text: what is ieee 802.7 & ieee 802.8?   ieee 802.7 is a sub-standard of the ieee 802 which covers broadband local area networks. the working group did issue a recommendation in 1989, but is currently inactive and in hibernation.  the fibre optic technical advisory group was to create a lan standard for fibre optic media used in token passing computer networks like fddi. this is part of the ieee 802 group of standards.