IEEE SA - P802 - IEEE Draft Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and Architecture

This standard contains descriptions of the IEEE 802 Standards published by IEEE for Local Area Networks (LANs), Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs), and Personal Area Networks (PANs)networks considered as well as a reference model (RM) for protocol standards. Compliance with the family of IEEE 802 Standards is defined, and a standard for the identification of public, private, and standard protocols is included.

Status:

Working Group: WG802.1 - Higher Layer LAN Protocols Working Group

Sponsor: C/LM - LAN/MAN Standards Committee

Society: C - IEEE Computer Society

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