802.1S Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol solves problems by supporting multiple spanning trees within a network. Network managers designing Layer 2 networks have long relied on IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree ...
We met Mr. Murphy, of “What can go wrong, will” infamy, in the introduction to failure modes and the discussion of failure modes at the foundation levels. Now we will learn his tricks on shared media ...
The wireless medium has fundamentally different characteristics from a wired medium. When providing QoS, we should remember that the MAC endeavors to provide QoS service guarantees within this ...
The IEEE 802.11 specification (ISO/IEC 8802-11) is an international standard describing the characteristics of a wireless local area network (WLAN). The name Wi-Fi (which stands for Wireless Fidelity, ...
IEEE 802 standards are used but not often thought of in our daily lives—IEEE 802.3, Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, Wi-Fi, IEEE 802.15.4, Wi-SUN, etc. Despite these standards playing a role in almost every ...