IEEE 802.1 is a

working group A working group, or working party, is a group of experts working together to achieve specified goals. The groups are domain-specific and focus on discussion or activity around a specific subject area. The term can sometimes refer to an interdis ...

of the

IEEE 802 IEEE 802 is a family of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards for local area networks (LAN), personal area network (PAN), and metropolitan area networks (MAN). The IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee (LMSC) mainta ...

project of the IEEE Standards Association. It is concerned with: * 802 LAN/

MAN A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent). Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromo ...

architecture * internetworking among 802 LANs, MANs and

wide area network A wide area network (WAN) is a telecommunications network that extends over a large geographic area. Wide area networks are often established with leased telecommunication circuits. Businesses, as well as schools and government entities, u ...

s * 802 Link Security * 802 overall

network management Network management is the process of administering and managing computer networks. Services provided by this discipline include fault analysis, performance management, provisioning of networks and maintaining quality of service. Network managem ...

* protocol layers above the MAC and LLC layers LAN/MAN bridging and management. Covers management and the lower sub-layers of OSI Layer 2,

IEEE 802.1 standards

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References

External links

802.1 Working group web site

802.1 WG - Project Authorization Requests
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