IEEE 802 standards tutorialspoint

The standards are created and maintained by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) LAN/MAN Standards Committee (IEEE 802). The base version of the standard was released in 1997 and has had subsequent amendments.

The IEEE plays a significant role in publishing technical works , sponsoring conferences and seminars, accreditation, and standards development. With regard to LANs, the IEEE has produced some very popular and widely used standards.

IEEE, pronounced “Eye-triple-E,” stands for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers .