ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-A:2015

Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Part A: Overview and architecture

ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-A:2015 contains descriptions of the IEEE 802® standards published by the IEEE for frame-based data networks as well as a reference model (RM) for protocol standards. The IEEE 802 architecture is defined, and a specification for the identification of public, private, and standard protocols is included.

Technologies de l'information — Télécommunications et échange d'information entre systèmes — Réseaux locaux et métropolitains — Partie A: Présentation et architecture

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 30-Nov-2015
• ICS: 35.110 - Networking
• Technical Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6 - Telecommunications and information exchange between systems
• Drafting Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6 - Telecommunications and information exchange between systems
• Current Stage: 9060 - Close of review
• Start Date: 04-Jun-2026

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• Amended By: ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-A:2015/Amd 2:2019 - Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Part A: Overview and architecture — Amendment 2: Local medium access control (MAC) address usage
• Effective Date: 25-Dec-2021
• Amended By: ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-A:2015/Amd 1:2018 - Information technology — Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks — Part A: Overview and architecture — Amendment 1: Allocation of Uniform Resource Name (URN) values in IEEE 802® standards
• Effective Date: 12-Oct-2020

Standards Content (Sample)

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC/
STANDARD IEEE
8802-A
First edition
2015-12-15

Information technology —
Telecommunications and information
exchange between systems — Local and
metropolitan area networks — Overview
and Architecture
Technologies de l'information — Télécommunications et échange
d'information entre systèmes — Réseaux locaux et métropolitains —
Présentation et architecture



Reference number
ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-A:2015(E)

©
IEEE 2015

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ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802 consists of the following parts, under the general title Information technology —
Telecommunications and information exchange between systems — Local and metropolitan area networks —
Specific requirements
— Part 1: Overview of Local Area Network Standards
— Part 2: Logical link control
— Part 5: Token ring access method and physical layer specifications
— Part 11: Wireless LAN medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications
— Part 1X: Port-based network access control
— Part 1AB: Station and media access control connectivity discovery
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— Part 1AE: Media access control (MAC) security
— Part 1AR: Secure device identity
— Part 1AS: Timing and synchronization for time-sensitive applications in bridged local area networks
— Part 15-4: Wireless medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) specifications for low-rate
wireless personal area networks (WPANs)
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IEEE Standard for Local and
Metropolitan Area Networks:


