Appendix C
C
C.1
Underlying standards
Standards met by SCALANCE W devices completely or partly
The following table lists some of the standards for SCALANCE W devices.
Name of the standard
Topic
IEEE 802.1AB
Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)
IEEE 802.1D-1998
Media Access Control (MAC), bridges
IEEE 802.1Q
Virtual Bridged LANs (VLAN Tagging, Port Based VLANs)
IEEE 802.1W-2004
Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP)
IEEE 802.1X
Port Based Network Access Control
IEEE 802.3-2002
Ethernet
IEEE 802.3af
Power over Ethernet (PoE)
IEEE 802.11
Wireless Local Area Network
IEEE 802.11a
Wireless standard for use of the 5 GHz frequency band
IEEE 802.11at
PoE +
IEEE 802.11b/g
Wireless standard for use of the 2.4 GHz frequency band
IEEE 802.11e
Quality of Service (QoS)
IEEE 802.11 h
Expansion of the spectrum and transmit power for use of the 5 GHz fre‐
quency range in Europe.
IEEE 802.11i
Encryption of WLANS
IEEE 802.11n
Standard for high transmission rates
IEEE 802.11ac
Standard for very high transmission rates in the 5 GHz frequency band
IEEE 802.11w
Standard for encryption of the transmitted management information for
setup and operation of data connections
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