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From: Law, David
Sent: 30 July 2026 22:17
To: IEEE 802.3 Working Group <
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Subject: +++ 802.3 WG 1st RECIRCULATION BALLOT: IEEE P802.3dm Asymmetrical Electrical Automotive Ethernet D2.1 ballot
Dear Colleagues,
This is the announcement of the electronic IEEE 802.3 Working Group 1st recirculation ballot on the amendment IEEE P802.3dm Asymmetrical Electrical Automotive Ethernet. Remember that voting, as well as attendance, is a requirement to maintain your IEEE 802.3 member (voter) status <
http://ieee802.org/3/rules/member.html#DOT3>. Instructions for accessing the draft, casting your ballot and submitting comments follow this announcement. Please review the commenting instructions below to ensure you are using the most up-to-date tools.
The ballot group for this draft is the IEEE 802.3 voting membership as of Thursday 14 May 2026.
Because this is a recirculation ballot, YOU ONLY NEED TO CAST A BALLOT IF YOU WISH TO CHANGE YOUR VOTE FROM THAT WHICH WAS RECORDED ON THE INITIAL BALLOT OR LAST RECIRCULATION. If you voted previously and your vote has not changed, the last ballot cast will be carried over to this ballot, and you do not need to cast a new ballot.
BALLOT SCOPE:
During this IEEE 802.3 Working Group 1st recirculation ballot, the scope of the ballot is the substantive changes between IEEE P802.3dm/D2.0 and IEEE P802.3dm/D2.1 and the unsatisfied negative comments.
CRITERIA FOR STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT:
One of the responsibilities as a balloter is to ensure that the draft is consistent with the criteria for standards development (CSD) responses, which are available at <
https://mentor.ieee.org/802-ec/dcn/24/ec-24-0074-00-ACSD-p802-3dm.pdf>. An Approve vote indicates your agreement that the draft is consistent with the CSD responses.
BALLOT OPEN:
Thursday 30 July 2026
BALLOT CLOSE:
Friday 14 August 2026 AOE (23:59 UTC -12)
The Project Authorization Request for this Amendment is available at <
https://www.ieee802.org/3/dm/P802.3dm_PAR.pdf> and includes the following:
TITLE:
IEEE Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Physical Layer Specifications and Management Parameters for Asymmetrical Electrical Automotive Ethernet
SCOPE OF PROJECT:
The scope of this project is to specify additions to and appropriate modifications of IEEE Std 802.3 to add Physical Layer specifications and management parameters for electrical media and operating conditions that are optimized for automotive end-node camera links for operation up to 10 Gb/s in one direction and with a lower data rate in the other direction.
NEED FOR THE PROJECT:
Automotive in-vehicle networks are transitioning to Ethernet. High-bandwidth links such as imaging sensors at end-nodes of the network where the backchannel is low bandwidth are important parts of this transition. These end-nodes are highly constrained on complexity and power consumption and converting them to Ethernet will require solutions specified for their operating conditions.
Thank you for your participation in this ballot and careful review of the draft.
David Law
Chair, IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group
Natalie Wienckowski
Chair, IEEE P802.3dm Asymmetrical Electrical Automotive Ethernet Task Force
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR BALLOTING ON: IEEE P802.3dm draft D2.1
Instructions for accessing the ballot documents, casting your ballot and submitting comments follow.
HOW TO ACCESS THE DRAFT
The draft is posted for your review for balloting purposes only, and neither the draft nor access information should be copied or redistributed to others in violation of document copyrights.
The IEEE P802.3dm Asymmetrical Electrical Automotive Ethernet draft D2.1 may be downloaded from:
URL: <
https://www.ieee802.org/3/dm/private/drafts/P8023dm_D2p1.pdf>
Username: <IEEE 802.3 or IEEE P802.3dm username>
Password: <IEEE 802.3 or IEEE P802.3dm password>
Please submit comments on the above draft.
A comparison file between IEEE P802.3dm Asymmetrical Electrical Automotive Ethernet draft D2.0 and D2.1 is also provided to both focus and ease your review. Please DO NOT comment on this comparison document. This draft may be downloaded from:
<
https://www.ieee802.org/3/dm/private/drafts/P8023dm_D2p1_CMP.pdf>
Please DO NOT submit comments against the above document.
Unsatisfied negative comments and their dispositions may be downloaded from:
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https://www.ieee802.org/3/dm/comments/D2p0/D2p0_unsatisfied_comments_073026.pdf>
All comments and their dispositions from the initial ballot may be downloaded from:
<
https://www.ieee802.org/3/dm/comments/D2p0/IEEE_P8023dm_D2p0_final_comment_resolutions.pdf>
These documents are posted in Adobe "pdf" document format and can be downloaded and printed if desired. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, it is available for free downloading from:
<
http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html>
HOW TO CAST YOUR BALLOT
To ensure your ballot is counted, please:
1) Send your ballot to:
stds-802-3-ballot@xxxxxxxx2) Paste the following line into the subject field:
IEEE P802.3dm Asymmetrical Electrical Automotive Ethernet D2.1 ballot
This can be done with this link <mailto:
stds-802-3-ballot@xxxxxxxx?subject=IEEE%20P802.3dm%20Asymmetrical%20Electrical%20Automotive%20Ethernet%20D2.1%20ballot>
3) Paste into the message body and complete the ballot form below:
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IEEE P802.3dm Asymmetrical Electrical Automotive Ethernet D2.1 ballot
Your Name:___________________________
___ APPROVE ALL WITHOUT COMMENT
___ APPROVE ALL WITH COMMENTS on SOME
(All comments are non-binding)
___ DISAPPROVE
(Some or all comments are binding; a voter must submit specific comments for remedy)
___ ABSTAIN, Lack of Expertise
___ ABSTAIN, Lack of Time
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HOW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS
Acceptable comment types:
E = Editorial
ER = Editorial Required (a binding comment that is part of a DISAPPROVE vote, therefore only appropriate for an IEEE 802.3 voting member)
T = Technical
TR = Technical Required (a binding comment that is part of a DISAPPROVE vote, therefore only appropriate for an IEEE 802.3 voting member)
1. Prepare your comments in one of the following two ways. You are STRONGLY REQUESTED to use the spreadsheet. A comment entry tutorial is available at:
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http://ieee802.org/3/ballots/p802d3_comment_entry_tutorial.pdf>
a. Access the comment spreadsheet at the URL:
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http://www.ieee802.org/3/WG_tools/spreadsheet/802d3_TFR_WGB_comments.xls>
b. To submit comments in text (ASCII) form, please use the form below. This will enable the editor to record and track all submissions properly. Make as many copies of the template as necessary and submit as an ASCII text file or as part of your e-mail.
PLEASE NOTE: The ASCII method involves a manual transcription; hence, you are recommended to check your comments to ensure accurate transcription when the comment file is made available. Please use one of the comment tools above if possible.
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CommentID: (Leave Blank)
CommenterName:
CommenterCompany:
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CommentType: (E, ER, T, or TR)
Comment:
CommentEnd:
SuggestedRemedy:
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2. Send your comments to:
stds-802-3-ballot@xxxxxxxx and paste into the subject line:
IEEE P802.3dm Asymmetrical Electrical Automotive Ethernet D2.1 comments
This can be done with this link <mailto:
stds-802-3-ballot@xxxxxxxx?subject=IEEE%20P802.3dm%20Asymmetrical%20Electrical%20Automotive%20Ethernet%20D2.1%20comments>