[RPRWG] Join the sponsor ballot pool for 802.17c, Protected Inter-Ring Connection
RPR Interested Parties,
The invitation to join the ballot pool for the sponsor ballot of
802.17c, Protected Inter-Ring Connection, is now available. If you
haven't received the invitation, or missed it, I have included it below.
When you get to
https://development.standards.ieee.org/my-site/open-ballot-invitations,
if you do not see the invitation for 802.17c (most likely because you
have not listed LMSC as an area of interest), click the check box for
"Show All Open Ballot Invitations".
The invitation is open for just a couple weeks, so don't put off signing up.
John Lemon
802.17 Chair
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P802.17c
Title: IEEE Standard for Information Technology - Telecommunications and
Information Exchange Between Systems - Local and Metropolitan Area
Networks - Specific Requirements - Part 17: Resilient Packet Ring (RPR)
Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications - Amendment: 2 -
Protected Inter-Ring Connection
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***** IEEE STANDARD DOCUMENT INFORMATION *****
The IEEE Computer Society Society/IEEE Standard for Information
Technology - Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Systems
- Local and Metropolitan Area Networks - Specific Requirements - Part
17: Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) Access Method and Physical Layer
Specifications - Amendment: 2 - Protected Inter-Ring Connection invites
you to participate in the New Sponsor Ballot for:
P802.17c
Title: IEEE Standard for Information Technology - Telecommunications and
Information Exchange Between Systems - Local and Metropolitan Area
Networks - Specific Requirements - Part 17: Resilient Packet Ring (RPR)
Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications - Amendment: 2 -
Protected Inter-Ring Connection
Scope: The proposed changes add new capabilities to the MAC layer to
enable operation of dual-redundant RPR stations that interconnect 2 RPR
rings.
Purpose: The amendment extends the property of fast (50 ms) restoration
time, associated with an individual RPR ring to dual-interconnected
rings. Further, the standard specifies methods for controlling which
traffic is sent across each of the two interconnections.
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