Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Normative references
3. Terms, definitions, and notation
4. Abbreviations and acronyms
5. Architecture overview
6. Medium access control (MAC) service and reference model
7. Medium access control datapath
8. MAC physical interface
9. Frame formats
10. Fairness
11. Topology discovery and protection
12. Operations, administration, and maintenance (OAM)
13. Layer management entity interface
14. Spatially aware sublayer
15. Protected inter-ring connection
Annex A (informative) - Bibliography
Annex B (normative) - PacketPHY reconciliation sublayers
Annex C (normative) - SONET/SDH reconciliation sublayers
Annex D (normative) - SNMP MIB definitions
Annex E (normative) - CRC and parity calculations
Annex F (informative) - 802.1D and 802.1Q bridging
        conformance
Annex G (informative) - Implementation guidelines
Annex H (informative) - C-code illustrations of CRC
        computations
Annex I (informative) - Datapath scenarios
Annex J (informative) - Spatial indications and shaping
Annex K (informative) - Client-based OAM operations using
        echo and flush
Index

Abstract

Defines a resilient packet ring access protocol for use in local, metropolitan, and wide area networks, along with appropriate physical layer specifications for transfer of data packets at rates scalable to multiple gigabits per second.

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
Pages
ISBN
Supersedes	IEEE 802.17C : 2010 IEEE 802.17B : 2007