IEEE 1914 NGFI IEEE 1914.3 RoE TF Opening Report TF Chair: Richard Tse, Microsemi Editor: Richard Maiden, Intel WG Chair: Jinri Huang Dec 5, 2017 Suzhou, China

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Next Generation Fronthaul Interface IEEE 1914 Next Generation Fronthaul Interface Jinri Huang, huangjinri@chinamobile.com IEEE 1914.3 RoE TF Opening Report Date: 2017-12-05 Author(s): Name Affiliation Phone [optional] Email [optional] Richard Tse Microsemi Richard.Tse@Microsemi.com

Agenda What’s happened since last face-to-face WG Recirculation Ballot results Sponsor Ballot process History of P1914.3

What’s happened since Sept 2017 4 teleconferences to resolve remaining comments in D2.1 WG Recirculation Ballot (Nov 15-26, 2017)

Success!! Draft D2.1 passed WG balloting!!! 32 editorial comments 15 technical comments, just 1 which is difficult Vote Category Vote Count Approve 9 Approve with Comments 3 Disapprove 1 Abstain Comments Only (for non-voting participants) No participation from voting members 2

Sponsor Ballot Resolve all comments for D2.1 Make decisions on all comments at this meeting Ready sponsor ballot draft by next week Start IEEE sponsor ballot process (https://standards.ieee.org/develop/balloting.html) and send draft to IEEE editing committee (30 days) Run sponsor ballot (30 days) Participation > 75% Approval > 75% (approve / (approve + disapprove)) Absentions < 30% Address comments (TBD, depends on the comments) Run recirculation sponsor ballot (10 days) Hope to get sufficient votes on this draft to pass Get final approval at April, 2018 RevCom meeting

A little history of IEEE 1914.3 Started as IEEE 1904.3 First meeting was Feb 3, 2015 Changed to IEEE 1914.3 for Sept, 2016 meeting This is the 19th plenary meeting for P1904.3 + P1914.3 7 drafts created to this point

A little history of IEEE 1914.3 Two WG ballots + one WG recirculation ballot were run D1.1: 68 comments D2.0: 325 comments D2.1: 47 comments