Õ: tasand tähendab siin tasapinda, mitte lohakat kasutust taseme (level) tähenduses

olemus
marsruuteri või kommutaatori arhitektuuri mudelites: tasand, mis realiseerib juhttasandi käske marsruudi- jm tabelite abil
= the networking logic that basically determines suitable paths among available routing options provided from the control plane and forwards packets through the decided route

ülevaateid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_plane
http://blog.ipspace.net/2013/08/management-control-and-data-planes-in.html
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/lam/396m/slides/Network_data_plane.pdf
http://courses.washington.edu/ee565/handouts/chapter4.pdf

standardid
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3746