IEEE Std 802.3-2018 and amendments ballot results

Base standard IEEE Std 802.3-2018

IEEE P802.3 (IEEE 802.3cj) Maintenance #12 (Revision)
Balloting stage Closing date Voters Returned Approve Disapprove Abstain Rate Comments
Comment No comment Return Approval Abstain
Initial Working Group ballot 21st August 2017 210 133 117 4 0 12 63.33% 96.69% 9.02% 147
1st Working Group recirculation ballot 27th October 2017 210 141 129 1 0 11 67.14% 99.23% 7.8% 3
Initial Sponsor ballot 22nd December 2017 147 120 105 6 0 9 81.63% 94.59% 7.5% 121
1st Sponsor recirculation ballot 28th February 2018 147 129 118 3 0 8 87.76% 97.52% 6.2% 49
2nd Sponsor recirculation ballot 27th March 2018 147 130 119 3 0 8 88.44% 97.54% 6.15% 12
3rd Sponsor recirculation ballot 24th April 2018 147 133 123 2 0 8 90.48% 98.4% 6.02% 1
IEEE-SA Standards Board approval: 14th June 2018

Approved amendments (in amendment number order)

IEEE Std 802.3cb-2018 Amendment 1: 2.5 Gb/s and 5 Gb/s Backplane
Balloting stage Closing date Voters Returned Approve Disapprove Abstain Rate Comments
Comment No comment Return Approval Abstain
Initial Working Group ballot 1st September 2016 212 141 100 12 0 29 66.51% 89.29% 20.57% 357
1st Working Group recirculation ballot 9th January 2017 212 148 113 3 0 32 69.81% 97.41% 21.62% 157
2nd Working Group recirculation ballot 19th February 2017 212 163 126 2 0 35 76.89% 98.44% 21.47% 27
3rd Working Group recirculation ballot 11th March 2017 212 164 125 4 0 35 77.36% 96.9% 21.34% 19
4th Working Group recirculation ballot 3rd May 2017 212 167 132 1 0 34 78.77% 99.25% 20.36% 39
5th Working Group recirculation ballot 23rd May 2017 212 168 134 0 0 34 79.25% 100% 20.24% 0
Initial Sponsor ballot 24th June 2017 97 80 69 6 0 5 82.47% 92% 6.25% 138
1st Sponsor recirculation ballot 12th September 2017 97 86 73 7 0 6 88.66% 91.25% 6.98% 29
2nd Sponsor recirculation ballot 17th December 2017 97 90 81 3 0 6 92.78% 96.43% 6.67% 66
3rd Sponsor recirculation ballot 7th March 2018 97 91 83 2 0 6 93.81% 97.65% 6.59% 42
4th Sponsor recirculation ballot 1st May 2018 97 91 83 2 0 6 93.81% 97.65% 6.59% 2
5th Sponsor recirculation ballot 3rd July 2018 97 92 85 1 0 6 94.85% 98.84% 6.52% 0
IEEE-SA Standards Board approval: 27th September 2018

IEEE Std 802.3bt-2018 Amendment 2: DTE Power via MDI over 4-Pair
Balloting stage Closing date Voters Returned Approve Disapprove Abstain Rate Comments
Comment No comment Return Approval Abstain
Initial Working Group ballot 27th August 2016 212 129 85 22 0 22 60.85% 79.44% 17.05% 542
1st Working Group recirculation ballot 21st October 2016 212 146 102 22 0 22 68.87% 82.26% 15.07% 288
2nd Working Group recirculation ballot 18th December 2016 212 155 109 18 0 28 73.11% 85.83% 18.06% 454
3rd Working Group recirculation ballot 26th February 2017 212 158 112 16 0 30 74.53% 87.5% 18.99% 413
4th Working Group recirculation ballot 20th April 2017 212 161 116 16 0 29 75.94% 87.88% 18.01% 310
5th Working Group recirculation ballot 2nd July 2017 212 163 129 5 0 29 76.89% 96.27% 17.79% 4
Initial Sponsor ballot 19th August 2017 114 88 71 15 0 2 77.19% 82.56% 2.27% 483
1st Sponsor recirculation ballot 23rd October 2017 114 96 81 14 0 1 84.21% 85.26% 1.04% 474
2nd Sponsor recirculation ballot 17th December 2017 114 104 89 12 0 3 91.23% 88.12% 2.88% 141
3rd Sponsor recirculation ballot 12th February 2018 114 107 91 13 0 3 93.86% 87.5% 2.8% 114
4th Sponsor recirculation ballot 12th April 2018 114 108 95 9 0 4 94.74% 91.35% 3.7% 68
5th Sponsor recirculation ballot 15th June 2018 114 108 100 4 0 4 94.74% 96.15% 3.7% 19
6th Sponsor recirculation ballot 7th July 2018 114 108 101 2 0 5 94.74% 98.06% 4.63% 2
7th Sponsor recirculation ballot 31st July 2018 114 108 101 2 0 5 94.74% 98.06% 4.63% 1
IEEE-SA Standards Board approval: 27th September 2018

