networking standards organizations

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networking standards organizations
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Objectives

• Identify networking standards organizations
• Describe the functions of the principal
  networking standards organizations

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Network Standards Organizations

• Help ensure that equipment from different
  manufacturers can be integrated
• Key role in growth of networks and network
  equipment

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Network Standards Organizations
ANSI American National Standards Institute
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ITU International Telecommunications Union
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISOC Internet Society
IETF Internet Society and the Internet Engineering Task Force
EIA/TIA Electronic Industries Alliance and the Telecommunications Industry Association
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ANSI

• Established in 1918
• Standards for wide range of products
• Computer industry standards
• Screen-display attributes
• Digital telecommunications
• Fiber-optic cable transmissions

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IEEE

• International organization of scientists,
  engineers, technicians, and educators
• Develops networking standards for network cabling
  and data transmissions
• 802 standards

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ITU

• Sets telecommunications standards for modem and
  WAN communications
• International organization

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ISO

• Establishes communications and networking
  standards
• Known for its contributions to network protocol
  standards
• International organization

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ISOC and IETF

• ISOC
• Sponsors conferences and publications and
  oversees Internet standards
• Nonprofit international organization
• Supporter of Internet Corporation for Assigned
  Names and Numbers (ICANN)
• IETF
• Arm of ISOC that works on Internet-related
  technical issues such as routing