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>From: Geoff Thompson <gthompso@nortelnetworks.com>
>Subject: You are in the news
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>NEWS RELEASE
>
>Contact:
> Karen McCabe, IEEE Senior Marketing Manager
> +1 732-562-3824
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>
>AMENDMENTS TO IEEE NETWORK STANDARDS ADDRESS ETHERTYPES AND POWER FOR
>LOW-POWER EQUIPMENT
>
>PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 11 July 2003 The Institute of Electrical and
>Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board
>approved two amendments to IEEE 802 wired network standards. IEEE 802a
>(TM)allows vendors to assign Ethernet Type numbers without depleting the
>number space, and IEEE 802.3af (TM) addresses how to supply power to
>low-power data terminal equipment with local area network (LAN) connectivity.
>
>IEEE 802a, "Ethertypes for Prototype and Vendor-Specific Protocol
>Development," gives vendors a small number of Ethernet Type values they
>can assign as protocol identifiers for prototype and experimental
>use. Until now, vendors applied for values from the limited Ethernet Type
>number space for both development and the final protocols. This led to
>wastage of the number space. IEEE 802a allows for prototype and
>experimental protocols without consuming type values and for permanent
>protocol identifier values to be assigned without consuming type values.
>
>IEEE 802.3af, "Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
>(CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications - Data Terminal
>Equipment (DTE) Power Via Media Dependent Interface (MDI)," defines how to
>feed power over balanced cabling to data terminal equipment having IEEE
>802.3 interfaces. The power level is limited by cabling physics and
>regulatory considerations. The standard specifically addresses a new
>class of low-power devices having IEEE 802.3 (TM) LAN connectivity.
>
>These projects were sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society.
>
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Regards,
Tony