IEEE 802.17
E91669
IEEE 802.17 is a networking standard that defines resilient packet ring (RPR) technology for efficient, high-speed data transport in metropolitan area networks.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IEEE 802.17 canonical | 1 |
| IEEE 802.17 Working Group | 1 |
| IEEE Standard 802.17 | 1 |
| Resilient Packet Ring | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T767812 — 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 802.17 Context triple: [IEEE 802 family of standards, includesStandard, IEEE 802.17]
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A.
IEEE 802.1Qfq
IEEE 802.1Qfq is a time-sensitive networking amendment that specifies a fair queuing-based transmission selection algorithm to provide low-latency, deterministic traffic scheduling in Ethernet networks.
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B.
IEEE 802.1Qca
IEEE 802.1Qca is an amendment to the IEEE 802.1Q standard that specifies path control and reservation mechanisms for deterministic and traffic-engineered Ethernet networks.
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C.
IEEE 802.1Qbu
IEEE 802.1Qbu is an Ethernet networking standard that defines frame preemption to improve latency and reliability for time-sensitive traffic in bridged networks.
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D.
IEEE 802.1Qfh
IEEE 802.1Qfh is an Ethernet networking standard within the IEEE 802.1 family that specifies mechanisms for enhanced path control and forwarding in bridged networks.
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E.
IEEE 802.1Qcw
IEEE 802.1Qcw is an amendment to the IEEE 802.1Q standard that enhances time-sensitive networking by adding features for centralized configuration and improved queuing and forwarding of time-critical traffic in bridged networks.
- 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 802.17 Target entity description: IEEE 802.17 is a networking standard that defines resilient packet ring (RPR) technology for efficient, high-speed data transport in metropolitan area networks.
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A.
IEEE 802.1Qfq
IEEE 802.1Qfq is a time-sensitive networking amendment that specifies a fair queuing-based transmission selection algorithm to provide low-latency, deterministic traffic scheduling in Ethernet networks.
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B.
IEEE 802.1Qca
IEEE 802.1Qca is an amendment to the IEEE 802.1Q standard that specifies path control and reservation mechanisms for deterministic and traffic-engineered Ethernet networks.
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C.
IEEE 802.1Qbu
IEEE 802.1Qbu is an Ethernet networking standard that defines frame preemption to improve latency and reliability for time-sensitive traffic in bridged networks.
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D.
IEEE 802.1Qfh
IEEE 802.1Qfh is an Ethernet networking standard within the IEEE 802.1 family that specifies mechanisms for enhanced path control and forwarding in bridged networks.
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E.
IEEE 802.1Qcw
IEEE 802.1Qcw is an amendment to the IEEE 802.1Q standard that enhances time-sensitive networking by adding features for centralized configuration and improved queuing and forwarding of time-critical traffic in bridged networks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IEEE 802 standard
ⓘ
metropolitan area network standard ⓘ networking standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation | RPR ⓘ |
| applicationDomain |
carrier networks
ⓘ
metro Ethernet backbones ⓘ service provider transport networks ⓘ |
| category |
metropolitan area network technology
ⓘ
packet ring technology ⓘ |
| defines |
IEEE 802.17
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Resilient Packet Ring
|
| designedFor |
carrier-class services
ⓘ
high-availability networks ⓘ |
| developedBy |
IEEE 802.17
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 802.17 Working Group
|
| focusesOn |
efficient bandwidth utilization
ⓘ
high-speed data transport ⓘ metropolitan area networks ⓘ packet-based ring networks ⓘ resilience to failures ⓘ |
| fullName |
IEEE 802.17
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE Standard 802.17
|
| goal |
efficient use of ring bandwidth
ⓘ
fast recovery from link or node failures ⓘ support for differentiated services ⓘ support for multiple traffic classes ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
automatic protection switching
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resilient packet forwarding ⓘ spatial reuse of ring bandwidth ⓘ |
| layer | data link layer ⓘ |
| organization | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ |
| partOf | IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
MPLS-based transport
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SONET/SDH transport networks ⓘ metro Ethernet ⓘ |
| standardizes |
control messages for ring operation
ⓘ
frame formats for resilient packet rings ⓘ mechanisms for bandwidth allocation ⓘ mechanisms for topology discovery ⓘ |
| supports |
bidirectional traffic on ring
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broadcast traffic ⓘ multicast traffic ⓘ protection switching ⓘ quality of service mechanisms ⓘ spatial reuse of bandwidth ⓘ traffic engineering ⓘ unicast traffic ⓘ |
| topology | ring topology ⓘ |
| transportType | packet-based transport ⓘ |
| uses |
MAC layer protocols
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fairness algorithms ⓘ protection mechanisms for ring failures ⓘ |
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 802.17 Description of subject: IEEE 802.17 is a networking standard that defines resilient packet ring (RPR) technology for efficient, high-speed data transport in metropolitan area networks.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
IEEE Standard 802.17
this entity surface form:
Resilient Packet Ring
this entity surface form:
IEEE 802.17 Working Group