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.mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-list-title,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sidebar:not(.notheme) .sidebar-title-with-pretitle a{color:var(--color-progressive)!important}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sidebar{display:none!important}}</style><table class="sidebar sidebar-collapse nomobile nowraplinks"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title"><a href="/wiki/OSI_model" title="OSI model">OSI model</a><br /><span style="font-size:80%;">by <a href="/wiki/Abstraction_layer" title="Abstraction layer">layer</a></span></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">7.  <a href="/wiki/Application_layer" title="Application layer">Application layer</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Network_News_Transfer_Protocol" title="Network News Transfer Protocol">NNTP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Session_Initiation_Protocol" title="Session Initiation Protocol">SIP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simple_Sensor_Interface_protocol" title="Simple Sensor Interface protocol">SSI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domain_Name_System" title="Domain Name System">DNS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol" title="File Transfer Protocol">FTP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopher_(protocol)" title="Gopher (protocol)">Gopher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hypertext_Transfer_Protocol" class="mw-redirect" title="Hypertext Transfer Protocol">HTTP</a> (<a href="/wiki/HTTP/3" title="HTTP/3">HTTP/3</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Network_File_System" title="Network File System">NFS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Network_Time_Protocol" title="Network Time Protocol">NTP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Message_Peer-to-Peer" title="Short Message Peer-to-Peer">SMPP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secure_Shell" title="Secure Shell">SSH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simple_Mail_Transfer_Protocol" title="Simple Mail Transfer Protocol">SMTP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol" title="Simple Network Management Protocol">SNMP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telnet" title="Telnet">Telnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol" title="Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol">DHCP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NETCONF" title="NETCONF">NETCONF</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Category:Application_layer_protocols" title="Category:Application layer protocols">more....</a></i></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">6.  <a href="/wiki/Presentation_layer" title="Presentation layer">Presentation layer</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MIME" title="MIME">MIME</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/External_Data_Representation" title="External Data Representation">XDR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ASN.1" title="ASN.1">ASN.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ASCII" title="ASCII">ASCII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security" title="Transport Layer Security">TLS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy" title="Pretty Good Privacy">PGP</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">5.  <a href="/wiki/Session_layer" title="Session layer">Session layer</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Named_pipe" title="Named pipe">Named pipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NetBIOS" title="NetBIOS">NetBIOS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Session_Announcement_Protocol" title="Session Announcement Protocol">SAP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point-to-Point_Tunneling_Protocol" title="Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol">PPTP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Real-time_Transport_Protocol" title="Real-time Transport Protocol">RTP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SOCKS" title="SOCKS">SOCKS</a></li> <li>X.225<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">4.  <a href="/wiki/Transport_layer" title="Transport layer">Transport layer</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol" title="Transmission Control Protocol">TCP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User_Datagram_Protocol" title="User Datagram Protocol">UDP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stream_Control_Transmission_Protocol" title="Stream Control Transmission Protocol">SCTP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Datagram_Congestion_Control_Protocol" title="Datagram Congestion Control Protocol">DCCP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QUIC" title="QUIC">QUIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IPX/SPX" title="IPX/SPX">SPX</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">3.  <a href="/wiki/Network_layer" title="Network layer">Network layer</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Protocol" title="Internet Protocol">IP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IPv4" title="IPv4">IPv4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IPv6" title="IPv6">IPv6</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Control_Message_Protocol" title="Internet Control Message Protocol">ICMP</a> (<a href="/wiki/ICMPv6" title="ICMPv6">ICMPv6</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IPsec" class="mw-redirect" title="IPsec">IPsec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internet_Group_Management_Protocol" title="Internet Group Management Protocol">IGMP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internetwork_Packet_Exchange" title="Internetwork Packet Exchange">IPX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IS-IS" title="IS-IS">IS-IS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AppleTalk" title="AppleTalk">AppleTalk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X.25" title="X.25">X.25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Packet_Layer_Protocol" title="Packet Layer Protocol">PLP</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">2.  <a href="/wiki/Data_link_layer" title="Data link layer">Data link layer</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asynchronous_Transfer_Mode" title="Asynchronous Transfer Mode">ATM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Address_Resolution_Protocol" title="Address Resolution Protocol">ARP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synchronous_Data_Link_Control" title="Synchronous Data Link Control">SDLC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High-Level_Data_Link_Control" title="High-Level Data Link Control">HDLC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serial_Line_Internet_Protocol#CSLIP" title="Serial Line Internet Protocol">CSLIP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serial_Line_Internet_Protocol" title="Serial Line Internet Protocol">SLIP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Generic_Framing_Procedure" title="Generic Framing Procedure">GFP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parallel_Line_Internet_Protocol" title="Parallel Line Internet Protocol">PLIP</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">IEEE 802</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logical_link_control" title="Logical link control">LLC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medium_access_control" title="Medium access control">MAC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Layer_2_Tunneling_Protocol" title="Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol">L2TP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frame_Relay" title="Frame Relay">Frame Relay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G.hn" title="G.hn">ITU-T G.hn DLL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Point-to-Point_Protocol" title="Point-to-Point Protocol">PPP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X.25" title="X.25">X.25</a> <a href="/wiki/LAPB" title="LAPB">LAPB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Link_Access_Procedure_for_Frame_Relay" title="Link Access Procedure for Frame Relay">Q.922 LAPF</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">1.  <a href="/wiki/Physical_layer" title="Physical layer">Physical layer</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RS-232" title="RS-232">RS-232</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RS-449" title="RS-449">RS-449</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ITU-T_V-series_recommendations" title="List of ITU-T V-series recommendations">ITU-T V-Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I.430" title="I.430">I.430</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/I.431" title="I.431">I.431</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plesiochronous_digital_hierarchy" title="Plesiochronous digital hierarchy">PDH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synchronous_optical_networking" title="Synchronous optical networking">SONET/SDH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passive_optical_network" title="Passive optical network">PON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Optical_Transport_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Optical Transport Network">OTN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_subscriber_line" title="Digital subscriber line">DSL</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">IEEE 802</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_1394" title="IEEE 1394">IEEE 1394</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G.hn" title="G.hn">ITU-T G.hn PHY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USB" title="USB">USB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bluetooth" title="Bluetooth">Bluetooth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/X.21" title="X.21">X.21</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td 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Engineers">Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers</a> (IEEE) standards for <a href="/wiki/Local_area_network" title="Local area network">local area networks</a> (LANs), <a href="/wiki/Personal_area_network" title="Personal area network">personal area networks</a> (PANs), and <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area_network" title="Metropolitan area network">metropolitan area networks</a> (MANs). The IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee (LMSC) maintains these standards. The IEEE 802 family of standards has had twenty-four members, numbered 802.1 through 802.24, with a <a href="/wiki/Working_group" title="Working group">working group</a> of the LMSC devoted to each. However, not all of these working groups are currently active. </p><p>The IEEE 802 standards are restricted to <a href="/wiki/Computer_network" title="Computer network">computer networks</a> carrying variable-size packets, unlike <a href="/wiki/Cell_relay" title="Cell relay">cell relay</a> networks, for example, in which <a href="/wiki/Data" title="Data">data</a> is transmitted in short, uniformly sized units called cells. <a href="/wiki/Isochronous_signal" title="Isochronous signal">Isochronous signal</a> networks, in which data is transmitted as a steady stream of <a href="/wiki/Octet_(computing)" title="Octet (computing)">octets</a>, or groups of octets, at regular time intervals, are also outside the scope of the IEEE 802 standards. </p><p>The number 802 has no significance: it was simply the next number in the sequence that the IEEE used for standards projects.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Comparing_OSI_and_IEEE_802_network_stacks.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Comparing_OSI_and_IEEE_802_network_stacks.svg/330px-Comparing_OSI_and_IEEE_802_network_stacks.svg.png" decoding="async" width="330" height="382" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Comparing_OSI_and_IEEE_802_network_stacks.svg/495px-Comparing_OSI_and_IEEE_802_network_stacks.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Comparing_OSI_and_IEEE_802_network_stacks.svg/660px-Comparing_OSI_and_IEEE_802_network_stacks.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="343" data-file-height="397" /></a><figcaption>Side-by-side comparison between the OSI (left) and IEEE 802 (right) reference models</figcaption></figure> <p>The services and protocols specified in IEEE 802 map to the lower two layers (data link and physical) of the seven-layer <a href="/wiki/OSI_model" title="OSI model">Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)</a> networking reference model. IEEE 802 divides the OSI data link layer into two sub-layers: <a href="/wiki/Logical_link_control" title="Logical link control">logical link control</a> (LLC) and <a href="/wiki/Medium_access_control" title="Medium access control">medium access control</a> (MAC), as follows: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Data_link_layer" title="Data link layer">Data link layer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Logical_link_control" title="Logical link control">LLC sublayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medium_access_control" title="Medium access control">MAC sublayer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Physical_layer" title="Physical layer">Physical layer</a></li></ul> <p>Everything above LLC is explicitly out of scope for IEEE 802 (as "upper layer protocols", presumed to be parts of equally non-OSI <a href="/wiki/Internet_reference_model" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet reference model">Internet reference model</a>). </p><p>The most widely used standards are for <a href="/wiki/Ethernet" title="Ethernet">Ethernet</a>, Bridging and Virtual Bridged LANs, <a href="/wiki/Wireless_LAN" title="Wireless LAN">Wireless LAN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wireless_PAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wireless PAN">Wireless PAN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wireless_MAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wireless MAN">Wireless MAN</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wireless_Coexistence&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wireless Coexistence (page does not exist)">Wireless Coexistence</a>, Media Independent Handover Services, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wireless_RAN&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wireless RAN (page does not exist)">Wireless RAN</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Working_groups">Working groups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=IEEE_802&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Working groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Description</th> <th>Status </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.1" title="IEEE 802.1">IEEE 802.1</a></td> <td>Higher Layer LAN Protocols Working Group</td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="active table-active">Active </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.2" title="IEEE 802.2">IEEE 802.2</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Logical_link_control" title="Logical link control">LLC</a></td> <td style="background: #FFDFFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="dropped table-dropped">Disbanded </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.3" title="IEEE 802.3">IEEE 802.3</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ethernet" title="Ethernet">Ethernet</a></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="active table-active">Active<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.4" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE 802.4">IEEE 802.4</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Token_bus" class="mw-redirect" title="Token bus">Token bus</a></td> <td style="background: #FFDFFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="dropped table-dropped">Disbanded </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.5" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE 802.5">IEEE 802.5</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Token_Ring" title="Token Ring">Token Ring</a> MAC layer</td> <td style="background: #FFDFFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="dropped table-dropped">Disbanded </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.6" title="IEEE 802.6">IEEE 802.6</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area_network" title="Metropolitan area network">MANs</a> (<a href="/wiki/DQDB" class="mw-redirect" title="DQDB">DQDB</a>)</td> <td style="background: #FFDFFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="dropped table-dropped">Disbanded </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.7" title="IEEE 802.7">IEEE 802.7</a></td> <td>Broadband LAN using Coaxial Cable</td> <td style="background: #FFDFFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="dropped table-dropped">Disbanded </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.8" title="IEEE 802.8">IEEE 802.8</a></td> <td>Fiber Optic TAG</td> <td style="background: #FFDFFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="dropped table-dropped">Disbanded </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.9" title="IEEE 802.9">IEEE 802.9</a></td> <td>Integrated Services LAN (ISLAN or isoEthernet)</td> <td style="background: #FFDFFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="dropped table-dropped">Disbanded </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.10" title="IEEE 802.10">IEEE 802.10</a></td> <td>Interoperable LAN Security</td> <td style="background: #FFDFFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="dropped table-dropped">Disbanded </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11" title="IEEE 802.11">IEEE 802.11</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wireless_LAN" title="Wireless LAN">Wireless LAN</a> (WLAN) & Mesh (<a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a> certification)</td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="active table-active">Active </td></tr> <tr> <td>IEEE 802.12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/100BaseVG" title="100BaseVG">100BaseVG</a></td> <td style="background: #FFDFFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="dropped table-dropped">Disbanded </td></tr> <tr> <td>IEEE 802.13</td> <td>Unused<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">Reserved for <a href="/wiki/Fast_Ethernet" title="Fast Ethernet">Fast Ethernet</a> development<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>IEEE 802.14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cable_modem" title="Cable modem">Cable modems</a></td> <td style="background: #FFDFFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="dropped table-dropped">Disbanded </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.15" title="IEEE 802.15">IEEE 802.15</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wireless_PAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wireless PAN">Wireless PAN</a></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="active