LAN Protocols

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Local Area Network (LAN) is a data communications network connecting terminals, computers and printers within a building or other geographically limited areas. These devices may be connected through wired cables or wireless links. Ethernet, Token Ring and Wireless LAN using IEEE 802.11 are examples of standard LAN technologies.

We listed the main LAN protocol families as follows:

Contents 1 Ethernet 2 WLAN 3 WPAN 4 VLAN 5 Token Ring 6 FDDI 7 Others LAN Protocols

Ethernet

• Ethernet LAN protocols as defined in IEEE 802.3 suite
• Fast Ethernet: Ethernet LAN at data rate 100Mbps (IEEE 802.3u)
• Gigabit Ethernet: Ethernet at data rate 1000Mbps (IEEE 802.3z, 802.3ab)
• 10Gigabit Ethernet: Ethernet at data rate 10 Gbps (IEEE 802.3ae)

WLAN

• IEEE 802.1X: WLAN Authentication & Key Management
• Wireless LAN in IEEE 802.11, 802,11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
• 802.11
• 802.11a
• 802.11b
• 802.11e
• 802.11g
• 802.11i
• 802.11j
• 802.11k
• 802.11n
• 802.11r
• 802.11s
• 802.11x
• 802.16
• 802.16-2004
• 802.16-2005
• 802.16a
• 802.16d
• 802.16e
• 802.1x
• 802.20
• 802.22

• WAP: Wireless Application Protocol
• WDP: Wireless Datagram Protocol
• WSP: Wireless Session Protocol
• WTP: Wireless Transaction Protocol

WPAN

• IEEE 802.15 and Bluetooth: WPAN Communications
• 802.15
• 802.15.1
• 802.15.3
• 802.15.4

VLAN

• 802.1Q: Virtual LAN Bridging Switching Protocol
• GARP: Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (802.1P)
• GMRP: GARP Multicast Registration Protocol (802.1P)
• GVRP: GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (802.1P, 802.1Q)
• VTP: VLAN Trunking Protocol

Token Ring

• Token Ring: IEEE 802.5 LAN protocol

FDDI

• FDDI: Fiber Distributed Data Interface

Others LAN Protocols

• AppleTalk
• IEEE 802.1p: LAN Layer 2 QoS/CoS Protocol
• LLC: Logic Link Control (IEEE 802.2)
• NetWare
• SNAP: SubNetwork Access Protocol
• STP: Spanning Tree Protocol (IEEE 802.1D)

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Categories: Protocols | Local area networks