IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee

The IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee develops and maintains networking standards and recommended practices for local, metropolitan, and other area networks, using an open and accredited process, and advocates them on a global basis. The most widely used standards are for Ethernet, Bridging and Virtual Bridged LANs Wireless LAN, Wireless PAN, Wireless MAN, Wireless Coexistence, Media Independent Handover Services, and Wireless RAN. An individual Working Group provides the focus for each area.

IEEE 802 Standards Available for Free Download!

The IEEE has begun making 802 standards available for download from the web.  Six months after the initial publication of a standard, it will be available for download here.

In addition to the standards, there are occasional questions about the standards, to which the 802 Working Groups respond.  These responses can be found on the IEEE Standards Association web site under Standards Interpretations. NOTE: As of 2012, the IEEE SA changed its policy so that interpretations will no longer be issued by the 802 Working Groups.

IEEE 802 Session Information

Any individual may attend an IEEE 802 meeting. For Plenary sessions, there is a required fee.  Information on hotel location and pre-registration form (pre-registrants receive a fee discount) is contained in the Plenary/Interim Session Information.

• IEEE 802 Plenary/Interim meeting information
• Tutorial information for the plenary meetings
• PARs under consideration
• IEEE 802 LMSC Meeting Agendas, Minutes and Reports
• Conference call schedule and minutes

IEEE 802 document archives and presentations

• IEEE 802 EC documents
• Presentations for 802 Workshop in Singapore, 12 March 2011
• IEEE 802 30th anniversary presentations
• 802.11, 802.15, 802.18, 802.19, 802.21, and 802.22 documents
• IEEE 802 presentations from Standards Education Workshop held at GlobeCom 2009

IEEE 802 EC email list

• To join the 802 EC email reflector, send an email to John D'Ambrosia
• Search the 802 EC email archive
• Browse by for date
• Browse by thread

IEEE 802 General Information

• IEEE 802 Orientation for new participants (version 7.1) in PDF, ODP and PPT formats (last updated, October 12, 2011)
• IEEE 802 Standards Courses
• IEEE 802 Working Group & Executive Committee Study Group Home Pages
• IEEE 802 Policies & Procedures and other documents related to standards development
• Appeals made to the 802 Executive Committee
• IEEE 802 Archived and Obsolete Documents
• List of active IEEE 802 Standards (.xlsx format, last updated 8 March 2012)
• Recommended Tools for Standards Developers
• Toolbox
• Join a ballot pool for 802 standards (and other IEEE standards)
• IEEE Computer Society Home Page

CONTACT INFORMATION

• IEEE Standards Staff Liaison for 802.3, 802.15, 802.21, and 802.22: Lisa Perry.
• IEEE Standards Staff Liaison for IEEE 802.1, IEEE 802.11, 802.16, 802.18, and 802.19: Kathryn Bennett
• IEEE 802 Chair: Paul Nikolich
• IEEE 802 Ombudsman (What is an ombudsman?)
• LMSC Executive Committee (EC) members, including all IEEE 802 Working Group Chairs

Some of our documentation is stored in the form of PDF files. If you need a PDF reader, we suggest the following:

• Sumatra PDF (supports Windows 2000 or newer (XP, Vista). Windows 95, 98 and ME are not supported)
• xpdf (Linux)
• Skim (Mac OSX 10.4 or higher)

Other documentation uses "Office" formats. To create view and print these documents, go to LibreOffice, where you can download a full-featured office suite for free (as in freedom). LibreOffice has support for:

• Windows
• Linux x86 32-bit (RPM and DEB)
• Linux x86 64-bit (RPM and DEB)
• Mac OSX (x86 and PPC)

Last Update: May 9, 2012

This page is maintained by John D'Ambrosia.