IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and Architecture

Abstract

An overview to the family of IEEE 802® standards is provided in this standard. It describes the reference models for the IEEE 802 standards and explains the relationship of these standards to the higher layer protocols; it specifies the structure of IEEE 802 MAC addresses; it specifies 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.