IEEE 802 Standards

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Project 802 was formed at the beginning of the 1980s to develop standards for emerging technologies. The IEEE fostered the development of local area networking equipment from different vendors that can work together. In addition, IEEE LAN standards provided a common design goal for vendors to access a relatively larger market than if proprietary equipment were developed. This, in turn, enabled economies of scale to lower the cost of products developed for larger markets. The actual committee tasked with the IEEE Project 802 is referred to as the IEEE Local and Metropolitan Area Network (LAN/WAN) Standards Committee. Its basic charter is to create, maintain, and encourage the use of IEEE/ANSI and equivalent ISO standards primarily within layers 1 and 2 of the ISO Reference Model.

IEEE 802 Series of Standards

• 802 Overview—Architecture
• IEEE 802.1 Bridging (networking) and Network Management
• IEEE 802.2 Logical link control
• IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
• IEEE 802.4 Token bus (disbanded)
• IEEE 802.5 Defines the MAC layer for a Token Ring
• IEEE 802.6 Metropolitan Area Networks (disbanded)
• IEEE 802.7 Broadband LAN using Coaxial Cable (disbanded)
• IEEE 802.8 Fiber Optic TAG (disbanded)
• IEEE 802.9 Integrated Services LAN (disbanded)
• IEEE 802.10 Interoperable LAN Security (disbanded)
• IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN & Mesh (Wi-Fi certification)
• IEEE 802.12 demand priority
• IEEE 802.13 Cat.6 - 10Gb lan (new founded)
• IEEE 802.14 Cable modems (disbanded)
• IEEE 802.15 Wireless PAN
  • IEEE 802.15.1 (Bluetooth certification)
  • IEEE 802.15.4 (ZigBee certification)
• IEEE 802.16 Broadband Wireless Access (WiMAX certification)
  • IEEE 802.16e (Mobile) Broadband Wireless Access
• IEEE 802.17 Resilient packet ring
• IEEE 802.18 Radio Regulatory TAG
• IEEE 802.19 Coexistence TAG
• IEEE 802.20 Mobile Broadband Wireless Access
• IEEE 802.21 Media Independent Handoff
• IEEE 802.22 Wireless Regional Area Network