IEEE Std 802.3cd-2018 Amendment 3: 50 Gb/s, 100 Gb/s, and 200 Gb/s Ethernet
Balloting stage Closing date Voters Returned Approve Disapprove Abstain Rate Comments
Comment No comment Return Approval Abstain
Initial Working Group ballot 25th June 2017 200 138 111 11 1 15 69% 90.98% 10.87% 173
1st Working Group recirculation ballot 24th August 2017 200 146 128 4 0 14 73% 96.97% 9.59% 88
2nd Working Group recirculation ballot 11th October 2017 201 152 136 3 0 13 75.62% 97.84% 8.55% 31
Initial Sponsor ballot 15th December 2017 142 119 96 18 1 4 83.8% 84.21% 3.36% 175
1st Sponsor recirculation ballot 22nd February 2018 142 126 111 10 1 4 88.73% 91.74% 3.17% 106
2nd Sponsor recirculation ballot 1st May 2018 142 127 113 9 1 4 89.44% 92.62% 3.15% 61
3rd Sponsor recirculation ballot 21st June 2018 142 129 115 9 0 5 90.85% 92.74% 3.88% 45
4th Sponsor recirculation ballot 29th August 2018 142 131 120 6 0 5 92.25% 95.24% 3.82% 18
5th Sponsor recirculation ballot 4th October 2018 142 132 125 2 0 5 92.96% 98.43% 3.79% 2
IEEE-SA Standards Board approval: 5th December 2018

IEEE Std 802.3cn-2019 Amendment 4: 50 Gb/s, 200 Gb/s, and 400 Gb/s over greater than 10 km of SMF
Balloting stage Closing date Voters Returned Approve Disapprove Abstain Rate Comments
Comment No comment Return Approval Abstain
Initial Working Group ballot 14th April 2019 241 139 122 0 0 17 57.68% 100% 12.23% 45
1st Working Group recirculation ballot 16th June 2019 241 157 134 0 0 23 65.15% 100% 14.65% 10
Initial Standards Association ballot 18th August 2019 88 77 73 1 0 3 87.5% 98.65% 3.9% 37
1st Standards Association recirculation ballot 5th September 2019 88 82 77 1 0 4 93.18% 98.72% 4.88% 0
IEEE-SA Standards Board approval: 7th November 2019

IEEE Std 802.3cg-2019 Amendment 5: 10 Mb/s Single Pair Ethernet
Balloting stage Closing date Voters Returned Approve Disapprove Abstain Rate Comments
Comment No comment Return Approval Abstain
Initial Working Group ballot 15th August 2018 249 139 100 24 0 15 55.82% 80.65% 10.79% 726
1st Working Group recirculation ballot 26th October 2018 249 150 115 20 0 15 60.24% 85.19% 10% 477
2nd Working Group recirculation ballot 18th December 2018 249 156 131 9 0 16 62.65% 93.57% 10.26% 342
3rd Working Group recirculation ballot 9th February 2019 249 164 142 4 0 18 65.86% 97.26% 10.98% 124
4th Working Group recirculation ballot 8th March 2019 249 175 153 2 0 20 70.28% 98.71% 11.43% 47
Initial Sponsor ballot 2nd May 2019 138 114 96 14 0 4 82.61% 87.27% 3.51% 422
1st Standards Association recirculation ballot 21st June 2019 138 123 105 11 1 6 89.13% 90.52% 4.88% 227
2nd Standards Association recirculation ballot 6th August 2019 138 124 110 7 1 6 89.86% 94.02% 4.84% 67
3rd Standards Association recirculation ballot 4th September 2019 138 125 110 10 1 4 90.58% 91.67% 3.2% 32
IEEE-SA Standards Board approval: 7th November 2019

