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    IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks-Media Access Control (MAC) Service Definition

    Available format(s):  PDF

    Superseded date:  21-09-2021

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  14-09-2012

    Publisher:  Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers

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    1. Scope
    2. Normative references
    3. Definitions
    4. Acronyms and abbreviations
    5. Conformance
    6. Conventions
    7. Basic architectural concepts and terms
    8. Overview of the MAC Service
    9. Model of the MAC Service
    10. Quality of connectionless-mode service
    11. Internal Sublayer Service
    12. Protocol discrimination and media
    13. Support of the Internal Sublayer Service by
        specific MAC procedures
    14. MAC Service
    Annex A (informative) - Bibliography
    Annex B (informative) - Support of the Internal Sublayer
            Service by specific MAC procedure

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    Specifies the Media Access Control (MAC) Service provided by all IEEE 802 MACs, and the Internal Sublayer Service (ISS) provided within MAC Bridges, in abstract terms of the following: a) Their semantics, primitive actions, and events; and b) The parameters of, interrelationship between, and valid sequences of these actions and events.

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    Committee LAN/MAN Standards Committee
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
    Status Superseded
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    IEEE 802.1AB-2009 IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks-- Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery
    CSA ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-1Q : 2018 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN SYSTEMS - LOCAL AND METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS - SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS - PART 1Q: BRIDGES AND BRIDGED NETWORKS
    IEEE 802.1CM-2018 IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks -- Time-Sensitive Networking for Fronthaul
    ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-1Q:2016 Information technology Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks Specific requirements Part 1Q: Bridges and bridged networks
    IEEE/ISO/IEC 8802-1Q-2016 ISO/IEC/IEEE International Standard - Information technology -- Telecommunications and information exchange between systems -- Local and metropolitan area networks -- Specific requirements -- Part 1Q: Bridges and bridged networks
    IEEE/ISO/IEC 8802-1AX-2016 ISO/IEC/IEEE International Standard - Information technology - Telecommunications and information exchange between systems - Local and metropolitan area networks - Specific requirements Part 1AX--Link Aggregation
    IEEE/ISO/IEC 8802-A-2015 ISO/IEC/IEEE International Standard - Information technology --Telecommunications and information exchange between systems -- Local and metropolitan area networks -- Overview and Architecture
    CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-1AX:16 Information technology Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks Specific requirements Part 1AX: Link aggregation (Adopted ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-1AX:2016, first edition, 2016-01-15)
    BS ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-1Q:2016 Information technology. Telecommunications and information exchange between systems. Local and metropolitan area networks. Specific requirements Bridges and bridged networks
    BS ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-1AB:2017 Information technology. Telecommunications and information exchange between systems. Local and metropolitan area networks. Specific requirements Station and media access control connectivity discovery
    BS ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-1AX:2016 Information technology. Telecommunications and information exchange between systems. Local and metropolitan area networks. Specific requirements Link Aggregation
    IEEE 802-2014 REDLINE IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and Architecture
    IEEE 802.11-2016 IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements - Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications
    ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-1AX:2016 Information technology Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks Specific requirements Part 1AX: Link aggregation
    ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-1AB:2017 Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Specific requirements — Part 1AB: Station and media access control connectivity discovery
    CAN/CSA-ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-A:16 Information technology Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks Overview and architecture (Adopted ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-A:2015, first edition, 2015-12- 15)
    IEEE 802.1AE-2006 IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Media Access Control (MAC) Security
    IEEE 802.1Q-2014 IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Bridges and Bridged Networks
    IEEE 802.1AX-2014 IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks -- Link Aggregation

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    ISO/IEC 7498-3:1997 Information technology Open Systems Interconnection Basic Reference Model: Naming and addressing
    ISO/IEC 7498-1:1994 Information technology Open Systems Interconnection Basic Reference Model: The Basic Model
    IEEE 802.1AX-2014 IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks -- Link Aggregation
    IEEE 802-2014 REDLINE IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and Architecture
    IEEE 802.3-2012 IEEE Standard for Ethernet
    IEEE 802.1Q-2014 IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Bridges and Bridged Networks
    IEEE 802.11-2016 IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements - Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications
    IEEE 802.1D-2004 IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks: Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges
    ISO/IEC 10731:1994 Information technology Open Systems Interconnection Basic Reference Model Conventions for the definition of OSI services
    ISO/IEC 15802-1:1995 Information technology Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks Common specifications Part 1: Medium Access Control (MAC) service definition
    IEEE 802.1AE-2006 IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Media Access Control (MAC) Security
    IEEE 802.1Q-2011 IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges and Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks
    IEEE 802.16-2012 IEEE Standard for Air Interface for Broadband Wireless Access Systems
    IEEE 802-2001 IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and Architecture
    ISO/IEC 8802-2:1998 Information technology Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks Specific requirements Part 2: Logical link control
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