News & Events

• 2013-06-14IEEE-SA - IEEE 1149.1™-2013 Designed to Slash Electronics Industry Costs by Allowing Test Re-Use Throughout Integrated Circuit Lifecycle
• 2013-06-14IEEE-SA - IEEE Interoperability Standard Now Available to Facilitate Deployment of Ethernet Passive Optical Networks
• 2013-06-11IEEE-SA - European Patent Office and IEEE Standards Association Announce Renewed Co-operation
• 2013-06-10IEEE-SA - IEEE Unveils Comprehensive Resource Portfolio to Drive Continued Advancement of the Global Smart Grid
• 2013-05-30IEEE-SA - IEEE Standards Association Symposium on EDA Interoperability Launched To Encourage Industry Adoption of Global Standards
• 2013-05-30IEEE-SA - IEEE 1801™-2013 Designed to Improve Energy Efficiency of Electronic Devices
• 2013-05-22IEEE-SA - IEEE Celebrates Ethernet's 40th Anniversary and Life-Changing Technologies that IEEE 802.3™ Standards Help Enable
• 2013-04-04IEEE-SA - IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group Honored by Ethernet Technology Summit
• 2013-04-02IEEE-SA - IEEE Launches Study Group to Explore 400 Gb/s Ethernet
• 2013-04-01IEEE-SA - IEEE Forms 4-Pair Power Over Ethernet (PoE) Study Group

SIMalliance Collaboration with IEEE Brings Mobile and Internet Authorities Together
SIMalliance, 8 May 2013

In recognition that the continued convergence of mobile and internet technologies requires a unified approach to standardisation and security, SIMalliance has announced a collaboration with IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) to encourage greater global cooperation between the mobile and internet industries as the ecosystem develops.

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eHealth Certification
IEEE Standards Education e-Magazine, 2nd Quarter 2013
By Lloyd Green, Marketing Director, IEEE Conformity Assessment Program, and Ravi Subramaniam, Technical Director, IEEE Conformity Assessment Program

To many, it is unfathomable that our lives are heavily impacted by standards. From a baby’s crib to the many consumer devices that we use daily - numerous standards are implemented. In some cases this is to meet some form of regulatory requirements. In other cases, it is because an industry believes that the standard will provide it the best opportunity to compete or benefit in a space - whether that advantage be based on user safety, product features enabled by standard implementation, or hospital building codes. No matter the driver, standards are pervasive. So, as our lives begin to depend more and more on the standards that the latest gadgets are built upon, the value of understanding the technical and economic impact of standards becomes that much more important.

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eHealth Sector Standardization: Simplifying the Complex through Education
IEEE Standards Education e-Magazine, 2nd Quarter 2013
By Pete Palmer, Director, Information Security, Surescripts

The healthcare industry is undergoing a revolution in the adoption information technology. The rate of growth over the past few years have been nothing short of outstanding. This growth has big implications for eHealth digital identity standardization. The concepts and inter dependencies of the evolving regulations and standards discussed in this article are not being taught in academic curriculum.

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IEEE Standards Soon to be Available from Austrian Standards

by admin| Thu, 13 Jun 2013

IEEE and Austrian Standards sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Vienna. Austrian Standards, the Austrian competence centre for standards and rules, will soon offer its customers direct access to the standards of the globally active IEEE, as a result of negotiations and the subject of an agreement signed by top representatives of the two [...]

Bob Metcalfe Celebrates 40 Years of Ethernet with a Reddit AMA

by admin| Mon, 10 Jun 2013

On 21 May, a day before the 40th Anniversary of Ethernet, Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet, held an "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) on Reddit.com. For two hours, the Reddit community jumped at the opportunity to do everything from share simple expressions of appreciation to ask complex technology questions. Bob was an instant sensation, attracting more than [...]

Charismatic Machines & Robot Comedy from SXSW 2013

by admin| Thu, 06 Jun 2013

At the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, IEEE presented the “Charismatic Machines & Robot Comedy” featuring Heather Knight, Electrical Engineer and Roboticist, and her robot, Data. Heather designs unique interfaces between people and machines that incorporate body language, personality, humor, temperament and spectacular stylings. Leveraging her research, Heather explores the ways psychology, expressive emotion, behavior system [...]

Insightful Reads – May 2013

by admin| Thu, 30 May 2013

Here are some interesting standards-related articles that have crossed our desktops that we thought were worth sharing. Hope you enjoy! At the Intersection of M2M, Smart Energy and eHealth — How will machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and smart energy impact eHealth? The answers to that question figure to roll out in multiple directions over the next [...]

