正如目前所定义的，IEEE网络涵盖以下领域：1.网络协议和架构，2.方案设计和验证，3.通信软件及其开发与测试，4.网络控制和信号发送，5.网络管理，6.实际的网络实现包括局域网（LAN）、城域网（MANS）和广域网（WAN），7.集成（语音/数据）网络和网络组件中的交换和处理，8.微对主机通信。
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.