IEEE 802.1 Working Group Liaison Communication

Source:	IEEE 802.1 Working Group
To:  	Yoichi Maeda, Chairman, ITU-T Study Group 15 (yoichi.maeda@ttc.or.jp)
Steve Trowbridge, Chairman, ITU-T Working Party 3/15 (steve.trowbridge@alcatel-lucent.com)
Yoshinori Koike, Rapporteur, ITU-T Question 3/15 (koike.yoshinori@lab.ntt.co.jp)
Greg Jones, Counsellor, ITU-T Study Group 15 (greg.jones@itu.int)

CC:	Paul Nikolich, Chair, IEEE 802 LMSC (p.nikolich@ieee.org)

Subject:	Liaison to ITU-T Study Group 15 from IEEE 802.1
From: 	Tony Jeffree – Chair, IEEE 802.1 Working Group (tony@jeffree.co.uk) 
Approval: 	Agreed to at IEEE 802.1 Plenary meeting, San Diego, CA July 2012

Dear Mr. Maeda and members of ITU-T Study Group 15,
The IEEE 802.1 Working Group thanks ITU-T Study Group 15 for your liaison and the opportunity to review and comment on the “Optical Transport Networks & Technologies Standardization Work Plan” coming out of your December 2011 meeting.  We have reviewed the OTNT Plan content in consideration of the standardization activities in progress within the IEEE 802.1 working group and have the following comments:
The following standards represent the current published work of the IEEE 802.1 working group:
802	2001	IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and Architecture	
802.1AB	2009	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks-- Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery	
802.1AE	2006	Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Media Access Control (MAC) Security	
802.1AEbn	2011	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Media Access Control (MAC) Security Amendment 1: Galois Counter Mode--Advanced Encryption Standard-- 256 (GCM-AES-256) Cipher Suite	
802.1aq	2012	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges and Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks--Amendment 20: Shortest Path Bridging	
802.1AR	2009	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks - Secure Device Identity	
802.1AS	2011	Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks - Timing and Synchronization for Time-Sensitive Applications in Bridged Local Area Networks	
802.1AX	2008	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Link Aggregation	
802.1AXbk	2012	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Link Aggregation Amendment 1: Protocol Addressing	
802.1BA	2011	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Audio Video Bridging (AVB) Systems	
802.1BR	2012	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks--Bridge Port Extension	
802.1D	2004	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks: Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges	
802.1Q	2011	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges and Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks	
802.1Qaz	2011	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges and Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks--Amendment 18: Enhanced Transmission Selection for Bandwidth Sharing Between Traffic Classes	
802.1Qbb	2011	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges and Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks--Amendment 17: Priority-based Flow Control	
802.1Qbc	2011	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges and Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks--Amendment 16: Provider Bridging--Remote Customer Service Interfaces	
802.1Qbe	2011	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges and Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks-- Amendment 15: Multiple I-SID Registration Protocol	
802.1Qbf	2011	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges and Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks--Amendment 19: PBB-TE Infrastructure Segment Protection	
802.1Qbg	2012	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges and Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks--Amendment 21: Edge Virtual Bridging	
802.1X	2010	IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Port-Based Network Access Control	

If these are of relevance for ITU-T Study Group 15, please consider adding these to Table 7-1-3 and elsewhere in the document as appropriate.
It should be noted that the publication of IEEE Std 802.1 Q™-2011 incorporates IEEE Std 802.1Q™-2005, IEEE Std 802.1ad™-2005, IEEE Std 802.1ak™-2007, IEEE Std 802.1ag™-2007, IEEE Std 802.1ah™-2008, IEEE Std 802-1Q-2005/Cor-1-2008, IEEE Std 802.1ap™-2008, IEEE Std 802.1Qaw™-2009, IEEE Std 802.1Qay™-2009, IEEE Std 802.1aj™-2009, IEEE Std 802.1Qav™-2009, IEEE Std Qau™-2010, and IEEE Std Qat™-2010.  While it may not be appropriate to change references to these in the history of section 5.5, it may be appropriate to change the references in table 5-3.
The following projects are currently active within the IEEE 802.1 working group:
•	Interworking 
o	802-REV - Overview & Architecture revision 
o	802.1AC - Media Access Control Service revision 
o	802.1Qbp - Equal Cost Multiple Paths 
o	802.1AXrev - Link Aggregation: Distributed Resilient Network Interconnect 
o	802.1Q-2011/Cor 2 - 802.1Q-2011 - Technical and Editorial Corrections 
•	Security 
o	802.1AEbw - MAC Security Amendment: Extended Packet Numbering 
•	Audio/Video Bridging 
o	802.1AS-2011/Cor 1 - 802.1AS-2011 - Technical and Editorial Corrections 
o	802.1ASbt - Timing and Synchronisation: Enhancements and Performance Improvements 
Specific suggestions concerning the content of your document include:
•	The current set of standards as described above should be reflected in Table 7-1-3 and in Table 5-3
•	The status of work as described above should be reflected in clause 5.5.1.9.

We wish to thank the leadership and members of ITU-T SG15 for the opportunity to coordinate references to our work programs and we look forward to such continuing cooperation with ITU-T SG15 in the future.
Sincerely,
Tony Jeffree
Chair, IEEE 802.1 Working Group