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IEEE 802® network: A network consisting of one or more interconnectednetworks each using a medium access control (MAC) protocol specified inan IEEE 802 standard.
On Sat, Jul 8, 2023 at 12:13 AM, James P. K. Gilb<000008e8b69871c2-dmarc-request@listserv.ieee.org> wrote:AllOne of the last comments remaining has to do with the definitions ofIEEE 802 Network and IEEE 802 Family of standards.It has been suggested that an IEEE 802 Network should be all networksthat can be bridged together, including those that do not use and IEEE802 MAC/PHY standard.If we adopt this definition, some outside networks would be included andsome IEEE 802 standards would be excluded (e.g., IEEE 802.15.4 due to 64bit addressing, at the present).The current definition in the published standard is:IEEE 802® network: A network consisting of one or more interconnectednetworks each using a medium access control (MAC) protocol specified inan IEEE 802 standard.I don't have proposed text for the alternative definition, but it mightbe 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 standardscreated by the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN standards committee.Thoughts?James Gilb----------This email is sent from the 802 Executive Committee email reflector. This list is maintained by Listserv.
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