Institute of Electrial and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

The Institute of Electrial and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has facilitated the creation of many key networking standards. IEEE standards are especially prevalent at the physical and data link layers. Some of the most significant IEEE networking standards include:

• 802.1q
• 802.1p
• 802.1x
• 802.2
• 802.3
• 802.11a
• 802.11b
• 802.11g
• 802.11i
• 802.11n

References:

http://www.ieee.org/index.html

http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=90