IEEE 802

Short description: IEEE standards for local and metropolitan area networks

IEEE 802 is a family of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards for local area networks (LANs), personal area networks (PANs), and metropolitan area networks (MANs). The IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee (LMSC) maintains these standards. The IEEE 802 family of standards has had twenty-four members, numbered 802.1 through 802.24, with a working group of the LMSC devoted to each. However, not all of these working groups are currently active.

The IEEE 802 standards are restricted to computer networks carrying variable-size packets, unlike cell relay networks, for example, in which data is transmitted in short, uniformly sized units called cells. Isochronous signal networks, in which data is transmitted as a steady stream of octets, or groups of octets, at regular time intervals, are also outside the scope of the IEEE 802 standards.

The number 802 has no significance: it was simply the next number in the sequence that the IEEE used for standards projects.[1]

The services and protocols specified in IEEE 802 map to the lower two layers (data link and physical) of the seven-layer Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) networking reference model. IEEE 802 divides the OSI data link layer into two sub-layers: logical link control (LLC) and medium access control (MAC), as follows:

* Data link layer
* LLC sublayer
* MAC sublayer
* Physical layer

The most widely used standards are for Ethernet, Bridging and Virtual Bridged LANs, Wireless LAN, Wireless PAN, Wireless MAN, Wireless Coexistence, Media Independent Handover Services, and Wireless RAN. [2]

## Working groups

Name | Description | Status

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IEEE 802.1 | Higher Layer LAN Protocols Working Group | Active
IEEE 802.2 | LLC | Disbanded
IEEE 802.3 | Ethernet | Active[3]
IEEE 802.4 | Token bus | Disbanded
IEEE 802.5 | Token Ring MAC layer | Disbanded
IEEE 802.6 | MANs (DQDB) | Disbanded
IEEE 802.7 | Broadband LAN using Coaxial Cable | Disbanded
IEEE 802.8 | Fiber Optic TAG | Disbanded
IEEE 802.9 | Integrated Services LAN (ISLAN or isoEthernet) | Disbanded
IEEE 802.10 | Interoperable LAN Security | Disbanded
IEEE 802.11 | Wireless LAN (WLAN) & Mesh (Wi-Fi certification) | Active
IEEE 802.12 | 100BaseVG | Disbanded
IEEE 802.13 | Unused[4] | Reserved for Fast Ethernet development[5]
IEEE 802.14 | Cable modems | Disbanded
IEEE 802.15 | Wireless PAN | Active
IEEE 802.15.1 | Bluetooth certification | Disbanded
IEEE 802.15.2 | IEEE 802.15 and IEEE 802.11 coexistence | Hibernating[6]
IEEE 802.15.3 | High-Rate wireless PAN (e.g., UWB, etc.) | ?
IEEE 802.15.4 | Low-Rate wireless PAN (e.g., Zigbee, WirelessHART, MiWi, etc.) | Active
IEEE 802.15.5 | Mesh networking for WPAN | ?
IEEE 802.15.6 | Body area network | Active
IEEE 802.15.7 | Visible light communications | ?
IEEE 802.16 | Broadband Wireless Access (WiMAX certification) | Hibernating
IEEE 802.16.1 | Local Multipoint Distribution Service | Hibernating
IEEE 802.16.2 | Coexistence wireless access | Hibernating
IEEE 802.17 | Resilient packet ring | Disbanded
IEEE 802.18 | Radio Regulatory TAG | Active
IEEE 802.19 | Wireless Coexistence Working Group | ?
IEEE 802.20 | Mobile Broadband Wireless Access | Disbanded
IEEE 802.21 | Media Independent Handoff | Hibernating
IEEE 802.22 | Wireless Regional Area Network | Hibernating
IEEE 802.23 | Emergency Services Working Group | Disbanded
IEEE 802.24 | Vertical Applications TAG | ?

## References

1. ↑ Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (September 2004). "Overview and Guide to the IEEE 802 LMSC". http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/802 overview.pdf.
2. ↑ "IEEE802". https://www.ieee802.org/.
3. ↑ "IEEE 802.3-2022 Standard for Ethernet". IEEE. https://standards.sale/IEEE_802.3-2022.
4. ↑ "802.3". Data Communincation Standards and Protocols. EE Herald. http://www.eeherald.com/section/design-guide/ieee802_3.html.
5. ↑ "The fate of 100 Mbps Ethernet now definitely two-fold". FDDI News (Boston: Information Gatekeepers, Inc.) 4 (7): 1–2. July 1993. ISSN 1051-1903. https://books.google.com/books?id=0BuAOywpBAwC&q="802.13" 100base&pg=PA1. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
6. ↑ "IEEE 802.15 WPAN Task Group 2 (TG2)". official web site. IEEE Standards Association. May 12, 2004. http://www.ieee802.org/15/pub/TG2.html.

* IEEE Std 802-1990: IEEE standards for Local and Metropolitan Networks: Overview and Architecture New York:1990

## External links

* 802 Committee website
* IEEE 802 Standards available via IEEE Get Program
* Entrepreneurial Capitalism and Innovation: A History of Computer Communications 1968-1988

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See also
IEEE Standards Association
Category:IEEE standards

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