IEEE Access Networks Standards Projects

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IEEE Access Networks Standards Projects

• Dr. James (Jim) Carlo
• President, IEEE Standards Association
• J.Carlo_at_ieee.org

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Key IEEE Areas

• IEEE 802 Standards (IEEE Computer Society)
• IEEE 802 is the Overall Sponsor Committee (Paul
  Nikolich Chair)
• Each Working Group is called a dot
• IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.11
• Multiple projects within each dot
• Wired Access
• Wireless Access
• Power Society Call for Interest on PBL

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IEEE 802 ORGANIZATION
802.21Media IndependentHandover Ajay Rajkumar
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WIRELINE ACTIVITIES

• 802.1 Overview and architecture
• Bridging, architecture, addressing, security
  (liaison with IETF)
• 802.3 CSMA/CD Ethernet
• LANs faster, faster, faster 10/100/1000/10000Mb
  ps fiber/copper
• Ethernet in the First Mile
• Smallerbackplane Ethernet
• 802.17 Resilient Packet Ring
• Metropolitan Area Networking

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IEEE 802.3 Update

• .3ah Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM)
• Extends Ethernet to Access Market
• Final Balloting Underway
• .3an 10GBASE-T
• Standards Project Underway
• 10Gb/s on FDDI-Grade MM Fiber SG
• Backplane SG
• Congestion Management SG
• Ethernet to provide differentiated service and
  reduce frame drop

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10Gbps Ethernet Benefits

• Bring Ethernet cost model to 10 Gbps networks
• Scale MAN LAN backbones
• Aggregates 1 GbE
• Leverages 250 million Ethernet ports
• Supports all services
• Supports local, metro and wide area in one
  seamless network
• Compatibility with the installed base of SONET
  OC-192c / SDH VC-4-64c

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Multiple Types of Completed IEEE 802.3 10 Gbs
Fiber Ethernet
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10 GE Transceivers (PMDs)
TARGET
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IEEE 802.3 10 GbE Task Force UTP Copper
Objectives Support operation over
4-connector structured 4-pair, twisted-pair
copper cabling for all supported distances and
Classes Links of At least 100m on 4-pair
Class F balanced copper cabling At least 55 m
to 100 m on four-pair Class E balanced copper
cabling
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IEEE 802.17 Resilient Packet Ring

• Use Fiber Optic Rings for transfer of data
  packets at rates scalable to many gigabits per
  second.
• Application for Local, Metropolitan and Wide Area
  Networks
• Base Standard Completed

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WIRELESS ACTIVITIES(1)

• 802.11 Wireless Local Area Networks
• 100meters coverage
• Unlicensed in 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands
• 802.15 Wireless Personal Area Networks
• 10meters coverage
• Unlicensed in 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands
• 802.16 Fixed Broadband Wireless Access
• 1000 meters coverage
• Unlicensed and licensed frequencies
• 2-11GHz and 10-66GHz bands

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IEEE 802.11 Projects

• 2.4GHz Band Wireless
• .11b (11Mbps) DSSS PHY
• .11g (54Mbps) PHY
• 5 GHz Band Wireless
• .11a 54Mbps OFDM PHY
• .11h Spectrum Management
• Enhancements
• 11.e Quality of Service
• 11.i More Robust Security

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IEEE 802.15 ProjectsWireless PAN

• 15.1 Bluetooth PHY and MAC
• 15.2 Coexistence with 11
• 15.3 Higher Rate WPAN up to 100Mbps
• 15.4 Lower Rate WPAN for very low power
  operation
• 15.5 Mesh Networking Technology

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IEEE 802.16 ProjectsWireless LAN

• .16 Basic Air Interface
• MAC PHY (10-66GHz)
• .16Conformance
• Conformance Test Cases
• .16e Enhancement
• Support for Mobile and Fixed

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WIRELESS ACTIVITES(2)

• 802.18 Radio Regulatory Impact
• ITU-R Interface, US-FCC, etc.
• 802.19 Coexistence Group
• 802.20 Mobile Broadband Wireless Access
• 1000 meter coverage
• Licensed frequencies, under 3.5 GHz
• 802.21 Media Independent Handover
• Develop interface standards to allow handover
  across 802 MAC domains and outside 802 MAC
  domains

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IEEE 802 FUTURE DIRECTIONS

• Wireline
• Backplane Ethernet
• Synchronous Ethernet
• Wireless
• WLAN Enhancements
• Mesh networking, fast roaming, vehicular apps
• Unlicensed 54-60 GHzlots of bandwidth
• LAN and PAN applications

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IEEE International Coordination

• IEC/IEEE Joint Logo Program
• ITU-T Liaison (A.5, A.6)
• ITU-R Membership (REGINTORG)
• ISO/IEC JTC1 IEEE Standards
• ETSI/IEEE Agreement
• Global Portal Web Pages
• Europe, Asia, Americas, Africa

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Broadband Data over Power Lines (BPL)

• Call for Interest (7June2004, Denver)
• Power, Communications, EMC Societies
• Objectives
• Understand application (home, LV, MV, HV)
• Review the standards that exist already
• Identify regulatory issues
• Determine where potential new standards projects
  should be organized within the IEEE