Conference 7.286::fddi

1006.0. "Copper FDDI Standard Update" by LEVERS::B_CRONIN () Thu Jul 01 1993 10:36

    Here's the update on this month's TP-PMD standard's meeting
    
    There has been significant progress in the last two months. 
    The committee has agreed on the scrambler details, most
    of the receiver and transmitter specs, and the outline of
    the remaining work. We are down to the final details at this 
    point. Tedium prevails. 
    
    Also, independent work, outside of the committee's control, by 
    many vendors, has seen interoperability demonstrations of products 
    based on the draft standard. There will be another such demo at 
    Interop in August. The demo will be based on Rev 1.0 of the draft 
    standard, which is the revision produced at the June TP-PMD committee 
    meeting. Digital has been, and will continue to be part of these demos. 
    
    The committee is working on a schedule that would finish the development 
    work in October, and then request ballot at the December X3T9.5 (FDDI 
    committee) meeting. The letter ballot would be conducted during 
    December/January, and we would start the comment resolution in February. 
    If that goes well, we forward for a 4 month public review, at which 
    time the document is published, but subject to revision if someone
    finds something to complain about. After this period there is
    additional review for procedural correctness prior to publication as
    a standard. 
    
    If asked about when the standard is approved, the proper answer is
    that it is not a standard until it is approved by the Board of
    Standards Review - that occurs about 6 months after we resolve the 
    comments, if any, from public review.