Overview and Architecture
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IEEE Std 802 -2014
(Revision of
IEEE Std 802-2001)
IEEE Standard for Local and
Metropolitan Area Networks:
Overview and Architecture
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Abstract: This standard provides an overview to the family of IEEE 802 standards. It describes
the reference models for the IEEE 802 standards and explains the relationship of these standards
to the higher layer protocols; it provides a standard for the structure of IEEE 802 MAC addresses;
it provides a standard for identification of public, private, prototype, and standard protocols; it
specifies an object identifier hierarchy used within IEEE 802 for uniform allocation of object
identifiers used in IEEE 802 standards; and it specifies a method for higher layer protocol
identification.
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Keywords: BANs, body area networks, EtherTypes, IEEE 802 , IEEE 802 architecture, IEEE 802
reference model, LANs, local area networks, MANs, metropolitan area networks, object identifiers,
PANs, personal area networks, RANs, regional area networks, protocol development, protocol
types
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Participants
At the time this standard was completed, the IEEE 802.1 Working Group had the following membership:
Glenn Parsons, Chair
John Messenger, Vice Chair
Eric Gray, Recording Secretary
James P. K. Gilb, Technical Editor
Ting Ao Hitoshi Hayakawa Donald Pannell
Christian Boiger Jeremy Hitt Karen Randall
Paul Bottorff Rahil Hussain Dan Romascanu
Weiying Cheng Mirko Jakovljevic Jessy Rouyer
Diego Crupnicoff Tony Jeffree Panagiotis Saltsidis
Rodney Cummings Markus Jochim Rick Schell
Patrick Diamond Michael Johas Teener Michael Seaman
Aboubacar Kader Diarra Hal Keen Daniel Sexton
Janos Farkas Marcel Kiessling Johannes Specht
Norman Finn Philippe Klein Kevin Stanton
Andre Fredette Jeff Lynch Wilfried Steiner
Geoffrey Garner Ben Mack-Crane Patricia Thaler
Anoop Ghanwani James McIntosh Jeremy Touve
Franz Goetz Anatoly Moldovansky Albert Tretter
Mark Gravel Eric Multanen Karl Weber
Craig Gunther Henry Muyshondt Yuehua Wei
Stephen Haddock Jordon Woods
In addition to the members of the IEEE 802.1 Working Group, significant contributions were received from
the following individuals:
Peter Anslow Bruce Kraemer Glenn Parsons
Arthur Astrin Marek Hajduczenia Clinton Powell
Mark Hamilton
David Bagby Ivan Reede
Subir Das David Hunter Malcolm Reynolds
James P. K. Gilb David J. Law Benjamin Rolfe
Robert Grow Roger B. Marks Richard Roy
Marek Hajduczenia Apurva Mody Pat Thaler
Tony Jeffree Paul Nikolich Geoffrey O. Thompson
Patrick Kinney  Juan Carlos Zuniga
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The following members of the individual balloting committee voted on this standard. Balloters may have
voted for approval, disapproval, or abstention.
Katsuhiro Ajito Atsushi Ito David Olsen
Thomas Alexander Raj Jain Satoshi Oyama
Tony Jeffree Thomas Palkert
Nobumitsu Amachi
Sandhya Patil
Peter Anslow Steven Jillings
Brian Phelps
Butch Anton Michael Johas Teener
Clinton Powell
Danilo Antonelli Peter Jones
James Reilly
Arthur Astrin Vincent Jones
Maximilian Riegel
Michael Bahr Joe Natharoj Juisai
Robert Robinson
Shinkyo Kaku
Hugh Barrass
Benjamin Rolfe
Chol Kang
Harry Bims
Jon Walter Rosdahl
Christian Boiger Piotr Karocki
Jessy Rouyer
Ralf-Peter Braun Stuart Kerry
M. K. Sajeev
Nancy Bravin Yongbum Kim
Osman Sakr
Vern Brethour Patrick Kinney
John Santhoff
Monique Brown Scott Kipp
Naotaka Sato
Jarkko Kneckt
William Byrd
Peter Saunderson
Brent Cain Bruce Kraemer
Bartien Sayogo
Edgar Callaway Thomas Kurihara
Michael Seaman
William Carney Geoff Ladwig
Shusaku Shimada
Keith Chow Richard Lancaster
Dorothy Stanley
Rodney Cummings Mark Laubach
