IEEE 802.3 MAC frame
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The IEEE 802.3 MAC frame is the standard Ethernet data link layer frame structure that encapsulates payload data with addressing, type/length, and error-checking fields for transmission over IEEE 802.3 networks.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ethernet II frames | 1 |
| Ethernet MAC layer | 1 |
| IEEE 802.3 Ethernet frame | 1 |
| IEEE 802.3 MAC | 1 |
| IEEE 802.3 MAC frame canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2108448 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IEEE 802.3 MAC frame Context triple: [10BASE-T, frameFormat, IEEE 802.3 MAC frame]
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A.
IEEE 802.3 Clause 28
IEEE 802.3 Clause 28 is the section of the Ethernet standard that defines the Auto-Negotiation mechanism used by twisted-pair Ethernet PHYs to automatically select link parameters such as speed and duplex.
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B.
IEEE 802.2
IEEE 802.2 is a legacy IEEE networking standard that defines the Logical Link Control (LLC) sublayer of the data link layer for local and metropolitan area networks.
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C.
IEEE 802.1D MAC bridging standard
The IEEE 802.1D MAC bridging standard is a networking specification that defines how Ethernet bridges and switches forward frames and prevent loops in local area networks, including the original Spanning Tree Protocol.
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D.
IEEE 802 family of standards
The IEEE 802 family of standards is a collection of networking specifications that define the physical and data link layers for local and metropolitan area networks, including widely used technologies such as Ethernet and Wi‑Fi.
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E.
IEEE 802.3ck
IEEE 802.3ck is an Ethernet physical layer standard that defines 100G, 200G, and 400G electrical interfaces over copper channels for high-speed data center and networking applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IEEE 802.3 MAC frame Target entity description: The IEEE 802.3 MAC frame is the standard Ethernet data link layer frame structure that encapsulates payload data with addressing, type/length, and error-checking fields for transmission over IEEE 802.3 networks.
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A.
IEEE 802.3 Clause 28
IEEE 802.3 Clause 28 is the section of the Ethernet standard that defines the Auto-Negotiation mechanism used by twisted-pair Ethernet PHYs to automatically select link parameters such as speed and duplex.
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B.
IEEE 802.2
IEEE 802.2 is a legacy IEEE networking standard that defines the Logical Link Control (LLC) sublayer of the data link layer for local and metropolitan area networks.
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C.
IEEE 802.1D MAC bridging standard
The IEEE 802.1D MAC bridging standard is a networking specification that defines how Ethernet bridges and switches forward frames and prevent loops in local area networks, including the original Spanning Tree Protocol.
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D.
IEEE 802 family of standards
The IEEE 802 family of standards is a collection of networking specifications that define the physical and data link layers for local and metropolitan area networks, including widely used technologies such as Ethernet and Wi‑Fi.
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E.
IEEE 802.3ck
IEEE 802.3ck is an Ethernet physical layer standard that defines 100G, 200G, and 400G electrical interfaces over copper channels for high-speed data center and networking applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Ethernet frame format
ⓘ
data link layer protocol data unit ⓘ |
| definedInStandard |
IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard
ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 802.3
|
| encapsulates | payload data ⓘ |
| hasField |
Destination MAC Address
ⓘ
Frame Check Sequence ⓘ Length/Type ⓘ IEEE 802.2 ⓘ
surface form:
Logical Link Control
MAC Client Data ⓘ MAC Client Data Header ⓘ MAC Client Data Padding ⓘ MAC Client Data Trailer ⓘ MAC Control ⓘ MAC Control Header ⓘ MAC Control Opcode ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Header ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Padding ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Parameters ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Parameters Header ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Parameters Padding ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Parameters Padding Header ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Parameters Padding Header Trailer ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Parameters Padding Header Trailer Padding ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Parameters Padding Header Trailer Padding Header ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Parameters Padding Header Trailer Padding Header Trailer ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Parameters Padding Header Trailer Padding Header Trailer Padding ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Parameters Padding Header Trailer Padding Header Trailer Padding Header ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Parameters Padding Header Trailer Padding Header Trailer Padding Header Trailer ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Parameters Padding Header Trailer Padding Header Trailer Padding Header Trailer Padding ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Parameters Padding Header Trailer Padding Header Trailer Padding Trailer ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Parameters Padding Header Trailer Padding Trailer ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Parameters Padding Trailer ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Parameters Trailer ⓘ MAC Control Opcode Trailer ⓘ MAC Control Padding ⓘ MAC Control Parameters ⓘ MAC Control Trailer ⓘ Source MAC Address ⓘ |
| layer | data link layer ⓘ |
| standardizedBy |
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE
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| subLayer | MAC sublayer ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Ethernet
ⓘ
IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 802.3 networks
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IEEE 802.3 MAC frame Description of subject: The IEEE 802.3 MAC frame is the standard Ethernet data link layer frame structure that encapsulates payload data with addressing, type/length, and error-checking fields for transmission over IEEE 802.3 networks.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ethernet II frames
this entity surface form:
IEEE 802.3 Ethernet frame
this entity surface form:
IEEE 802.3 MAC
this entity surface form:
Ethernet MAC layer