• IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

802 Working Group #

In Feb 1980 (08-02) took over private sector the job of defining network standards.

• Each subcommitee is called a “Working Group” except the TAGs
• TAG: Technical Advisory Group

Some IEEE 802 Subcommittees #

| IEEE 802.1 | Higher layer LAN Protocols | | IEEE 802.3 | Ethernet | | IEEE 802.11 | Wireless LAN (WLAN) | | IEEE 802.15 | Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) | | IEEE 802.18 | Radio Regulatory Technical Advisory Group | | IEEE 802.19 | Wireless Coexistence Working Group | | IEEE 802.20 | Mobile Broadband Wireless Access (MBWA); (in hibernation) | | IEEE 802.21 | Media Independent Handover Services | | IEEE 802.22 | Wireless Regional Area Networks |