table-active">Active </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.15.1" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE 802.15.1">IEEE 802.15.1</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bluetooth" title="Bluetooth">Bluetooth</a> certification</td> <td style="background: #FFDFFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="dropped table-dropped">Disbanded </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.15.2" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE 802.15.2">IEEE 802.15.2</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.15" title="IEEE 802.15">IEEE 802.15</a> and <a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11" title="IEEE 802.11">IEEE 802.11</a> coexistence</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">Hibernating<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.15.3" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE 802.15.3">IEEE 802.15.3</a></td> <td>High-Rate <a href="/wiki/Wireless_PAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wireless PAN">wireless PAN</a> (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Ultra-wideband" title="Ultra-wideband">UWB</a>, etc.)</td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.15.4" title="IEEE 802.15.4">IEEE 802.15.4</a></td> <td>Low-Rate <a href="/wiki/Wireless_PAN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wireless PAN">wireless PAN</a> (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Zigbee" title="Zigbee">Zigbee</a>, <a href="/wiki/WirelessHART" title="WirelessHART">WirelessHART</a>, <a href="/wiki/MiWi" title="MiWi">MiWi</a>, etc.)</td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="active table-active">Active </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.15.5" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE 802.15.5">IEEE 802.15.5</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mesh_networking" title="Mesh networking">Mesh networking</a> for <a href="/wiki/Personal_area_network" title="Personal area network">WPAN</a></td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.15.6" title="IEEE 802.15.6">IEEE 802.15.6</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Body_area_network" title="Body area network">Body area network</a></td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="active table-active">Active </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.15.7" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE 802.15.7">IEEE 802.15.7</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Visible_light_communication" title="Visible light communication">Visible light communications</a></td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.16" title="IEEE 802.16">IEEE 802.16</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Broadband_Wireless_Access" class="mw-redirect" title="Broadband Wireless Access">Broadband Wireless Access</a> (<a href="/wiki/WiMAX" title="WiMAX">WiMAX</a> certification)</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">Hibernating </td></tr> <tr> <td>IEEE 802.16.1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Local_Multipoint_Distribution_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Local Multipoint Distribution Service">Local Multipoint Distribution Service</a></td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">Hibernating </td></tr> <tr> <td>IEEE 802.16.2</td> <td>Coexistence wireless access</td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">Hibernating </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.17" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE 802.17">IEEE 802.17</a></td> <td>Resilient packet ring</td> <td style="background: #FFDFFF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="dropped table-dropped">Disbanded </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.18" title="IEEE 802.18">IEEE 802.18</a></td> <td>Radio Regulatory TAG</td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11-1997" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE 802.11-1997">-1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11_(legacy_mode)" title="IEEE 802.11 (legacy mode)">legacy mode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11a-1999" title="IEEE 802.11a-1999">a</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11b-1999" title="IEEE 802.11b-1999">b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11c" title="IEEE 802.11c">c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11d-2001" title="IEEE 802.11d-2001">d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11e-2005" title="IEEE 802.11e-2005">e</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inter-Access_Point_Protocol" title="Inter-Access Point Protocol">f</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11g-2003" title="IEEE 802.11g-2003">g</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11h-2003" title="IEEE 802.11h-2003">h</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11i-2004" title="IEEE 802.11i-2004">i</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11j-2004" title="IEEE 802.11j-2004">j</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11k-2008" title="IEEE 802.11k-2008">k</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11n-2009" title="IEEE 802.11n-2009">n</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi_4" class="mw-redirect" title="Wi-Fi 4">Wi-Fi 4</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11p" title="IEEE 802.11p">p</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11r-2008" title="IEEE 802.11r-2008">r</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11s" title="IEEE 802.11s">s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11u" title="IEEE 802.11u">u</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11v" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE 802.11v">v</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11w-2009" title="IEEE 802.11w-2009">w</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11y-2008" title="IEEE 802.11y-2008">y</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11z" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE 802.11z">z</a></li> <li>aa</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/IEEE_802.11ac" class="mw-redirect" title="IEEE 802.11ac">ac</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi_5" class="mw-redirect" title="Wi-Fi 5">Wi-Fi 5</a>)</li> 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