Thomas Starai
David J. Law
Alessandro De Filippo
Adrian Stephens
Michael Denson Kyu Ha Lee
Rene Struik
Wael Diab Hyeong Ho Lee
Walter Struppler
Patrick Diamond David Lewis
Mark Sturza
Carlo Donati Arthur H. Light
Patrik Sundstrom
Peter Ecclesine Ru Lin
Jun Ichi Takada
Donald Fedyk William Lumpkins
Joseph Tardo
Andrew Fieldsend Greg Luri
William Taylor
Avraham Freedman Michael Lynch
Geoffrey Thompson
Yukihiro Fujimoto Thomas Mack-Crane
Michael Thompson
James P. K. Gilb Elvis Maculuba
Ha-Nguyen Tran
Gregory Gillooly Syam Madanapalli
Kazuyoshi Tsukada
Tim Godfrey Wayne Manges
Dmitri Varsanofiev
Patrick Gonia Roger Marks
Prabodh Varshney
Randall Groves Stephen McCann
Srinivasa Vemuru
Robert Grow Brett McClellan
John Vergis
Michael Gundlach Michael McInnis
George Vlantis
Craig Gunther Jonathon McLendon
Haiming Wang
Chris Guy Neal Mellen
Lei Wang
Rainer Hach Steven Methley
Xiang Wang
Stephen Haddock Jose Morales
Stephen Webb
Marek Hajduczenia Ronald Murias
Karl Weber
Mark Hamilton Rick Murphy
Hung-Yu Wei
Jerome Henry Peter Murray
Stephen Whitesell
Marco Hernandez Nabil Nasser
Ludwig Winkel
Werner Hoelzl
Michael Newman
Andreas Wolf
David Howard Nicks.A. Nikjoo
Chun Yu Charles Wong
David Hunter Paul Nikolich
Forrest Wright
Tetsushi Ikegami Mitsuo Nohara
Michael Wright
Noriyuki Ikeuchi Satoshi Obara
Oren Yuen
James Innis Mi-Kyung Oh
Janusz Zalewski
Akio Iso Yoshihiro Ohba
Daidi Zhong
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When the IEEE-SA Standards Board approved this standard on 12 June 2014, it had the following
membership:
John Kulick, Chair
Jon Walter Rosdahl, Vice-chair
Richard H. Hulett, Past Chair
Konstantinos Karachalios, Secretary
Peter Balma
Michael Janezic Ron Peterson
Farooq Bari Jeffrey Katz Adrian Stephens
Ted Burse Joseph L. Koepfinger* Peter Sutherland
Clint Chaplain Yatin Trivedi
David J. Law
Phil Winston
Stephen Dukes Hung Ling
Don Wright
Jean-Phillippe Faure Oleg Logvinov
Yu Yuan
Gary Hoffman Ted Olsen
Glenn Parsons
*Member Emeritus
Also included are the following nonvoting IEEE-SA Standards Board liaisons:
Richard DeBlasio, DOE Representative
Michael Janezic, NIST Representative
Michelle Turner
IEEE-SA Content Publishing
Kathryn Bennett
IEEE-SA Standards Technical Community
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Historical participants
When the IEEE Std 802-1990 was approved on 31 May 1990, the IEEE 802.1 Working Group had the
following officer:
William P. Lidinsky, Chair
When the IEEE Std 802-2001 was approved on 6 December 2001, the IEEE 802.1 Working Group had the
following officers:
William P. Lidinsky, Chair
Tony Jeffree, Vice Chair and Editor
Alan Chambers, Tony Jeffree, Editors
When the IEEE Std 802a-2003 was approved on 12 June 2003, the IEEE 802a Working Group had the
following officers:
Tony Jeffree, Chair and Editor
Neil Jarvis, Vice Chair
When the IEEE Std 802b-2004 was approved on 25 March 2004, the IEEE 802a Working Group had the
following officers:
Tony Jeffree, Chair and Editor
Neil Jarvis, Vice Chair
The following individuals participated in the IEEE 802.1 working group during various stages of the
standard’s development. Since the initial publication, many IEEE standards have added functionality or
provided updates to material included in this standard. The following is a historical list of participants who
have dedicated their valuable time, energy, and knowledge to the creation of this standard:
Steve Adams Hon Wah Chin Steve Haddock
Chris Christ Sharam Hakimi
Fumio Akashi
Paul Congdon Mogens Hansen
Paul D. Amer
Glenn Connery Harold Harrington
Charles Arnold
Jim Corrigan John Hart
Floyd Backes
Paul Cowell Mike Harvey
Ann Ballard
David Cullerot Richard Hausman
Richard Bantel
Ted Davies David Head
John Bartlett
Peter Dawe Deepak Hegde
Sy Bederman
Stan Degen Ariel Hendel
Les Bell
Fred Deignan Bob Herbst
Amatzia Ben-Artzi
David Delaney Steve Horowitz
Michael Berger
Ron Dhondy Robert W. Hott
James S. Binder
Jeffrey Dietz Jack R. Hung
Robert Bledsoe
Eiji Doi Altaf Hussain
Kwame Boakye
Barbara J. Don Carlos Thomas Hytry
Paul Bottorff
Peter Ecclesine Ran Ish-Shalom
Laura Bridge
J. J. Ekstrom Jay Israel
Juan Bulnes
Hesham Elbakoury Vipin K. Jain
Bill Bunch
Walder Eldon Neil Jarvis
Fred Burg
Norman W. Finn Tony Jeffree
Jim Burns
David Frattura Shyam Kaluve
Peter Carbone
Lars Henrik Frederiksen Toyoyuki Kato
Paul Carroll
Eldon D. Feist Hal Keen
Jeffrey Catlin
Len Fishler Kevin Ketchum
Dirceu Cavendish
Kevin Flanagan Alan Kirby
Alan Chambers
Anoop Ghanwani Kimberly Kirkpatrick
David W. Chang
Pat Gonia Keith Klamm
Ken Chapman
Gerard Goubert Steve Kleiman
Alice Chen Richard Graham Bruce Kling
Jade Chien Michael A. Gravel Dan Krent
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Dinel Pitt
James Kristof Stuart Soloway
H. Eugene Latham Ron L. G. Prince Sundar Subramaniam
Bing Liao Steve Ramberg Lennart Swartz
William P. Lidinsky Nigel Ramsden Kazuo Takagi
George Lin Shlomo Reches Kenta Takumi
Paul Lachapelle Frank Reichstein Robin Tasker
Bill Lane Trudy Reusser Angus Telfer
Paul Langille James Richmond Pat Thaler
Roger Lapuh Anil Rijsinghani Dave Thompson
Loren Larsen Eduoard Rocher Geoffrey O. Thompson
Johann Lindmeyr John Roese Michel Thorsen
Andy Luque Allyn Romanow Nathan Tobol
Philip Magnuson Dan Romascanu Wendell Turner
Bruce McClure Paul Rosenblum Steve Van Seters
Tom McGowan Dolors Sala Dono van-Mierop
Milan Merhar John Salter Paul Videcrantz
Margaret A. Merrick Alan Sarsby Dennis Volpano
John Messenger Ayman Sayed Paul Wainright
Colin Mick Susan Schannning John Wakerly
Susan Schannning Peter Wang
Dinesh Mohan
Mick Seaman Y. C. Wang
John Montrose
Bob Moskowitz Gerry Segal Trevor Warwick
Yaron Nachman Rich Seifert Scott Wasson
Krishna Narayanaswamy Lee Sendelbach Daniel Watts
Lawrence Ng Himanshu Shah Karl Weber
Henry Ngai Howard Sherry Alan Weissberger
Satoshi Obara Wu-Shi Shung Deborah Wilbert
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ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-A:2015(E)
Introduction
This introduction is not part of IEEE Std 802-2014, IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks:
Overview and Architecture.
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This document is the third major revision of the IEEE 802 overview and architecture. This revision
integrates two earlier amendments, IEEE Std 802a™-2003 (covering Ethertypes for prototype and vendor-
specific protocol development) and IEEE Std 802b™-2004 (covering registration of object identifiers),
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into the previous major revision of the standard, IEEE Std 802 -2001. In addition, there has been extensive
rework in this document to bring forward the practice of protocol identification using the EtherType. While
the protocol identification mechanism specified by ISO/IEC 8802-2 (IEEE Std 802.2™, withdrawn) is still
used, its use for new standards has been deprecated. Further, material about physical layer addressing and
universal addressing has been added along with information about the IEEE Registration Authority (RA) to
facilitate user procurement of address assignments.
Since the 2001 revision of this standard, the IEEE 802 standards and working groups have undergone many
changes. IEEE Std 802.5™ was withdrawn; therefore, references to it have been removed from this revision.
IEEE Std 802 has also been broadened to include a variety of wireless standards; therefore, a new
informative annex has been added to address the variety of IEEE 802 standards (Annex D). Data rates for
IEEE 802 standards now range from
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