Chapter Summary Continued
Various standards organizations have contributed to the way networks are designed and implemented.
The IEEE has defined many standards including 802.2 and 802.3 which define media access control, Ethernet, Token Bus, and Token-Ring standards among others.
EIA/TIA have jointly defined many media standards.
ANSI is a facilitator of standards and implemented FDDI.
ITU is associated with ISDN.
UL is associated with safety and a cable labeling program.