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Clear description of the referenced document:
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Name:
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IEEE 802.1AX-2008
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Title:
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IEEE Std. 802.1AX-2008: IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks - Link Aggregation
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Status of approval:
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Approved.
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Justification for the specific reference:
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Recommendation G.8264/Y.1364 provides specifications for Ethernet synchronization status messaging via the Ethernet synchronization status messaging channel (ESMC). The Recommendation is applicable to Ethernet physical layers defined by IEEE and also covers the case of Ethernet Link Aggregation, as specified by the IEEE in IEEE802.1AX-2008.
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Current information, if any, about IPR issues:
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Information on IEEE standards can be found at http://standards.ieee.org/db/patents/index.html
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Other useful information describing the "Quality" of the document:
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The document is in existence. It is very widely used technology.
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The degree of stability or maturity of the document:
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It is an approved IEEE standard. The 2008 revision was published on September 2008.
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Relationship with other existing or emerging documents:
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This specification is related to the 802.1 suite of standards developed by the IEEE.
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Any explicit references within that referenced document should also be listed:
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[1] IEEE Std 802-2001, IEEE Standards for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and Architecture.1, 2/
[2] IEEE Std 802.1DTM, IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges./
[3] IEEE Std 802.3TM, IEEE Standard for Information technology—Telecommunications and information exchange between systems—Local and metropolitan area networks—Specific requirements—Part 3: Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection (CSMA/CD) Access Method and Physical Layer Specifications./
[4] IETF RFC 1155, Structure and Identification of Management Information for TCP/IP-based Internets, Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, May 1990.3/
[5] IETF RFC 1157, A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Case, J., Fedor, M., Schoffstall, M., and J. Davin, May 1990./
[6] IETF RFC 1212, Concise MIB Definitions, Rose, M., and K. McCloghrie, March 1991./
[7] IETF RFC 1213 (IETF STD 17), Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II, McCloghrie K., and M. Rose, Editors, March 1991./
[8] IETF RFC 1215, A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the SNMP, M. Rose, March 1991./
[9] IETF RFC 1901, Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2, Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and S.Waldbusser, January 1996./
[10] ISO/IEC 8824: 1990, Information technology—Open Systems Interconnection—Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1).4/
[11] ISO/IEC 10165-2: 1992, Information technology—Open Systems Interconnection—Structure of management information: Definition of management information./
[12] ISO/IEC 10165-4: 1992, Information technology—Open Systems Interconnection—Management information services—Structure of management information—Part 4: Guidelines for the definition of managed objects./
[13] ISO/IEC 15802-1: 1995, Information technology—Telecommunications and information exchange between systems—Local and metropolitan area networks—Common specifications—Part 1: Medium Access Control (MAC) service definition./
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Qualification of
IEEE:
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The IEEE was recognized under the provisions of ITU-T Recommendation A.5 on 1 November 1999. Qualifying information is on file with TSB.
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Other (for any supplementary information):
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None.
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