Active Standard

IEEE/ISO/IEC 8802-21-2018

ISO/IEC/IEEE International Standard - Information technology – Telecommunications and information exchange between systems – Local and metropolitan area networks – Specific requirements – Part 21: Media independent services framework

An extensible IEEE 802® media access independent services framework (i.e., function and protocol) is defined that enables the optimization of services including handover and other services when performed between heterogeneous IEEE 802 networks. These services are facilitated by this standard when networking between IEEE 802 networks and cellular networks.

Sponsor Committee
C/LAN/MAN - LAN/MAN Standards Committee
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Status
Active Standard
Adoption of
802.21-2017
History
Published:
2018-06-05
Adopted:
2018-04-15

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Society
IEEE Computer Society
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Sponsor Committee
C/LAN/MAN - LAN/MAN Standards Committee
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