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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">All,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I am chairing the IEEE 802.3 New Ethernet Applications ad hoc, which has an activity underway that is looking at doing an update to its 2012 Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment (see</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/bwa/BWA_Report.pdf"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0563C1" FACE="Calibri">http://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/bwa/BWA_Report.pdf</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">).</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Please note that this effort will focus on gathering information throughout 2019 that will enable an evaluation of the future bandwidth needs of various Ethernet wireline applications. If anyone has any information that they believe is pertinent to this assessment that they would like to share, please contact me.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The webpage for the new Bandwidth Assessment Ad hoc is</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/bwa2/index.html"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0563C1" FACE="Calibri">http://www.ieee802.org/3/ad_hoc/bwa2/index.html</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">The ad hoc wrote a request for information that can be found at</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://www.ieee802.org/3/minutes/sep18/outgoing/IEEE_802d3_to_ALL_BWA_0918.pdf"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U><FONT COLOR="#0563C1" FACE="Calibri">http://www.ieee802.org/3/minutes/sep18/outgoing/IEEE_802d3_to_ALL_BWA_0918.pdf</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Please note that you don’t need to attend an IEEE 802.3 meeting to present this data, it can be done via teleconference.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Regards,</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">John D’Ambrosia</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Chair, IEEE 802.3 New Ethernet Applications Ad hoc.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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