17.11. IEEE

The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) sponsors many standards committees. The most relevant to DSLs is IEEE Committee 802, founded in 1980 by the IEEE Computer Society. IEEE Committee 802 addresses ISO layer 1 and 2 aspects of local area network (LANs) and metropolitan area networks (MANs), and works closely with IEC/ISO JTC 1 SC6. In 1997, IEEE Committee 802 consisted of the following active working groups:

  • P802.1: Overview, architecture, bridging, management

  • P802.2: Logical link control

  • P802.3: CSMA/CD (Ethernet)

  • P802.4: Token bus

  • P802.5: Token ring

  • P802.6: DQDB (dual queue dual bus)

  • P802.8: Broadband and fiber optics

  • P802.9: Integrated services

  • P802.10: Security

  • P802.11: Wireless

  • P802.12: Demand priority ...

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