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}}</ref> The protocol is formally referred to by the IEEE as ''Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery'' specified in '''IEEE 802.1AB''' with additional support in IEEE 802.3 section 6 clause 79.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://standards.ieee.org/standardieee/802_1AB-2016802.html1AB/6047/|title=IEEE 802.1AB-2016 - IEEE Standard for Local and metropolitan area networks - Station and Media Access Control Connectivity Discovery}}</ref>
 
LLDP performs functions similar to several [[proprietary protocol]]s, such as [[Cisco Discovery Protocol]], [[Foundry Discovery Protocol]], [[Nortel Discovery Protocol]] and [[Link Layer Topology Discovery]].