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Contents
1. Overview.............................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Scope.......................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Purpose....................................................................................................................................... 1
2. Normative references........................................................................................................................... 2
3. Definitions, acronyms and abbreviations............................................................................................. 3
3.1 Definitions ................................................................................................................................. 3
3.2 Acronyms and abbreviations ..................................................................................................... 5
4. Family of IEEE 802 standards ............................................................................................................. 7
4.1 Key concepts.............................................................................................................................. 7
4.2 Application and support............................................................................................................. 8
4.3 An international family of standards .........................................................................................9
4.4 IEEE 802 standards.................................................................................................................... 9
5. Reference models (RMs) ................................................................................................................... 11
5.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................. 11
5.2 RM description for end stations............................................................................................... 12
5.2.1 SAPs............................................................................................................................. 13
5.2.2 LLC sublayer ...............................................................................................................13
5.2.3 MAC sublayer.............................................................................................................. 14
5.2.4 PHY ............................................................................................................................. 14
5.2.5 Layer and sublayer management ................................................................................. 15
5.3 Interconnection and interworking............................................................................................ 15
5.3.1 Interconnection at the PHY.......................................................................................... 15
5.3.2 MAC-sublayer interconnection: Bridges ..................................................................... 15
5.3.3 Network-layer interconnection: Routers...................................................................... 18
6. General requirements for an IEEE 802 network................................................................................ 19
6.1 Services supported ................................................................................................................... 19
6.2 Error ratios ............................................................................................................................... 19
6.3 Transient service interruption .................................................................................................. 19
6.4 Regulatory requirements.......................................................................................................... 19
7. IEEE 802 network management ........................................................................................................ 20
7.1 General..................................................................................................................................... 20
7.2 General-purpose IEEE 802 network management................................................................... 20
7.2.1 Management functions................................................................................................. 20
7.2.2 Management architecture............................................................................................. 20
7.2.3 Managed object definitions.......................................................................................... 21
7.3 Special-purpose IEEE 802 network management standards ................................................... 21
8. MAC addresses .................................................................................................................................. 22
8.1 Terms and notational conventions ........................................................................................... 22
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