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IEEE STANDARDS ASSOCIATION TO EXHIBIT AT 2013 INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW AND HIGHLIGHT ENABLING CONSUMER CONNECTIVITY THROUGH CONSENSUS BUILDING

Health-device communications, home networking, mobile video, smart grid-into-home devices and electric vehicles standards, and standards-development projects to be featured

Shuang Yu, Senior Manager, Solutions Marketing
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PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 3 January 2013 - The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) today announced that it is exhibiting at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, 8-11 January 2013. By showcasing several of its standards, and standards-development projects in health-device communications, home networking, mobile video, smart grid-into-home devices and electric vehicles, the IEEE-SA will highlight enabling consumer connectivity through consensus building.

The IEEE-SA will exhibit in IEEE Booth 30242 in South Hall 3 of the Las Vegas Convention Center.

WHAT:
At 2013 International CES, the IEEE-SA will demonstrate how it is enabling consumer connectivity through consensus building by showcasing standards, and standards-development projects in a wide variety of areas, including health-device communications, home networking, mobile video, smart grid-into-home devices and electric vehicles.

Among the features in Booth 30242, the IEEE-SA will offer demonstrations of health-device communications based on the IEEE 11073™ family of standards.

WHEN:
CES duration: 8-11 January 2013
IEEE 11073 demonstrations: 9-10 January 2013, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

WHERE:
Booth 30242, Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall 3

WHY:
By bringing industry together to craft interoperable standards for products that consumers crave, the IEEE-SA helps foster consumer connectivity. With processes for consensus building that impact the entire standards lifecycle including pre-standards technology exploration, standards development and market implementation, the IEEE-SA has an unparalleled track record when it comes to creating the standards that connect people.

As a result of enabling consumer connectivity through consensus building, the IEEE-SA supports advancing technology for humanity, helping to improve quality of life, driving innovation, helping to create global markets and protecting health and safety.

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IEEE 802.3™ ETHERNET WORKING GROUP HONORED BY ETHERNET TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT

IEEE 802.3 working group's efforts in defining and promoting Ethernet technology and standards applauded

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PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 04 April 2013 - IEEE, the world's largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity, today announced that the IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet Working Group has been honored by the Ethernet Technology Summit with its Ethernet Achievement Award. The award recognizes the contributions of the working group in defining and promoting Ethernet technology and standards.

The IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group was honored during the Ethernet Technology Summit's 40th Anniversary Celebration on April 3 in Santa Clara, Calif.

"Without the time and effort dedicated by key people and the ideas they provided, Ethernet would not be the leading networking technology in use today. Certainly the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group and its members are among those individuals," said Lance A. Leventhal, program chairperson of the Ethernet Technology Summit. "The IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group is responsible for many standards that have contributed substantially to making Ethernet a huge success story."

Ethernet is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Deployment of technology defined by the IEEE 802.3 standard is already globally pervasive, driven by the ever-growing needs of local area, access and metropolitan area networks around the world. Beyond traditional networks, new application areas such as networking for automotive and other industries are looking to expand their reliance on Ethernet in their networks. To better address the needs of all of these areas and applications (e.g. industrial and entertainment), the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard is constantly evolving and expanding. The success of the standard—from its inception through today—has been its open and transparent development process. This is a prime example of the "OpenStand" principles. These principles encapsulate a modern paradigm for global, open standards that can be extended broadly to other technology spaces.

"On behalf of the working group, I thank the Ethernet Technology Summit for the Ethernet Achievement Award," said Wael William Diab, vice chair of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group and senior technical director at Broadcom. "IEEE is a proven environment for developing market-driven standards that become widely deployed and globally relevant, and in no technology space has this dynamic been more evident than in Ethernet and the IEEE 802.3 family of standards. IEEE 802.3 initially was developed in order to standardize connectivity among personal computers, printers, servers and other devices inside a LAN, but the standard has steadily evolved to deliver increased capacities and connect more devices, users, media types and protocols across more types of networks."

