IC17-001 IEEE 802 Network Enhancements for the Next Decade Type: Individual Report Date: 14 February 2019 Chair: Roger Marks (Huawei) Participants: Individuals, varying between 10 – 60 people. Procedures: Following approved rules of LMSC and IEEE 802.1 WG. Operating as a subgroup of the 802.1 WG, but without membership restriction Deliverables listed in the Approved ICAID (Do not modify): A report documenting the findings of the IC activity, with recommendations regarding new standardization topics, documentation of use cases and user needs for those topics, and proposed organizational approaches to ensure effective participation from user communities. It is expected that the first draft of the report documenting the findings of the IC will be available in March 2018. Status of Deliverables: Lossless Network for Data Centers: published Nendica Report, 2018- 08-17 Flexible Factory IoT: draft circulated for review; engaged in comment resolution, target completion 2019-07

IC17-001 IEEE 802 Network Enhancements for the Next Decade Additional Accomplishments: Stimulated new standardization project IEEE P802.1Qcz Organized joint IEEE 802/IETF Data Center Workshop, Bangkok, 2018-11- 10 (55 attendees) Issued blog post in IEEE-SA Beyond Standards, 2018-12-06 Webinar on “The Next Generation Lossless Network in the Data Center,” 2019-01-24 Presentation to North American Network Operators Group, 2019-02-20 Considering activity to revise and extend Data Center report Future Meetings: Schedule of upcoming meetings Weeks of 2019-03-11 (Vancouver), 2019-05-13 (Atlanta), 2019-05-20 (Salt Lake City), 2019-07-08 (Vienna), ongoing at least every two months Many teleconferences, often weekly Issues: Any major issues to be addressed; Any areas where the IEEE-SA Industry Connections Committee (ICCom) might be able to help Continued publicity support Possible assistance with future inter-organizational cooperation