Bringing Standards To Life: Insulin Pump

by admin| Fri, 24 May 2013

Did you know that IEEE standards are a part of monitoring your health? P11073-10419™ — Standard for Health informatics – Personal health device communication – Device specialization – Insulin pump IEEE 802.3™-2012 — IEEE Standard for Ethernet IEEE 802.11™-2012 — IEEE Standard for Information technology–Telecommunications and information exchange between systems Local and metropolitan area networks–Specific [...]

OpenStand Principles in Action at the IEEE-SA

by admin| Mon, 13 May 2013

At the IEEE-SA standards participants work within a market-driven standards model that has gathered maturity in certain key technology spaces, including the Internet. This paradigm for global, open standards is encapsulated in the "OpenStand" principles, and it is proven in its ability to help level regional barriers in the contemporary age of borderless commerce. The [...]

Omnipresent: When Virtual Meets Reality – IEEE at SXSW 2013

by admin| Thu, 09 May 2013

At the 2013 SXSW Interactive Festival, IEEE presented the “Omnipresent: When Virtual Meets Reality” panel where industry experts discussed Virtual and Augmented Reality. When the “virtual overlay” meets everyday life, everything changes, from the way we shop to the way we interact with the world around us. Today, augmented reality is moving beyond the virtual [...]

IEEE-SA STANDARDS BOARD APPROVALS
3 May/10 May 2013

New PARs

• P802.3bq (C/LM) IEEE Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Physical Layer and Management Parameters for 40 Gb/s Operation, Type 40GBASE-T
• P15026-1 (C/S2ESC) Systems and Software Engineering - Systems and Software Assurance - Part 1: Concepts and Vocabulary
• P24748-5 (C/S2ESC) Systems and Software Engineering - Life Cycle Management - Part 5: Software Development Planning
• P1890 (C/SS) Standard for Error Correction Coding of Flash Memory Using Low-Density Parity Check Codes
• P2030.5 (COM/PLC) Standard for Smart Energy Profile 2.0 Application Protocol
• P1910.1 (COM/SDB) Standard for Meshed Tree Bridging with Loop Free Forwarding
• P1891 (PE/NPE) Standard Criteria for Application of Intelligent Digital Devices to Nuclear Power Generating Stations
• P1889 (PE/PSIM) Guide for Evaluating and Testing the Electrical Performance of Energy Saving Devices
• PC37.246 (PE/PSR) Guide for Protection Systems of Transmission to Generation Interconnections
• P2030.102.1 (PE/SUB) Standard for Interoperability of Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) Utilized within Utility Control Systems

PARs for the Revision of Standards

• P12207 (C/S2ESC) Systems and software engineering - Software life cycle processes
• P15288 (C/S2ESC) Systems and software engineering - System life cycle processes
• P269 (COM/SDB) Standard for Measuring Electroacoustic Performance of Communication Devices
• P487 (PE/PSC) Standard for the Electrical Protection of Communication Facilities Serving Electric Supply Locations – General considerations
• P1711 (PE/SUB) Standard for a Cryptographic Protocol for Cyber Security of Substation Serial Links
• PC37.09 (PE/SWG) Standard Test Procedure for AC High-Voltage Circuit Breakers with Rated Maximum Voltage above 1000V
• P1453 (PE/T&D) Recommended Practice for the Analysis of Fluctuating Installations on Power Systems

Modified PARs

Withdrawn PARs

• PC37.016 (PE/SWG) Standard for AC High Voltage Circuit Switchers Rated 15.5kV through 245kV

New Standards

• P1629 (VT/RTSC) Standard for Performance of dc Overhead Current Collectors for Transit Vehicles
• P1900.4.1 (COM/DySPAN-SC) Standard for Interfaces and Protocols Enabling Distributed Decision Making for Optimized Radio Resource Usage in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
• P20000-1 (C/S2ESC) Standard Adoption of ISO/IEC 20000-1, Information Technology – Service Management - Part 1: Service Management System Requirements
• P20000-2 (C/S2ESC) Standard for Adoption of ISO/IEC 20000-2:2012, Information Technology – Service Management - Part 2: Guidance on the Application of Service Management Systems

Revision Standards

• P420 (PE/NPE) Standard for the Design and Qualification of Class 1E Control Boards, Panels, and Racks Used in Nuclear Power Generating Stations