P802.1AC-2016-Revision – MAC Service Definition
The standard defines the Media Access Control (MAC) Service provided by all IEEE 802® MACs, and the Internal Sublayer Service (ISS) provided within MAC Bridges, in abstract terms of the following: a) Their semantics, primitive actions, and events; and b) The parameters of, interrelationship between, and valid sequences of these actions and events.
This is a maintenance revision of IEEE Std 802.1AC-2016 as corrected by IEEE Std 802.1AC-2016/Cor-1-2018 and as amended by IEEE Std 802.1ACct-2021.
Current Status
| Status | First Task Group ballot |
| Current Draft | 802-1AC-2016-Rev-d0-3.pdf |
| PAR | Full title: Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks—Media Access Control (MAC) Service Definition PAR (Approved: 26 Sep 2024; Expires: 31 Dec 2028) |
| Editor | Jessy Rouyer |
Archive
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-21 | 802-1AC-2016-Rev-d0-2-dis-v01.pdf |
| 2025-10-21 | 802-1AC-2016-Rev-d0-2-pdis-v01.pdf |
| 2025-10-01 | 802-1AC-2016-Rev-d0-2.pdf |
| 2025-09-19 | 802-1AC-2016-Rev-d0-1-dis-v02.pdf |
| 2025-09-17 | 802-1AC-2016-Rev-d0-1-dis-v01.pdf |
| 2025-09-16 | 802-1AC-2016-Rev-d0-1-pdis-v01.pdf |
| 2025-08-09 | 802-1AC-2016-Rev-d0-1.pdf |
The dates listed are the website file dates; they may differ from the creation dates in the documents.
Contributions
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-21 | ac-2016-rev-rouyer-editor-report-1025-v01.pdf |
| 2025-09-16 | ac-2016-rev-rouyer-editor-report-0925-v01.pdf |
The above list includes only the latest version of updated documents and omits those superseded by subsequent discussion or inclusion in the current draft (see also any filenames including “maint-*-AC-REV-” in the 2025 public directories). The dates listed are the website file dates; they may differ from the creation dates in the documents.
Please contact the Editor or the Maintenance Task Group Chair if you have comments on the 802.1AC-2016-Rev page.