IEEE Std 802.3cq-2020 Amendment 6: Power over Ethernet over 2 Pairs (Maintenance #13)
Balloting stage Closing date Voters Returned Approve Disapprove Abstain Rate Comments
Comment No comment Return Approval Abstain
Initial Working Group ballot 1st May 2019 236 129 99 7 0 23 54.66% 93.4% 17.83% 47
1st Working Group recirculation ballot 18th June 2019 236 154 120 3 0 31 65.25% 97.56% 20.13% 5
Initial Standards Association ballot 23rd August 2019 102 89 85 1 0 3 87.25% 98.84% 3.37% 6
1st Standards Association recirculation ballot 10th October 2019 102 92 87 2 0 3 90.2% 97.75% 3.26% 2
2nd Standards Association recirculation ballot 7th December 2019 102 93 89 1 0 3 91.18% 98.89% 3.23% 1
IEEE-SA Standards Board approval: 30th January 2020

IEEE Std 802.3cm-2020 Amendment 7: 400 Gb/s over Multimode Fiber
Balloting stage Closing date Voters Returned Approve Disapprove Abstain Rate Comments
Comment No comment Return Approval Abstain
Initial Working Group ballot 21st April 2019 236 133 103 7 0 23 56.36% 93.64% 17.29% 58
1st Working Group recirculation ballot 18th June 2018 236 159 129 2 0 28 67.37% 98.47% 17.61% 19
Initial Standards Association ballot 23rd August 2019 103 94 88 3 0 3 91.26% 96.7% 3.19% 35
1st Standards Association recirculation ballot 11th October 2019 103 96 91 2 0 3 93.2% 97.85% 3.13% 1
IEEE-SA Standards Board approval: 30th January 2020

IEEE Std 802.3ch-2020 Amendment 8: Multi-Gig Automotive Ethernet PHY
Balloting stage Closing date Voters Returned Approve Disapprove Abstain Rate Comments
Comment No comment Return Approval Abstain
Initial Working Group ballot 23rd June 2019 235 119 86 13 0 20 50.64% 86.87% 16.81% 284
1st Working Group recirculation ballot 23rd August 2019 235 133 103 9 0 21 56.6% 91.96% 15.79% 167
2nd Working Group recirculation ballot 3rd October 2019 235 138 114 2 0 22 58.72% 98.28% 15.94% 23
3rd Working Group recirculation ballot 6th November 2019 235 143 120 1 0 22 60.85% 99.17% 15.38% 0
Initial Standards Association ballot 20th December 2019 117 95 85 5 0 5 81.2% 94.44% 5.26% 91
1st Standards Association recirculation ballot 14th February 2020 117 97 91 1 0 5 82.91% 98.91% 5.15% 12
2nd Standards Association recirculation ballot 15th March 2020 117 98 92 1 0 5 83.76% 98.92% 5.1% 1
IEEE-SA Standards Board approval: 4th June 2020

IEEE Std 802.3ca-2020 Amendment 9: 25 Gb/s and 50 Gb/s Ethernet Passive Optical Networks
Balloting stage Closing date Voters Returned Approve Disapprove Abstain Rate Comments
Comment No comment Return Approval Abstain
Initial Working Group ballot 23rd June 2019 235 134 93 15 0 26 57.02% 86.11% 19.4% 491
2nd Working Group recirculation ballot 2nd October 2019 235 150 119 4 0 27 63.83% 96.75% 18% 0
Initial Standards Association ballot 20th December 2019 82 67 59 5 0 3 81.71% 92.19% 4.48% 17
1st Standards Association recirculation ballot 15th February 2020 82 72 67 2 0 3 87.8% 97.1% 4.17% 7
2nd Standards Association recirculation ballot 12th March 2020 82 74 69 2 0 3 90.24% 97.18% 4.05% 1
IEEE-SA Standards Board approval: 4th June 2020

Amendment projects (in alphabetical order)

IEEE P802.3cp Bidirectional 10 Gb/s, 25 Gb/s, and 50 Gb/s Optical Access PHYs
Balloting stage Closing date Voters Returned Approve Disapprove Abstain Rate Comments
Comment No comment Return Approval Abstain
Initial Working Group ballot 27th July 2020 195 116 86 13 0 17 59.49% 86.87% 14.66% 238
1st Working Group recirculation ballot 1st September 2020 195 127 97 12 0 18 65.13% 88.99% 14.17% 70
2nd Working Group recirculation ballot 24th October 2020 195 146 119 8 0 19 74.87% 93.7% 13.01% 31
3rd Working Group recirculation ballot 11th December 2020 195 149 126 6 0 17 76.41% 95.45% 11.41% 39
4th Working Group recirculation ballot 12th January 2020 195 150 125 6 0 19 76.92% 95.42% 12.67% 0
Initial Standards Association ballot 22nd February 2021 99 87 81 2 0 4 87.88% 97.59% 4.6% 41

