NG Ethernet Forum

The IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.) structures its 802 work into several sections. The most important section for Ethernet issues is the IEEE 802.3 ™ named as "CSMA/CD Access Method".
For an overview of the IEEE 802® structure please visit: http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/portfolio.html.
Selected documents out of this spectrum are available for free download at http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/.
Upcomming downloads are announced at: http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/tba.html.
Standards available to date (26th April 2006) in the "Get IEEE 802® program" (where registered names and trademarks belong to IEEE) are:

• IEEE 802®: Overview & Architecture
  
  • IEEE 802-2001 IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and Architecture
  • IEEE Std 802a-2003 IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and Architecture Amendment 1: Ethertypes for Protype and Vendor-Specific Protocol Development
  • IEEE Std 802b-2004 IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks - Overview and Architecture - Amendment 2: Registration of Object Identifiers
• IEEE 802.1™Bridging & Management
  
  • IEEE 802.1AB-2005 IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery
  • IEEE 802.1D-2004 IEEE standard for local and metropolitan area networks--Media access control (MAC) Bridges (Incorporates IEEE 802.1t-2001 and IEEE 802.1w)
  • IEEE 802.1F-1993, IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Common Definitions and Procedures for IEEE 802 Management Information
  • IEEE 802.1G, 1998 Edition (ISO/IEC15802-5:1998), IEEE Std Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--IEEE standard for local and metropolitan area networks--Common specifications--Part 5: Remote Media Access Control (MAC) bridging
  • IEEE 802.1H, 1997 Edition (TR11802-5:1997) IEEE Technical Report and Guidelines--Part 5: Media Access Control (MAC) Bridging of Ethernet V2.0 in Local Area Networks
  • IEEE 802.1Q, 2003 Edition, IEEE Standards for Local and metropolitan area networks—Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks
  • IEEE 802.1X-2004 IEEE Standards for Local and metropolitan area networks—Port-Based Network Access Control
• IEEE 802.2™: Logical Link Control
  
  • IEEE 802.2, 1998 (ISO/IEC 8802-2:1998), IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements--Part 2: Logical Link Control
• IEEE 802.3™: CSMA/CD Access Method
  
  • IEEE 802.3-2002 IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements--Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications (An errata is available)
    For faster download: IEEE 802.3-2002 -- Section One / IEEE 802.3-2002 -- Section Two / IEEE 802.3-2002 -- Section Three
  • IEEE 802.3ae-2002 IEEE Standard for Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications-Media Access Control (MAC) Parameters, Physical Layer and Management Parameters for 10 Gb/s Operation (An errata is available)
  • IEEE 802.3af-2003 (Includes portions of IEEE 802.3ae) IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements--Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications--Amendment Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) Power via Media Dependent Interface (MDI) (IEEE 802 Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement)
  • IEEE Std 802.3ah-2004 (Amendment to IEEE Std 802.3-2002 as amended by IEEE Stds 802.3ae-2002, 802.3af 2002, 802.3aj-2003, and 802.3ak-2004)
  • IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements--Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications Amendment: Media Access Control Parameters, Physical Layers, and Management Parameters for Subscriber Access Networks
  • IEEE 802.3aj-2003 IEEE Standard for Information technology - Telecommunications and information exchange between systems - Local and metropolitan area networks - Specific requirements--Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications Amendment: Maintenance 7
  • IEEE 802.3ak-2004 IEEE Standard for information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements Part 3: Carrier Sense Mulitple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications Amendment: Physical Layer and Management Parameters for 10Gb/s Operation, Type 10GBase-CX4 (Changes to IEEE Std 802.3-2002 as Amended by IEEE Std 802.3ae-2002) (IEEE 802 Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement)
  • 1802.3-2001 IEEE Conformance Test Methodology for IEEE Standards for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks-Specific Requirements-Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications (Incorporates IEEE Std 1802.3d)
• IEEE 802.5™: Token Ring Access Method
  
  • IEEE 802.5, 1998 Edition (ISO/IEC 8802-5:1998) IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements--Part 5: Token Ring Access Method and Physical Layer Specification
  • IEEE 802.5c-1991, Supplement to 802.5-1989, Recommended Practice for Dual Ring Operation with Wrapback Reconfiguration
  • IEEE 802.5r and IEEE 802.5j, 1998 Edition 8802-5:1998/Amd.1, Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific Requirements--Part 5 Token ring access method and physical layer specifications--Admendment1: Dedicated Token Ring Operation and Fibre Optic Media
  • IEEE 802.5t-2000, IEEE Standard for Information technology-Telecommunications and information exchange between systems-Local and metropolitan area networks-Specific requirements-Amendment to Part 5: Token Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications
  • IEEE Std 802.5v-2001, IEEE Standard for Information technology---Telecommunications and information exchange between systems---Local and metropolitan area networks---Specific requirements---Part 5: Token Ring access method and Physical Layer specifications---Amendment 5: Gigabit Token Ring operation
  • IEEE Std 802.5w-2000 (Corrigendum to IEEE Std 802-5:1998 including (ISO/IEC 8802-5:1998/Amd.1:1998) Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks--Part 5: Token ring access method and physical layer specifications--Corrigendum 1
• IEEE 802.11™: Wireless
  
