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IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges Amendment 5: Bridging of IEEE 802.16™

802.16k

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IEEE Computer Society
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IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
Sponsored by the LAN/MAN Standards Committee

IEEE 3 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016-5997, USA 14 August 2007

IEEE Std 802.16k™-2007
(Amendment to IEEE Std802.1D™-2004)

Recognized as an American National Standard (ANSI)

IEEE Std 802.16k™-2007
(Amendment to IEEE Std 802.1D™-2004)

IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges Amendment 5: Bridging of IEEE 802.16™

Sponsor

LAN/MAN Standards Committee of the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society Approved 9 August2007 American National Standards Institute Approved 22 March 2007 IEEE SA-Standards Board

Abstract: This document amends IEEE Std 802.1D, as previously amended by IEEE Std 802.17a™-2004, to support the bridging of the IEEE 802.16 medium access control. Keywords: local area networks, LANs, MAC Bridges, transparent bridging, VLANs, wireless metropolitan area networks, WMAN

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