IEEE 802.17b-2007.pdf

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IEEE Std 802.17b-2007
(Amendment to IEEE Std 802.17-2004)

IEEE Standard for Information technology—
Telecommunications and information exchange between systems—
Local and metropolitan area networks—
Specific requirements
Part 17: Resilient packet ring (RPR) access method and physical layer specifications
Amendment 1: Spatially aware sublayer

Approved 8 March 2007

Abstract: This amendment enables a service provider to use the architecture and protocols of IEEE Std 802.17TM-2004 to offer improvements in bandwidth utilization, by means of spatial reuse, for applications of RPR that involve bridging clients.
Keywords: bridging, fairness, layer management, medium access control, metropolitan area network (MAN), physical layer, protection switching, resilient packet ring (RPR), ring topology, spatial reuse, topology detection