  • IEEE 802.11, 1999 Edition (ISO/IEC 8802-11: 1999) IEEE Standards for Information Technology -- Telecommunications and Information Exchange between Systems -- Local and Metropolitan Area Network -- Specific Requirements -- Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications
    Download the following:
    Management Information Base (MIB) text file. State Diagram Language source files: SDT, including readme file Station AP MACMIB
  • IEEE 802.11a-1999 (8802-11:1999/Amd 1:2000(E)), IEEE Standard for Information technology—Telecommunications and information exchange between systems—Local and metropolitan area networks—Specific requirements—Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications—Amendment 1: High-speed Physical Layer in the 5 GHz band
  • IEEE 802.11b-1999 Supplement to 802.11-1999,Wireless LAN MAC and PHY specifications: Higher speed Physical Layer (PHY) extension in the 2.4 GHz band
  • 802.11b-1999/Cor1-2001, IEEE Standard for Information technology—Telecommunications and information exchange between systems—Local and metropolitan area networks—Specific requirements—Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications—Amendment 2: Higher-speed Physical Layer (PHY) extension in the 2.4 GHz band—Corrigendum1
  • IEEE 802.11d-2001, Amendment to IEEE 802.11-1999, (ISO/IEC 8802-11) Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements--Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications: Specification for Operation in Additional Regulartory Domains
  • IEEE 802.11F-2003 IEEE Recommended Practice for Multi-Vendor Access Point Interoperability via an Inter-Access Point Protocol Across Distribution Systems Supporting IEEE 802.11 Operation
  • IEEE 802.11g-2003 IEEE Standard for Information technology—Telecommunications and information exchange between systems—Local and metropolitan area networks—Specific requirements—Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications—Amendment 4: Further Higher-Speed Physical Layer Extension in the 2.4 GHz Band
  • IEEE 802.11h-2003 IEEE Standard for Information technology—Telecommunications and Information Exchange Between Systems—LAN/MAN Specific Requirements—Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications: Spectrum and Transmit Power Management Extensions in the 5GHz band in Europe
  • IEEE 802.11i-2004 Amendment to IEEE Std 802.11, 1999 Edition (Reaff 2003). IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between system--Local and metropolitan area networks? Specific requirements--Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications--Amendment 6: Medium Access Control (MAC) Security Enhancements
  • IEEE 802.11j-2004 IEEE Standard for Information technology—Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks—Specific requirements—Part 11: Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) specifications—Amendment 7: 4.9 GHz–5 GHz Operation in Japan
• IEEE 802.15™: Wireless Personal Area Networks
  
  • IEEE 802.15.1-2005 IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems-- Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements. Part 15.1: Wireless Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs(tm)) (Specification Description Language)
    For faster download: IEEE 802.15.1-2005_section one / IEEE 802.15.1-2005_section two / IEEE 802.15.1-2005_section three
    
    Specification Description Language (SDL)
  • IEEE 802.15.2-2003 IEEE Recommended Practice for Telecommunications and Information exchange between systems – Local and metropolitan area networks Specific Requirements - Part 15.2: Coexistence of Wireless Personal Area Networks with Other Wireless Devices Operating in Unlicensed Frequency Band
  • IEEE 802.15.3-2003 IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks--Specific requirements Part 15.3: Wireless Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications for High Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPAN) (Calculations and Simulations)
  • IEEE 802.15.4-2003 IEEE Standard for Information technology--Telecommunications and information exchange between systems--Local and metropolitan area networks-- Specific requirements Part 15.4: Wireless Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications for Low Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPANs)
• IEEE 802.16™: Broadband Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks
  
  • IEEE 802.16Conformance01-2003 IEEE Standard for Conformance to IEEE 802.16 Part 1: Protocol Implementation Conformance Statement (PICS) Proforma for 10-66 GHz WirelessMAN-SC Air Interface
  • IEEE 802.16Conformance02-2003 IEEE Standard Conformance to IEEE Std 802.16 Part 2: Test Suite Structure and Test Purposes for 10-66 GHz WirelessMAN-SC Air Interface
  • IEEE 802.16Conformance03-2004 IEEE Standard Conformance to IEEE Std 802.16 Part 3: Radio Conformance Tests (RCT) for 10–66 GHz WirelessMAN-SC™ Air Interface
  • IEEE 802.16.2-2004 IEEE Recommended Practice for Local and metropolitan area networks -- Coexistence of Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems
  • IEEE 802.16-2004 IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks Part 16: Air Interface for Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Systems
• IEEE 802.17™:Resilent Packet Rings
  
  • IEEE 802.17-2004 IEEE Standard for Information technology-Telecommunications and information exchange between systems-Local and metropolitan area networks-Specific requirements-Part 17: Resilient packet ring (RPR)access method and physical layer specifications (Management Information Base)
  • IEEE 802.17a-2004 IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges - Amendment 1: Bridging of IEEE Std 802.17™