IEEE 802.1AC : 2012
IEEE 802.1AC : 2012
LOCAL AND METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS - MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) SERVICE DEFINITION
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
LOCAL AND METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS - MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL (MAC) SERVICE DEFINITION
Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
1. Scope
2. Normative references
3. Definitions
4. Acronyms and abbreviations
5. Conformance
6. Conventions
7. Basic architectural concepts and terms
8. Overview of the MAC Service
9. Model of the MAC Service
10. Quality of connectionless-mode service
11. Internal Sublayer Service
12. Protocol discrimination and media
13. Support of the Internal Sublayer Service by
specific MAC procedures
14. MAC Service
Annex A (informative) - Bibliography
Annex B (informative) - Support of the Internal Sublayer
Service by specific MAC procedure
Specifies the Media Access Control (MAC) Service provided by all IEEE 802 MACs, and the Internal Sublayer Service (ISS) provided within MAC Bridges, in abstract terms of the following: a) Their semantics, primitive actions, and events; and b) The parameters of, interrelationship between, and valid sequences of these actions and events.
Document Type | Standard |
Status | Current |
Publisher | Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers |