802.1ag Connectivity Fault Management –Current draft is D6.1 –First WG ballot completed –Will be submitted for a further WG ballot

Status of current projects - (3) n 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 D2.2 –Will transition to WG ballot before November n 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 1.4 –Second TG ballot conducted; ballot resolution completed –Further TG balloting in September timeframe n P802.1ak – Multiple Registration Protocol –Proposed amendment to 802.1Q to improve the performance/scalability of GARP-based applications (GVRP, GMRP) in provider networks –WG balloting completed –Current draft is D6 –Submitted for Sponsor ballot –Comment resolution will be at our September interim meeting

Status of current projects - (4) n P802.1ap - Management Information Base (MIB) definitions for VLAN Bridges –PAR approved, outline draft generated draft n P802.1aq – Shortest Path Bridging –Current draft is D0.4 –First Task group ballot – comment resolution completed n P802.1AR – Secure Device Identity –Current draft is D0.5 –Under Task group balloting – ballot resolution completed n PAR for P802.1AS – Timing and Synchronization in LANs – Approved by NesCom

Next Interim meeting n 26 th -29 th September 2006 – York, UK