IEEE 802.1

IEEE 802.1 is a working group of the IEEE 802 project of the IEEE Standards Association.

It is concerned with:^[1]

• 802 LAN/MAN architecture
• internetworking among 802 LANs, MANs and wide area networks
• 802 Link Security
• 802 overall network management
• protocol layers above the MAC and LLC layers

LAN/MAN bridging and management. Covers management and the lower sub-layers of OSI Layer 2,