[802SEC] Definitions for IEEE 802 Network and IEEE 802 Family of standards
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One of the last comments remaining has to do with the definitions of
IEEE 802 Network and IEEE 802 Family of standards.
It has been suggested that an IEEE 802 Network should be all networks
that can be bridged together, including those that do not use and IEEE
802 MAC/PHY standard.
If we adopt this definition, some outside networks would be included and
some IEEE 802 standards would be excluded (e.g., IEEE 802.15.4 due to 64
bit addressing, at the present).
The current definition in the published standard is:
IEEE 802® network: A network consisting of one or more interconnected
networks each using a medium access control (MAC) protocol specified in
an IEEE 802 standard.
I don't have proposed text for the alternative definition, but it might
be something like:
One or more interconnected networks that use IEEE 802.1Q bridging.
The suggested definition for the IEEE 802 Family of Standards is,
perhaps, less controversial, that it is the collection of standards
created by the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN standards committee.
Thoughts?
James Gilb
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