IEEE Ethernet Standards

This page lists some IEEE standards.

IEEE 802.1

802.1D (1993) MAC Layer Bridges (ISO 10038)

802.1p Quality of Service and Multicast support in 802.1Q

802.1Q VLAN tags

802.1G Remote Bridges

801.ad Carrier Ethernet / Double Tagging (also known as "Q-in-Q")

 

List of most useful Supplments to the IEEE 802 Standards:

802.3 (1985) Base standard (10B5)

802.3a (1992) 10B2 Ethernet over thin coaxial cable

802.3b (1985) Broadband Ethernet (using coaxial TV cable, now seldom used)

802.3c (1985) Improved definition of a Repeater

802.3d (1987) Definition of Ethernet for Fibre (10BFOIRL) (now seldom used)

802.3e (1987) 1Base5 or StarLAN (now seldom used)

802.3h (1991) Layer Management

802.3i (1990) 10BaseT, Ethernet over CAT-5 Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)

802.3j (1993) defines Ethernet over Fibre (10BF)

802.3p/q (1993) Managed objects

802.3u (1995) Fast Ethernet (100BTX, 100BT4, 100BFX)

802.3x (1998) Full Duplex (FDX) operation in a switched LAN

802.3y (1998) Fast Ethernet (100BT2 over low quality UTP)

802.3z Gigabit Ethernet (over Fibre)

802.3aa Gigabit Ethernet Maintainance

802.3ab Gigabit Ethernet (over UTP CAT-5)

802.3ac Larger frame size to accomodate Ethernet VLAN Tags (802.1Q)

802.3ad Ethernet Link Aggregation

802.3ae 10 Gbps Ethernet

802.3af Power over Ethernet (15.4W, - 44V, 350mA) see also 802.3ar

802.3at Power over Ethernet (25.5W)

802.3ba 40 Gbps Ethernet


Gorry Fairhurst - Date: 28/04/2010 EG3567