IEEE 802.2
E91267
IEEE 802.2 is a legacy IEEE networking standard that defines the Logical Link Control (LLC) sublayer of the data link layer for local and metropolitan area networks.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IEEE 802.2 canonical | 4 |
| IEEE 802.2 LLC specification | 1 |
| IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control | 1 |
| IEEE 802.2 Logical Link Control header | 1 |
| Logical Link Control | 1 |
| Logical Link Control (LLC) | 1 |
| Logical Link Control sublayer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T767806 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IEEE 802.2 Context triple: [IEEE 802 family of standards, includesStandard, IEEE 802.2]
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A.
IEEE 802.24
IEEE 802.24 is an IEEE working group focused on developing and coordinating standards and guidance for vertical applications of IEEE 802 networking technologies, such as smart grid, smart cities, and industrial IoT.
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B.
IEEE 802.21
IEEE 802.21 is a standard that defines mechanisms to enable seamless handover and interoperability between heterogeneous network types, such as Wi-Fi, cellular, and Ethernet.
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C.
IEEE 802.1 standards family
The IEEE 802.1 standards family is a collection of IEEE networking standards that define higher-layer LAN protocols for bridging, network management, security, and time-sensitive networking over IEEE 802-based networks.
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D.
IEEE 802.19
IEEE 802.19 is an IEEE working group that develops standards and guidelines to ensure effective coexistence and interference management among wireless networks operating in shared or adjacent frequency bands.
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E.
IEEE 802.3 Clause 28
IEEE 802.3 Clause 28 is the section of the Ethernet standard that defines the Auto-Negotiation mechanism used by twisted-pair Ethernet PHYs to automatically select link parameters such as speed and duplex.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IEEE 802.2 Target entity description: IEEE 802.2 is a legacy IEEE networking standard that defines the Logical Link Control (LLC) sublayer of the data link layer for local and metropolitan area networks.
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A.
IEEE 802.24
IEEE 802.24 is an IEEE working group focused on developing and coordinating standards and guidance for vertical applications of IEEE 802 networking technologies, such as smart grid, smart cities, and industrial IoT.
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B.
IEEE 802.21
IEEE 802.21 is a standard that defines mechanisms to enable seamless handover and interoperability between heterogeneous network types, such as Wi-Fi, cellular, and Ethernet.
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C.
IEEE 802.1 standards family
The IEEE 802.1 standards family is a collection of IEEE networking standards that define higher-layer LAN protocols for bridging, network management, security, and time-sensitive networking over IEEE 802-based networks.
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D.
IEEE 802.19
IEEE 802.19 is an IEEE working group that develops standards and guidelines to ensure effective coexistence and interference management among wireless networks operating in shared or adjacent frequency bands.
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E.
IEEE 802.3 Clause 28
IEEE 802.3 Clause 28 is the section of the Ethernet standard that defines the Auto-Negotiation mechanism used by twisted-pair Ethernet PHYs to automatically select link parameters such as speed and duplex.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IEEE standard
ⓘ
data link layer protocol specification ⓘ networking standard ⓘ |
| appliesToLayer |
Layer 2 of the OSI model
ⓘ
data link layer ⓘ |
| belongsToCommittee | IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee ⓘ |
| category | LAN/MAN data communications standard ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
IEEE 802 family of standards
ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 802 MAC sublayer
|
| defines |
Control field for LLC
ⓘ
Destination Service Access Point field ⓘ LLC PDU formats ⓘ LLC header format ⓘ LLC service classes ⓘ IEEE 802.2 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Logical Link Control sublayer
Service Access Point identifiers ⓘ Source Service Access Point field ⓘ |
| definesServiceAccessPointsFor | network layer ⓘ |
| designedForUseWith |
IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard
ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 802.3 Ethernet
IEEE 802.4 token bus ⓘ IEEE 802.5 ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 802.5 token ring
|
| distinguishedFrom |
IEEE 802 family of standards
ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 802.x MAC sublayer standards
|
| focusesOn |
error control at LLC level
ⓘ
flow control at LLC level ⓘ link-level addressing above MAC ⓘ |
| introduced | concept of SAP-based multiplexing over a single MAC ⓘ |
| partOf | IEEE 802 family of standards ⓘ |
| provides |
LLC service primitives
ⓘ
acknowledged connectionless LLC service ⓘ connection-oriented LLC service ⓘ connectionless LLC service ⓘ |
| relationshipToOSI | maps OSI network layer services onto IEEE 802 LANs ⓘ |
| role | provides a uniform interface to the network layer over different MAC protocols ⓘ |
| scope |
local area networks
ⓘ
metropolitan area networks ⓘ |
| separates | LLC functions from MAC functions ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ |
| status | legacy standard ⓘ |
| sublayerOf | data link layer ⓘ |
| supports |
Type 1 LLC operation
ⓘ
Type 2 LLC operation ⓘ Type 3 LLC operation ⓘ |
| usedBy |
IP over IEEE 802 networks (historically)
ⓘ
NetBIOS over IEEE 802 networks ⓘ |
| uses |
DSAP
ⓘ
LLC control field ⓘ SSAP ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IEEE 802.2 Description of subject: IEEE 802.2 is a legacy IEEE networking standard that defines the Logical Link Control (LLC) sublayer of the data link layer for local and metropolitan area networks.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Logical Link Control sublayer
this entity surface form:
Logical Link Control
this entity surface form:
Logical Link Control (LLC)