IEEE Std 802.1aq-2012 (Amendment to IEEE Std 802.1Q-2011 as amended by IEEE Std 802.1Qbe-2011, IEEE Std 802.1Qbc-2011, IEEE Std 802.1Qbb-2011, IEEE Std 802.1Qaz-2011, and IEEE Std 802.1Qbf-2011) : IEEE standard for local and metropolitan area networks : media access control (MAC) bridges and virtual bridged local area networks. Amendment 20, Shortest path bridging / IEEE Computer Society LAN/MAN Standards Committee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

IEEE Computer Society. LAN/MAN Standards Committee, author, issuing body.

Series:

IEEE Std.

IEEE Std

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Local area networks (Computer networks).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 324 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

802.1aq-2012 - IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks--Media Access Control

IEEE Std 802.1aq-2012

Place of Publication:

New York : IEEE, [2012]

Summary:

This amendment to IEEE Std 802.1Q-2011 specifies shortest path bridging of unicast and multicast frames, including protocols to calculate multiple active topologies that can share learned station information, and support of a virtual local area network (VLAN) by multiple, per topology VLAN identifiers (VIDs). Keywords: Bridged Local Area Networks, IEEE 802.1aq, LANs, local area networks, MAC Bridges, metropolitan area networks, MSTP, Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol, Provider Bridged Local Area Networks, Shortest Path Bridging Protocol, SPB, Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks, virtual LANs.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-7381-7262-6