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IEEE-SA
AND IEEE POWER ENGINEERING SOCIETY TO HOLD MEETING ON BROADBAND
OVER POWER LINES
Call For Interest Meeting 7 June 2004, Denver, Colorado USA
Contact:
Sue Vogel, Manager, Technical Committee Programs
+1 732 562 3817; s.vogel@ieee.org
Edward Rashba,
Manager, New Technical Programs
+1 732 465 6449; e.rashba@ieee.org
For Release:
Immediate
PISCATAWAY,
NJ USA, 16 April 2004 The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA),
in conjunction with the IEEE Power Engineering Society, is holding
a Call for Interest in Standards Development for Broadband over
Power Lines (BPL). This meeting will focus on understanding how
standardization of BPL technologies will accelerate development
in this field and on determining what resources are available
from industry and IEEE Societies (Power Engineering Society, Communications
Society, EMC Society, and others) to drive these standards forward.
The objectives
of this meeting are to:
- Understand
what application spaces are envisioned (home, neighborhood wires,
long-distance power transmission lines)
- Review
the standards that exist already and are underway in different
fora
- Identify
those additional standards that may be needed
- Determine
what are the specific problems that need to be solved
- Identify
all regulatory issues, particularly those relating to interference
to licensed and unlicensed services that BPL implementations
might desire
- Identify
which companies are interested in driving successful technology
in this industry
- Determine
where potential new standards projects should be organized within
the IEEE
This initial
meeting will be held from 10am - 3pm on Monday, 7 June 2004, at
the IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting held in Denver,
Colorado, USA. Companies are welcome to send individuals to this
meeting in support of the above objectives. A registration form
for this meeting is located at www.ieee.org/bpl_reg,
which contains details for the $100 registration. Registered attendees
are invited to submit brief 10-minute presentations on suggestions
to meet the stated objectives. Since space may be limited, attendees
are asked to register in advance by 17 May 2004.
About
the IEEE Standards Association
The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), a global standards-setting
body, develops consensus standards through an open process that
brings diverse parts of an industry together. It has a portfolio
of more than 870 completed standards and more than 400 in development.
IEEE-SA promotes the engineering process by creating, developing,
integrating, sharing and applying knowledge about electro- and
information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity
and the profession. For further information on IEEE-SA visit:
http://standards.ieee.org/.
About the
IEEE
The IEEE has more than 380,000 members in approximately 150 countries.
Through its members, the organization is a leading authority on
areas ranging from aerospace, computers and telecommunications
to biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics. The IEEE
produces nearly 30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical
and electronics engineering, computing and control technology
fields. This nonprofit organization also sponsors or cosponsors
more than 300 technical conferences each year. Additional information
about the IEEE can be found at http://www.ieee.org/.
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