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  ITU-T A.5 justification information for referenced document IEEE 802.1AB-2009 in draft G.9943
1. Clear description of the referenced document:
Name: IEEE 802.1AB-2009
Title: IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks - Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery IEEE 802.1AB describes the management objects and protocol that can be used for Layer 1 topology discovery in Ethernet LANs.
2. Status of approval:
Approved as standard.
3. Justification for the specific reference:
This document deals with the management of home networks. This reference is needed to manage external technology not specified in ITU-T.
4. Current information, if any, about IPR issues:
No known issues.
5. Other useful information describing the "Quality" of the document:
New standard.
6. The degree of stability or maturity of the document:
New standard.
7. Relationship with other existing or emerging documents:
G.8011/Y.1307 specifies the Ethernet transport UNI and NNI for Ethernet Private Line services, including how to handle the control frames.
8. Any explicit references within that referenced document should also be listed:
[1] IEEE Std 802, IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and Architecture./
[2] IEEE Std 802a, IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Overview and Architecture—Amendment 1: Ethertypes for Prototype and Vendor-Specific Protocol Development./
[3] IEEE Std 802.1AE, IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks—Media Access Control (MAC) Security./
[4] IEEE Std 802.1AX, IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks—Link Aggregation./
[5] IEEE Std 802.1D, IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Media Access Control (MAC) Bridges./
[6] IEEE Std 802.1Q, IEEE Standards for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks./
[7] IEEE Std 802.1X, IEEE Standard for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks—Port-Based Network Access Control./
[8] IEEE Std 802.3, 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./
[9] IETF RFC 1812, Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers, Baker, F., June 1995./
[10] IETF RFC 2108, Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Repeater Devices using SMIv2, de Graaf, K., and Romascanu, D., February 1997./
[11] IETF RFC 2863, The Interfaces Group MIB, McCloghrie, K. and Kastenholz, F., June 2000./
[12] IETF RFC 3046, DHCP Relay Agent Information Option, Patrick, M., January 2001./
[13] IETF RFC 3232, Assigned Numbers: RFC 1700 is Replaced by an On-line Database, Reynolds, J., January 2002./
[14] IETF RFC 3410, Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet Standard Management Framework, Case, J., Mundy, R.,Partain, D., and Stewart, B., December 2002./
[15] IETF RFC 3417, Transport Mappings for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Presuhn, R., Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., Waldbusser, S., December 2002./
[16] IETF RFC 3418, Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Presuhn, R., ED., December 2002./
[17] IETF RFC 3621, Power Ethernet MIB, Berger, A. and Romascanu, D., December 2003./
[18] IETF RFC 3629, UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646, Yergeau, F. November 2003./
[19] IETF RFC 4133, Entity MIB (Version 3), A. Bierman, K. McCloghrie, August 2005./
[20] IETF RFC 4293, Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol (IP), S. Routhier, Ed., April 2006./
[21] IETF RFC 4363, Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges with Traffic Classes, Multicast Filtering, and Virtual LAN Extensions, D. Levi, D. Harrington, January 2006./
[22] IETF RFC 4502, Remote Network Monitoring Management Information Base Version 2, Waldbusser, S., May 2006./
[23] IETF RFC 4546, Radio Frequency (RF) Interface Management Information Base for Data over Cable Service Interface Specifications (DOCSIS) 2.0 Compliant RF Interfaces, D. Raftus, E. Cardona, June 2006./
[24] IETF RFC 4639, Cable Device Management Information Base for Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) Compliant Cable Modems and Cable Modem Termination Systems, R. Woundy, K. Marez, December 2006./
[25] IETF RFC 4789, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) over IEEE 802 Networks, J. Schoenwaelder, T. Jeffree, November 2006./
[26] IETF RFC 4836, Definitions of Managed Objects for IEEE 802.3 Medium Attachment Units (MAUs), E. Beili, April 2007./
[27] ISO/IEC 8824-1 [ITU-T Rec. X.680 (2002)], Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1): Specification of Basic Notation.
9. Qualification of IEEE:
The IEEE was recognized under the provisions of ITU-T Recommendation A.5 on 1 November 1999. Qualifying information is on file with TSB.
10. Other (for any supplementary information):
None
Note: This form is based on Recommendation ITU-T A.5