As currently defined, IEEE Network covers the following areas: 1. network protocols and architectures, 2. Protocol design and validation, 3. Communication software and its development and test, 4. Network control and signalling, 5. network management, 6. Practical network implementations including local area networks, (LANs), metropolitan area networks (MANs), and wide area networks, (WANs), 7. Switching and processing in integrated (voice/data) networks and network components, 8. Micro-to-host communication.

正如目前所定義的，IEEE網(wǎng)絡(luò)涵蓋以下領(lǐng)域：1.網(wǎng)絡(luò)協(xié)議和架構(gòu)，2.方案設(shè)計(jì)和驗(yàn)證，3.通信軟件及其開發(fā)與測(cè)試，4.網(wǎng)絡(luò)控制和信號(hào)發(fā)送，5.網(wǎng)絡(luò)管理，6.實(shí)際的網(wǎng)絡(luò)實(shí)現(xiàn)包括局域網(wǎng)（LAN）、城域網(wǎng)（MANS）和廣域網(wǎng)（WAN），7.集成（語(yǔ)音/數(shù)據(jù)）網(wǎng)絡(luò)和網(wǎng)絡(luò)組件中的交換和處理，8.微對(duì)主機(jī)通信。