The Ethernet Technology Summit also recognized several members of the IEEE 802.3 working group for their individual contributions to the Ethernet industry, including Brad Booth, distinguished engineer, Dell; John D’Ambrosia, chief Ethernet evangelist, Dell; Howard Frazier, senior technical director, Broadcom, and Shimon Muller, senior principal engineer, Oracle. Additionally, among those honored by the IEEE Santa Clara Valley Section with its Unsung Heroes Award were working-group member Geoff Thompson and former working-group member Ron Crane.

For more information about the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group, please visit the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group Web page.

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IEEE LAUNCHES STUDY GROUP TO EXPLORE 400 GB/S ETHERNET

New IEEE 802.3™ study group formed to examine ways to efficiently support ever-increasing, exponential bandwidth growth for Ethernet networks

Shuang Yu, Senior Manager, Solutions Marketing
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PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 02 April 2013 - IEEE, the world's largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity, today announced the launch of an IEEE 802.3™ "Standard for Ethernet" study group to explore development of a 400 Gb/s Ethernet standard to efficiently support ever-increasing, exponential network bandwidth growth.

"Traffic is growing everywhere—more Internet users, more ways to access the Internet more quickly, higher-bandwidth content, new applications enabled, etc.—and it's critical that we move now to create a plan for the Ethernet ecosystem to evolve beyond today's capabilities, in order to be to accommodate the burgeoning bandwidth tsunami," said John D'Ambrosia, chair of the new IEEE 802.3 400 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group and chief Ethernet evangelist, CTO office, Dell. "The launch of this study group is the next critical step in evolving the IEEE 802.3 standard to stay ahead of industry’s needs. It builds on two years of open efforts around inviting Ethernet's vast array of stakeholders into the work of assessing and tackling the market's emerging application requirements."

The IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment report, which precipitated the launch of the IEEE 802.3 Industry Connections Higher Speed Ethernet Consensus group in August 2012, forecasted that networks will need to support 58 percent compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) on average. Driven by simultaneous increases in users, access methodologies, access rates and services (such as video on demand and social media), the report said, networks would need to support capacity requirements of 1 terabit per second in 2015 and 10 terabit per second by 2020 if current trends continue. These open Industry Connections efforts helped build consensus on the need for an Ethernet solution beyond 100 Gb/s and to launch a "call for interest" within IEEE for a study group to explore development of a 400 Gb/s Ethernet standard.

"Ethernet is an arena of constant innovation, driven by the market demand for support of new ever-increasing bandwidth speeds, as well as new protocols, applications and media types," said Alan Weckel, vice president enterprise and data center market research at Dell'Oro Group. "Global bandwidth requirements are continuing to grow exponentially, and that makes it so important that the IEEE 802.3 standards community take proactive steps such as assessing needs and launching this study group. Standards-based solutions are integral to maintaining business growth across the Ethernet ecosystem."

Individuals interested in the future of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet wireline standards are invited to contribute to the IEEE 802.3 400 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group, which is scheduled to meet during the IEEE 802.1™/802.3 May 2013 Joint Interim, scheduled for 14-17 May 2013 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. For more information about the meeting, please visit the IEEE 802.1/802.3 May 2013 Joint Interim Web page.

"An IEEE 802.3 study group is formed when there is interest in developing a request to initiate an IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standards-development project," said David Law, chair of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group and distinguished engineer with HP Networking. "The IEEE 802.3 400 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group will provide an opportunity for expertise from across application spaces and geographic regions worldwide to collaborate on a proposal for development of a 400 Gb/s Ethernet standard, and I look forward to its work in further galvanizing the Ethernet ecosystem around next steps and accelerating potential future standards-development activities."

Ethernet is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Deployment of technology defined by the IEEE 802.3 standard is already globally pervasive, driven by the ever-growing needs of local area, access and metropolitan area networks around the world. Beyond traditional networks, new application areas such as networking for industrial, automotive and other industries are looking to expand their reliance on Ethernet in their networks. To better address the needs of all of these areas, the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard is constantly evolving and expanding. The success of the standard—from its inception through today—has been its open and transparent development process, which is an example of the "OpenStand" principles. These principles encapsulate a modern paradigm for global, open standards that can be extended broadly to other technology spaces.

For more information, please visit the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group Web page. For more information about the IEEE 802.3 400 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group, please visit the IEEE 802.3 400 Gb/s Ethernet Study Group.

