IEEE 802

The IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee (LMSC) is a committee within the IEEE that develops local area network standards and metropolitan area network standards. The most widely used standards are for the Ethernet family, Token Ring, Wireless LAN, Bridging and Virtual Bridged LANs. An individual Working Group provides the focus for each area.

See the committee's own website, http://www.ieee802.org/

See its working groups:

• IEEE 802.1 Higher layer LAN protocols
• IEEE 802.2 Logical link control
• IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
• IEEE 802.4[?] Token bus
• IEEE 802.5[?] Token Ring
• IEEE 802.6 metropolitan area networks
• IEEE 802.7[?] broadband TAG
• IEEE 802.8 fiber optic TAG
• IEEE 802.9[?] isochronous LAN
• IEEE 802.10[?] Security
• IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN
• IEEE 802.12[?] demand priority
• IEEE 802.13 (not used!)
• IEEE 802.14[?] Cable modems
• IEEE 802.15 Wireless PAN
• IEEE 802.16 Broadband wireless access
• IEEE 802.17[?] Resilient packet ring

See also computer networks.