IEEE 802.1AB-2005
Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks - Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery (IEEE Computer Society Document)

Standard No.

IEEE 802.1AB-2005

Release Date

2005

Published By

IEEE - The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers@ Inc.

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

IEEE 802.1AB/INT 1-2008

Latest

IEEE 802.1AB-2016

Scope

The scope of this standard is to define a protocol and management elements@ suitable for advertising information to stations attached to the same IEEE 802 LAN@ for the purpose of populating physical topology and device discovery management information databases. The protocol facilitates the identification of stations connected by IEEE 802 LANs/MANs@ their points of interconnection@ and access points for management protocols.This standard defines a protocol that:a) Advertises connectivity and management information about the local station to adjacent stations on the same IEEE 802 LAN.b) Receives network management information from adjacent stations on the same IEEE 802 LAN.c) Operates with all IEEE 802 access protocols and network media.d) Establishes a network management information schema and object definitions that are suitable for storing connection information about adjacent stations.e) Provides compatibility with the IETF PTOPO MIB (IETF RFC 2922 [B15]).11 The numbers in brackets correspond to those in the bibliography in Annex A.

IEEE 802.1AB-2005 history

• 2016 IEEE 802.1AB-2016 Local and metropolitan area networks - Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery (IEEE Computer Society)
• 2015 IEEE 802.1AB/COR 2-2015 Local and metropolitan area networks - Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery Corrigendum 2: Technical and Editorial Corrections (IEEE Computer Society)
• 2013 IEEE 802.1AB/COR 1-2013 IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks - Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery - Corrigendum 1: Technical and Editorial Corrections
• 2009 IEEE 802.1AB-2009 Local and metropolitan area networks - Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery (IEEE Computer Society)
• 2008 IEEE 802.1AB/INT 1-2008 IEEE Standards Interpretation for IEEE Std 802.1AB™ -2005 IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks-- Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery
• 2005 IEEE 802.1AB-2005 Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks - Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery (IEEE Computer Society Document)