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IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT) WORKSHOP TO PROVIDE CROSS-INDUSTRY COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES AND IDENTIFY STANDARDIZATION GAPS

Upcoming event in Shenzhen, China, underscores IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) support for IoT innovation

Shuang Yu, Senior Manager, Solutions Marketing
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PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 28 March 2013 - IEEE, the world's largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity, today announced that the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) will host an Internet of Things (IoT) Workshop, 12 April 2013 in Shenzhen, China. The workshop will provide attendees with a means to identify collaboration opportunities and standardization gaps related to IoT. In addition, the workshop will help industry foster continued growth in IoT markets, leverage IEEE's value and platform for IoT industry-wide consensus development and assist with the creation of a vibrant IoT ecosystem.

"From the hand to the home to the office, computing and networking technologies are playing an ever-increasing role as our connected devices become an integral part of our daily lives," said Wael William Diab, vice chair of the IEEE-SA Corporate Advisory Group (CAG), member of IEEE Standards Association Standards Board (SASB), vice chair of the IEEE 802.3™ Ethernet Working Group and senior technical director at Broadcom Corporation. "The IEEE-SA focuses on fostering cross-industry innovation and recognition of IoT technology’s value and benefit to industry and humanity, as well as developing essential networking standards such as the IEEE 802® family."

With the expectation that 50 to 100 billion things will be electronically connected by the year 2020, the IEEE-SA has published dozens of standards related to IoT and has several development projects that focus on its future. The IoT will support the means for machine-to-machine communication by electronically connecting the billions of "things" and objects that appear in everyday, globally recognized networks.

During a panel at the 9 March 2013 SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, Texas, United States, the future of IoT was discussed and debated by visionaries from the IEEE-SA, Broadcom, STMicroelectronics and the Telx Group. The panelists explored the dynamics of the interconnection and convergence of electronic devices and addressed the need for a more interdisciplinary approach to design, engineering, development, communication and privacy.

"Get ready: The Internet of Things is about to meet the Internet of People, in which pervasive connectivity and embedded intelligence will enable the environment to learn about us and cater to our needs and habits to ensure our comfort while maximizing energy efficiency," said Oleg Logvinov, member of the IEEE SASB, member of the IEEE-SA CAG, vice chair of the IEEE P1901.2™ Working Group, chair of the IEEE PHYMAC Sub-working Group and director of market development, industrial and power conversion division with STMicroelectronics. "These are the 'smart homes' and 'smart cities' you've been hearing about for years. The IEEE-SA has already made the first steps toward this vision with the convergent network standard IEEE 1905.1™-2013 'Standard for a Convergent Digital Home Network for Heterogeneous Technologies.' We are also looking at application-level convergence to bring together entertainment, Internet of Energy and electric vehicles."

For more information on the upcoming workshop in Shenzhen, China, visit the IEEE-SA IoT Workshop Web page.

For more information on IoT-related standards and development projects, visit the IEEE-SA Internet of Things Web page.

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SMART GRID INTEROPERABILITY PANEL (SGIP) APPROVES INCLUSION OF IEEE 1901™-2010 INTO ITS CATALOG OF STANDARDS

SGIP's Participating Members in Good Standing elect to include IEEE 1901 as part of its collection of preferred smart grid standards

Shuang Yu, Senior Manager, Solutions Marketing
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PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 27 March 2013 - IEEE, the world's largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity, today announced that the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) and its Participating Members in Good Standing have approved the inclusion of IEEE 1901™-2010 "IEEE Standard for Broadband over Power Line Networks: Medium Access Control and Physical Layer Specifications" into its "Catalog of Standards."

Established in December 2009 by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a public-private partnership, SGIP provides a framework for coordinating all smart grid stakeholders to help accelerate standards harmonization and advance the interoperability of smart grid devices and systems.

After the SGIP's board of governors' recommendation, plenary voting among the panel's Participating Members in Good Standing resulted in the inclusion of the IEEE 1901 standard in its catalog, which is a collection of standards and practices that the SGIP considers to be relevant for the development and deployment of a robust, interoperable and secure smart grid.

