What is Project 802?

It is a project started by IEEE to set standards to enable intercommunication between equipment from a variety of manufacturers. It is a way for specifying functions of the physical layer, the data link layer and to some extent the network layer to allow for interconnectivity of major LAN protocols.

It consists of the following:

• 802.1 is an internetworking standard for compatibility of different LANs and MANs across protocols.


• 802.2 Logical link control (LLC) is the upper sublayer of