Information technology -- telecommunications and information exchange between systems -- local and metropolitan area networks -- specific requirements--
Subtitle: amendment to Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) access method and physical layer specifications : aggregation of multiple link segments
By: Sponsor, LAN MAN Standards Committee of the IEEE Computer Society.
Contributors: IEEE Computer Society. LAN/MAN Standards Committee.; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.; IEEE-SA Standards Board.
Series: IEEE Std -- 802.3ad-2000.; IEEE std -- 802.3ad-2000.
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: Local area networks (Computer networks) -- Standards; Computer network protocols -- Standards; Metropolitan area networks (Computer networks) -- Standards
Other titles: Telecommunications and information exchange between systems.; Local and metropolitan area networks.; Amendment to Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) access method and physical layer specifications.; Aggregation of multiple link segments.
Description: An optional Link Aggregation sublayer for use with CSMA/CD MACs is defined. Link Aggregation allows one or more links to be aggregated together to form a Link Aggregation Group, such that a MAC Client can treat the Link Aggregation Group as if it were a single link. To this end, it specifies the establishment of DTE to DTE logical links, consisting of N parallel instances of full duplex point-to-point links operating at the same data rate.
Notes: "SH94845"--Cover.

"IEEE Std 802.3ad-2000; amendment to IEEE Std 802.3, 1998 Edition."

"Approved 30 March 2000, IEEE-SA Standards Board."

"28 June 2000"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 2).