"The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) is honored that the SGIP has recognized the importance of IEEE 1901 to the future of smart-grid deployment and its ongoing development," said Bill Ash, strategic program manager with the IEEE-SA. "Having the SGIP approve the inclusion of our standard in its catalog underscores the importance of smart-grid expansion and advancement worldwide. We understand that collaboration among multiple organizations is paramount to the smart grid's success."

The IEEE 1901 standard was developed for the benefit of high-speed communication devices via electric power lines—also known as broadband over power line (BPL). The standard delivers data rates in excess of 500 Mbps in LAN applications and is used with transmission frequencies below 100 MHz. In addition, the standard provides numerous benefits to utilities, service providers, consumer electronics companies, smart-meter providers and home appliance manufacturers—all organizations that have a stake in smart-grid technologies.

To review the SGIP's standard information form for IEEE 1901, please visit the NIST Smart Grid Collaboration for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards Web page.

SGIP is funded by industry stakeholders in cooperation with the U.S. federal government. In December 2012 SGIP transitioned to an international, member-led, industry-based organization incorporated as "SGIP 2.0, Inc." For more information about the SGIP, please visit the SGIP Web site.

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IEEE FORMS 4-PAIR POWER OVER ETHERNET (PoE) STUDY GROUP

New group to explore benefits of more efficient, higher-power PoE solution for networked devices

Shuang Yu, Senior Manager, Solutions Marketing
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PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 1 April 2013 - IEEE, the world's largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity, today announced formation of a new study group to consider initiating a formal project to standardize 4-pair Power over Ethernet (PoE). The IEEE 802.3™ 4-pair Power over Ethernet Study Group will consider a 4-pair solution’s capability to enhance energy efficiency and provide greater than 25.5 Watts of power in improving PoE, which has become the preferred method to power networked devices, such as IP phones, access points and other network devices.

"The formation of this study group will allow collaboration on a proposal for the development of a 4-pair PoE standard, which would allow support of new PoE applications in the areas of IPTV, industrial Ethernet and more," said David Law, chair of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group and distinguished engineer with HP Networking. "A 4-pair approach would result in increased efficiency, since the use of additional pairs results in lower channel resistance."

Individuals interested in the future of PoE standards are invited to contribute to the IEEE 802.3 4-pair Power over Ethernet Study Group, which is scheduled to meet during the IEEE 802.3 Interim Meeting, 14-17 May 2013 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

"PoE has become the dominant powering method in many Ethernet-based products—access points and IP phones, for example—demonstrating that customers will migrate towards convenience," said Chad Jones, chair of the IEEE 802.3 4-pair Power over Ethernet Study Group. "Enabling applications beyond 25.5 Watts will extend this convenience to other products. An additional benefit is the reduction of power lost in the delivery channel by at least half. This benefit can be extended to existing powered products by moving from a 2-pair powering system to a new 4-pair powering system."

Added Wael William Diab, vice chair of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group and senior technical director with Broadcom: "A 4-pair PoE standard would result in increased power and increased efficiency for Power over Ethernet applications. The group’s main purpose is to continue the success of the PoE family of standards, which started with IEEE P802.3af™ DTE Power via MDI Task Force and the IEEE P802.3at™ DTE Power Enhancements Task Force. Both resulting standards are part of the Ethernet family of interfaces and are part of the recent revision of IEEE 802.3-2012 'Standard for Ethernet.'"

Ethernet is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Deployment of technology defined by the IEEE 802.3 standard is already globally pervasive, driven by the ever-growing needs of local area, access and metropolitan area networks around the world. Beyond traditional networks, new application areas such as networking for industrial, automotive and other industries are looking to expand their reliance on Ethernet in their networks. To better address the needs of all of these areas, the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard is constantly evolving and expanding. The success of the standard—from its inception through today—has been its open and transparent development process, which is an example of the "OpenStand" principles. These principles encapsulate a modern paradigm for global, open standards that can be extended broadly to other technology spaces.

For more information on the IEEE 802.3 4-pair Power over Ethernet Study Group, please visit the Study Group's Web site.

For more information about the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group, please visit the Working Group's Web site.

