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IEEE Networking Standards
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802 is a family of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) working groups and standards for local area networks (LAN), personal area networks (PAN), and metropolitan area networks (MAN).
- 802.1 develops networking best practices.
- 802.3 does MAC+PHY for wired Ethernet.
- 802.11 handles WiFi.
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Ones worth knowing include:
| Standard | Year | Common name | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 802.1d | 1990, 1998, 2004 | Bridges | Bridging and spanning trees 802.1d-2004 incorporates 802.1w |
| 802.1q | 1998, 2003, 2014, 2018 | VLANs | Virtual LANs 802.1q-2014 incorporates 802.1aq |
| 802.1w | 2001 | RSTP | Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol |
| 802.1ad | 2011 | QinQ | "Stacked VLANs" (multiple VLAN tags in a frame) / Provider bridges |
| 802.1ah | 2008 | PBB/MAC-in-MAC | Provider backbone bridges |
| 802.1aq | 2012 | SPB | Shortest path bridging |
| 802.3ad | 2000 | Link aggregation | L2 port trunking |
| 802.3ae | 2002 | 10GbE | 10 Gigabit Ethernet over fiber |
| 802.3an | 2006 | 10GBASE-T | 10 Gigabit Ethernet over Cat-5e/Cat-6/Cat-6A twisted pair |
| 802.3ax | 2008 | Link aggregation | Became 802.1ax |
| 802.3ba | 2010 | 40GbE and 100GbE | 4x25 or 10x10 Gigabit Ethernet over copper/MMF/SMF |
| 802.3bg | 2011 | 40Gb/s PMD compatible with existing OC-768/ODU3 | |
| 802.3bj | 2014 | 100Gb/s PHY for backplanes and twinaxial copper | |
| 802.3bm | 2015 | 40GBASE-ER4 and 100GBASE-SR4 | 40Gb/s over SMF and 100Gb/s over MMF |
| 802.3bq | 2016 | 40GBASE-T | 25/40 Gigabit Ethernet over Cat-8 twisted pair |
| 802.3by | 2016 | 2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T | 2.5/5 Gigabit Ethernet over Cat-5e/Cat-6 twisted pair |
| 802.3cd | 2018 | MAC for 50Gb/s, 100Gb/s, and 200Gb/s | |
| 802.11a | 1999 | WiFi 1 | 54Mbps on 5GHz |
| 802.11b | 1999 | WiFi 2 | 11Mbps on 2.4GHz |
| 802.11g | 2003 | WiFi 3 | 54Mbps on 2.4GHz |
| 802.11n | 2009 | WiFi 4 | 20/40MHz on 2.4GHz/5GHz |
| 802.11ac | 2013 | WiFi 5 | 80/160MHz on 5GHz |
| 802.11ax | 2021 | WiFi 6/6E | 1GHz–6GHz wireless |
| 802.11be | 2024? | WiFi 7 | 40Gbps? |
| 802.11ad | 2012 | WiGig | 6.76Gbps on 60GHz |
| 802.11ah | 2017 | WiFi HaLow | 234Mbps on 900MHz |
| 802.11ay | 2020 | WiGig 2 | 277Gbps on 60GHz |
| 802.15.4 | 2003, 2006, 2011, 2015 | LR-WPAN | Low-rate Wireless Personal Area Networks |
| 802.16 | 2001 | WirelessMAN/WiMAX | Fixed Broadband Wireless Access (10--66GHz) |
| 1901.1 | 2010 | BPL | Mid-Frequency (<12MHz) Power Line Communications |
| 1901.2 | 2012 | BPL | Low-Frequency (<500KHz) Power Line Communications |
| 1905.1 | 2014 | ? | Convergent Digital Home Networking |
