IEEE 802.1 Working Group

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IEEE 802.1 is a working group of the IEEE 802 project of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards Association (see also Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)).

It is concerned with:

802 Local Area Network (LAN)/Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) architectureinternet working among 802 LANs, MANs and wide area networks802 Link Security802 overall network managementprotocol layers above the MAC and LLC layersLAN/MAN bridging and management. Covers management and the lower sub-layers of OSI Layer 2,

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.1