IEEE P802.3cr Isolation (Maintenance #14)
Balloting stage Closing date Voters Returned Approve Disapprove Abstain Rate Comments
Comment No comment Return Approval Abstain
Initial Working Group ballot 6th January 2020 177 110 89 5 0 16 62.15% 94.68% 14.55% 152
1st Working Group recirculation ballot 5th March 2020 177 116 99 1 0 16 65.54% 99% 13.79% 27
2nd Working Group recirculation ballot 18th April 2020 177 133 114 1 0 18 75.14% 99.13% 13.53% 48
3rd Working Group recirculation ballot 19th May 2020 177 133 116 0 0 17 75.14% 100% 12.78% 1
Initial Standards Association ballot 6th July 2020 77 60 58 1 0 1 77.92% 98.31% 1.67% 44
1st Standards Association recirculation ballot 18th September 2020 77 65 61 2 0 2 84.42% 96.83% 3.08% 17
2nd Standards Association recirculation ballot 20th October 2020 77 67 63 2 0 2 87.01% 96.92% 2.99% 13
2nd Standards Association recirculation ballot 10th November 2020 77 70 67 1 0 2 90.91% 98.53% 2.86% 0

IEEE P802.3ct IEEE P802.3ct 100 Gb/s over DWDM systems
Balloting stage Closing date Voters Returned Approve Disapprove Abstain Rate Comments
Comment No comment Return Approval Abstain
Initial Working Group ballot 20th June 2020 195 104 84 10 0 10 53.33% 89.36% 9.62% 141
1st Working Group recirculation ballot 28th August 2020 195 118 104 3 0 11 60.51% 97.2% 9.32% 15
2nd Working Group recirculation ballot 26th September 2020 195 148 130 3 0 15 75.9% 97.74% 10.14% 6
Initial Standards Association ballot 9th November 2020 103 89 78 7 1 3 86.41% 91.76% 3.37% 91
1st Standards Association recirculation ballot 30th January 2021 103 91 80 8 0 3 88.35% 90.91% 3.3% 94

IEEE P802.3cu IEEE P802.3cu 100 Gb/s and 400 Gb/s over SMF at 100 Gb/s per Wavelength
Balloting stage Closing date Voters Returned Approve Disapprove Abstain Rate Comments
Comment No comment Return Approval Abstain
Initial Working Group ballot 28th February 2020 177 109 81 11 0 17 61.58% 88.04% 15.6% 120
1st Working Group recirculation ballot 10th May 2020 177 123 101 4 0 18 69.49% 96.19% 14.63% 33
2nd Working Group recirculation ballot 30th June 2020 177 133 113 1 0 19 75.14% 99.12% 14.29% 21
Initial Standards Association ballot 12th August 2020 103 84 78 3 0 3 81.55% 96.3% 3.57% 91
1st Standards Association recirculation ballot 30th October 2020 103 87 82 2 0 3 84.47% 97.62% 3.45% 20
2nd Standards Association recirculation ballot 28th November 2020 103 89 85 1 0 3 86.41% 98.84% 3.37% 1
3rd Standards Association recirculation ballot 18th December 2020 103 90 86 1 0 3 87.38% 98.85% 3.33% 0

IEEE P802.3cv Power over Ethernet (Maintenance #15)
Balloting stage Closing date Voters Returned Approve Disapprove Abstain Rate Comments
Comment No comment Return Approval Abstain
Initial Working Group ballot 13th July 2020 191 124 104 3 0 17 64.92% 97.2% 13.71% 51
1st Working Group recirculation ballot 27th August 2020 191 128 109 1 0 18 67.02% 99.09% 14.06% 1
2nd Working Group recirculation ballot 16th October 2020 191 148 129 0 0 19 77.49% 100% 12.84% 0
Initial Standards Association ballot 20th December 2020 92 77 72 1 0 4 83.7% 98.63% 5.19% 20
1st Standards Association recirculation ballot 19th February 2021 92 85 81 0 0 4 92.39% 100% 4.71% 2

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