Nendica Study Item: Frame Header Efficiency [FHE]

Study Item Leader

• Roger Marks (roger@ethair.net)

Timeline

IEEE 802 Nendica Initiating Motion (2026-07-16)

• To initiate a Nendica Study Item on Frame Header Efficiency (FHE)
• Based on Proposed next steps for Header Efficiency 802.1-26-0043

Relevant Documents/Contributions

• Proposed next steps for Header Efficiency 802.1-26-0043
• Scaling Out and Up with the Ultra Ethernet Transport 802.1-26-0042
• Considerations for Convergence of Ethernet Header Compression in AI Cluster Networks 802.1-26-0036
• Header Compression with Layer Separation 802.1-26-0035
• Application Scenarios and Requirements of Ethernet Header Compression 802.1-26-0011
• The Requirement of Standardizing Efficient MAC Header for AI Cluster Network 802.1-25-0021
• Header Compression Workshop (IEEE 802.3 NEA “Ethernet for AI” Assessment and IEEE 802 Nendica, 2026-04-23)
  • 802.15.4 and 6lowpan frame header compression
  • ESUN 1.0 Overview
  • Unified Forwarding Header
• Joint IEEE 802.3 NEA / 802.1 Nendica Meeting: “MAC Frame Size Topics” (2026-01-19)
  • UEC presentation to IEEE 802.1/3 joint meeting (January 2026) (Password protected)
  • IEEE 802 Local Addressing for AI Networks
  • Consensus Building for Efficient Forwarding Header in Ethernet