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IEEE 802.1D-1990 STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) for ensuring loop-free topology on Ethernet networks containing bridges
IEEE 802.1D-2004 RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol), a more rapidly converging STP. Obsoletes 802.1D-1990's STP.
- http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.1D-2004.pdf
IEEE 802.1Q-2005 VLAN tagging, for division of an Ethernet network among logical segments or spanning an Ethernet across L3 routing, and
- MVRP (Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol), for negotiating VLAN parameters among Ethernet bridges.
- http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.1Q-2005.pdf
IEEE 802.1ad/802.1QInQ-2007 VLAN stacking, for encapsulating VLANs within VLANs.
- http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.1ak-2007.pdf
IEEE 802.11-2007 WLAN (Wireless LAN) using the 2.4, 3.6 and 5GHz frequency bands
- http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.11-2007.pdf, interpretation of same

RFC 5771 IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments (2010-03) (obsoletes RFC 3171, RFC 3138, and updates RFC 2780)

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 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/802.1ad IEEE 802.1ad/802.1QInQ-2007] ''VLAN stacking'', for encapsulating VLANs within VLANs.
 ** http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.1ak-2007.pdf
+* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11 IEEE 802.11-2007] ''WLAN (Wireless LAN)'' using the 2.4, 3.6 and 5GHz frequency bands
+** http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.11-2007.pdf, [http://standards.ieee.org/findstds/interps/802.11-2007.html interpretation] of same
 ===IETF===
 * RFC 5771 ''IPv4 Multicast Address Assignments'' (2010-03) (obsoletes RFC 3171, RFC 3138, and updates RFC 2780)
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