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IEEE ANNOUNCES DOZENS OF NEW, REVISED AND REAFFIRMED STANDARDS AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Design of transition facilities for transmission lines and spectrum management in emerging wireless networks among technology areas addressed by new standards

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PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 19 March 2013 - IEEE, the world's largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity, today announced dozens of new, revised and reaffirmed standards and standards-development projects. Detailed information on the standards and projects recently approved by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board is available at the IEEE-SA Standards Board Approvals Web page.

IEEE 1793™-2012 "Guide for Planning and Designing Transition Facilities between Overhead and Underground Transmission Lines" is among the new standards that have been published. IEEE 1793 is intended to provide previously unavailable guidance that helps utility designers better understand the range of cost, operability, environmental and future-flexibility factors that must be carefully considered in crafting a plan for such transition structures. IEEE 1793 is available for purchase at the IEEE Standards Store.

Also among the new standards that have been published is IEEE 1900.1a™-2012 "Standard Definitions and Concepts for Dynamic Spectrum Access: Terminology Relating to Emerging Wireless Networks, System Functionality, and Spectrum Management Amendment 1: Addition of New Terms and Associated Definitions." The amendment to IEEE 1900.1™-2008 defines terms that have come to be used in the rapidly evolving field of dynamic spectrum access since the base standard’s publication. IEEE 1900.1a can be accessed with subscription at IEEE Xplore® Digital Library.

Recently published revised standards include IEEE C37.121™-2012 "Guide for Switchgear - Unit Substation – Requirements," which is intended to assist in selection and coordination of incoming-, outgoing-, transformer- and transition-section equipment for unit substations. IEEE C37.121 is available for purchase at the IEEE Standards Store.

The IEEE-SA also reaffirmed IEEE 270™-2006 "Standard Definitions for Selected Quantities, Units, and Related Terms, with Special Attention to the International System of Units (SI)." The standard covers definitions commonly used in applied science and technology, as well as related terms that concern systems of measurement. IEEE 270 is available for purchase at the IEEE Standards Store.

Among the standards-development projects that the IEEE-SA approved is IEEE P2030.1016™ "Draft Guide for Designing a Time Synchronization System for Power Substations." With more substation systems using time for event recording, protection and communication functions, time synchronization is emerging as critical to the smart grid. When completed, IEEE P2030.101 is intended to provide guidance for design of reliable time-synchronization systems.

The IEEE-SA also approved a series of standards-development projects that are designed to support plug-and-play, interoperable communications for various medical devices:

For more information about standards-development projects related to healthcare information technology (IT), visit the Healthcare IT Projects Web page.

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IEEE LAUNCHES REVISION PROJECT IEEE P802.22.1™ ON ADVANCED BEACONING TO ENABLE SPECTRUM SHARING AND FACILITATE OPENING UP OF NEW 2 GHz – 4 GHz SPECTRUM FOR FIXED AND MOBILE WIRELESS BROADBAND APPLICATIONS

Shuang Yu, Senior Manager, Solutions Marketing
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PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 4 March 2013 - IEEE, the world's largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity, today announced that it has authorized the revision project to add advanced beaconing capabilities to IEEE 802.22.1™-2010¹, to enable spectrum sharing in 2 GHz to 4GHz band and facilitate opening up of new spectrum to support a wide variety of wireless applications.

"Such a standardized advanced beacon is an innovative way to enable spectrum sharing in many bands and for many innovative applications," said Dr. Apurva N. Mody, chair of the IEEE 802.22™ Wireless Regional Area Networks Working Group.

This revision project, IEEE P802.22.1™, was introduced to support the United States President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report promoting the sharing and more efficient use of spectrum through new cognitive radio technologies and interference-mitigation techniques, to make 500 megahertz of new spectrum available for fixed and mobile wireless broadband.

Currently, a database service approach has been proposed to communicate information about exclusion zones to protect U.S. Navy coastal operations and other Department of Defense (DOD) test and training areas. Such an approach may deprive significant U.S. population from enjoying this newly available spectrum.

However, beaconing approaches such as the one developed in IEEE 802.22.1-2010 that were originally designed for interference protection of licensed wireless microphones may be used for these bands. Such an advanced beacon could be transmitted by the primary users in these bands to enable semi-real-time and dynamic spectrum sharing and make this spectrum available nationwide, and especially in the significantly populated coastal areas.

