A list of the IEEE 802 Standards

If you don’t know what this is then you probably can’t afford this, just kidding… Use this as a reference for studying

Sean Byrne
2 min readFeb 27, 2023

Pro Tip: turn the following list into a deck of flash cards

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Intro

The IEEE 802 family of standards defines the physical and data link layers of network communication. This should be shown in table format, but the following is organized by the standard number, standard name, and a very short explanation

802.1

Internetworking

Covers routing, bridging, and internetwork communication

802.2

Logical Link Control

Covers error control and flow control over data frames (inactive)

802.3

Ethernet LAN

Covers all forms of Ethernet media and interfaces, from 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps (10 Gigabit Ethernet)

802.4

Token Bus LAN

Covers all forms of token bus media and interfaces (disbanded)

802.5

Token Ring LAN

Covers all forms of token ring media and interfaces

802.6

Metropolitan Area Network

Covers MAN technologies, addressing, and services (disbanded)

802.7

Broadband Technical Advisory Group

Covers broadband networking media, interfaces, and other equipment (disbanded)

802.8

Fiber-Optic Technical Advisory Group

Covers use of fiber-optic media and technologies for various networking types (disbanded)

802.9

Integrated Voice/Data Networks

Covers integration of voice and data traffic over a single network medium (disbanded)

802.10

Network Security

Covers network access controls, encryption, certification, and other security topics (disbanded)

802.11

Wireless Networks

Sets standards for wireless networking for many different broadcast frequencies and techniques

802.12

High-Speed Networking

Covers a variety of 100 Mbps-plus technologies, including 100VG-AnyLAN (disbanded)

802.13

Unused

Nothing to see here…

802.14

Cable Modems

Specifies data transport over cable TV (disbanded)

802.15

Wireless PAN

Covers standards for wireless personal area networks

802.16

Wireless MAN (WiMAX)

Covers wireless metropolitan area networks

802.17

Resilient Packet Ring

Covers emerging standards for very high-speed, ring-based LANs and MANs

802.18

Wireless Advisory Group

A technical advisory group that monitors radio-based wireless standards

802.19

Coexistence Advisory Group

A group that addresses issues of coexistence with current and developing standards

802.20

Mobile Broadband Wireless

A group working to enable always-on, multivendor, mobile broadband wireless access

802.21

Media Independent Handoff

A group working to enable handoff between wireless networks of the same or different types

802.22

Wireless Regional Area Network

A group working to bring broadband access to hard-to-reach low-population areas

802.23

Emergency Services Working Group

A group working to facilitate civil authority communication systems

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