BS ISO/IEC /IEEE 8802-3:2021
Telecommunications and exchange between information technology systems. Requirements for local and metropolitan area networks-Standard for Ethernet

Standard No.
BS ISO/IEC /IEEE 8802-3:2021
Release Date
2021
Published By
British Standards Institution (BSI)  GB  /  BSI
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Scope
This standard defines Ethernet local area, acces and metropolitan area networks. Ethernet is specified at selected speeds of operation; and uses a common media access control (MAC) specification and management information base (MIB). The Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) MAC protocol specifies shared medium (half duplex) operation, as well as full duplex operation. Speed specific Media Independent Interfaces (MIIs) provide an architectural and optional implementaiton interface to selected Physical Layer entities (PHY). The Physical Layer encodes frames for transmission and decodes received frames with the modulation specified for the speed of opration, transmission medium and supported link length. Other specified capabilities include: control and management protocols, and the provision of power over selected twisted pair PHY types.

BS ISO/IEC /IEEE 8802-3:2021 history

  • 2021 BS ISO/IEC /IEEE 8802-3:2021 Telecommunications and exchange between information technology systems. Requirements for local and metropolitan area networks-Standard for Ethernet
  • 2017 BS ISO/IEC /IEEE 8802-3:2017 Information technology. Telecommunications and information exchange between systems. Local and metropolitan area networks. Specific requirements-Standard for Ethernet
  • 2015 BS ISO/IEC /IEEE 8802-3:2014 Standard for Ethernet

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