1. 802.1 – Activities & status Tony Jeffree, 802.1 WG Chair 22 March 2008

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

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

4. Status of current projects - (1) n 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 n The following PARs have been submitted for approval this week: n P802.1BA – AVB Systems –http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/new-avb-systems-ba-draft-par-0208-v4.pdf http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/new-avb-systems-ba-draft-5c-0208-v2.pdfhttp://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/new-avb-systems-ba-draft-par-0208-v4.pdf http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/new-avb-systems-ba-draft-5c-0208-v2.pdf n P802.1Qbb – Priority-based flow control –http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/new-dcb-thaler-pfc-draft-par-0208.pdf http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/new-dcb-thaler-draft-pfc-5c-0208-v3.pdfhttp://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/new-dcb-thaler-pfc-draft-par-0208.pdf http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/new-dcb-thaler-draft-pfc-5c-0208-v3.pdf n P802.1Qav – amendment to existing PAR –http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/av-p802-1qav-par-amendment-0308-v01.pdfhttp://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/av-p802-1qav-par-amendment-0308-v01.pdf n P802.1aj – extension request –http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/aj-p802-1aj-par-extension-0308.pdfhttp://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/aj-p802-1aj-par-extension-0308.pdf n P802.1Q – Revision PAR –http://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/q-p802-1q-revision-par-0308.pdfhttp://www.ieee802.org/1/files/public/docs2008/q-p802-1q-revision-par-0308.pdf n 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) n 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 n P802.1X Revision – was P802.1af Key Agreement –Current draft is D2.1 –TG ballotting in progress; comment resolution completed. WG balloting will proceed.

6. 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 D4.1 –Sponsor ballot recirculation completed; comment resolution completed. Conditional approval for RevCom submission granted. 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 2.2 –First WG ballot and comment resolution completed; awaiting next draft and recirc ballot.

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

8. Status of current projects - (5) n P802.1Qat – Stream Reservation Protocol – –Current draft is D1.0 –Task Group ballot resolution completed; awaiting next draft and TG ballot. n P802.1Qau – Congestion Notification – –New draft to be prepared following agreement on the technology to be used. n P802.1H Revision – MAC Bridging of Ethernet – Recently approved PAR –No draft as yet. Editors appointed.

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

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