The IEEE 802.22 Working Group, recipient of the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Emerging Technology Award, has completed and published the IEEE 802.22-2011 on cognitive-radio-based Wireless Regional Area Networks that provides broadband access to wide regional areas globally and bring reliable and secure high-speed communications to under-served and un-served rural communities.

The IEEE P802.22.1 Task Group calls for contribution from interested participants for the development of this standard. Work on this project will begin following the March 2013 IEEE 802® plenary session in Orlando, Fla.

Additional information can be found at the IEEE P802.22.1 Project Web page. To purchase IEEE 802.22 standard, visit the IEEE Standards Store.

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IEEE 802.22.2™-2012 COMPLETED FOR INSTALLATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF WIRELESS REGIONAL AREA NETWORKS IN TV WHITE SPACES

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PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 4 March 2013 - IEEE, the world's largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity, today announced that the IEEE 802.22™ Working Group, recipient of the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Emerging Technology Award, has completed and published the IEEE 802.22.2™-2012¹ recommended practice for installation and deployment of the IEEE 802.22-2011 standard on Wireless Regional Area Networks (WRANs) and the IEEE 802.22.1™-2010 standard.

IEEE 802.22 systems are intended to provide broadband access to wide regional areas globally and bring reliable and secure high-speed communications to under-served and un-served rural communities, which are estimated to include nearly half of the world’s population. IEEE 802.22-2011 is the first IEEE 802® standard for operation in television white spaces, defined as the available or unoccupied TV channels. It is also the first IEEE standard that focuses on broadband connectivity in rural areas where most vacant TV channels can be found, thus helping to bridge the "digital divide." The WhiteSpace Alliance™ has adopted IEEE 802.22-2011™ into its Wi-FAR™ specification.

This IEEE standard for WRANs takes advantage of the favorable transmission characteristics of the VHF and UHF TV bands to provide broadband wireless access over a large area. Each WRAN delivers 22 Mbps to 29 Mbps typically over 10 km to 30 km radius, depending upon the country of deployment, without interfering with reception of existing TV broadcast stations.

IEEE 802.22 incorporates advanced cognitive radio capabilities including dynamic spectrum access, incumbent database access and regulatory policies, accurate geolocation techniques, spectrum sensing, spectrum etiquette and coexistence for optimal use of the available spectrum.

IEEE 802.22.2 specifies recommended practice to help the deployment of 802.22 systems in a manner that complies with the regulatory requirements while ensuring that no interference is caused to TV broadcast systems and licensed auxiliary services.

"Publication of the IEEE 802.22.2-2012 standard will help installation and deployment of IEEE 802.22-2011 standards-based WRANs, to bring cost-effective broadband access to rural and remote communities all over the world," said Dr. Apurva N. Mody, chair of the IEEE 802.22 Wireless Regional Area Networks Working Group.

Additional information on the standard can be found at the IEEE 802.22.2 Web page. To purchase IEEE 802.22.2, visit the IEEE Standards Store.

Deployment of technology specified by the IEEE 802 family of standards is globally pervasive, driven by the ever-growing needs of networks around the world. New application areas are constantly being considered that might leverage the IEEE 802 family of standards in their networks. To better address the needs of all of these areas, the IEEE 802 family of standards is constantly evolving and expanding. The success of the IEEE 802 family of standards—from its inception through today—has been its fair, open and transparent development process.

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IEEE STANDARDS ASSOCIATION (IEEE-SA) TO FEATURE ENABLING PERSONAL HEALTH-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH CONSENSUS BUILDING AT 2013 HIMSS ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION

Demonstrations of health-device communications to be based on the IEEE 11073™ family of standards

Shuang Yu, Senior Manager, Solutions Marketing
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PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 28 February 2013 - The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) today announced that it is exhibiting at the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in New Orleans, 3-7 March 2013. The IEEE-SA will feature the importance of enabling personal health-device communications through consensus building by demonstrating medical devices powered by the IEEE 11073™ family of standards, including blood pressure monitors, glucose meters, weight scales and more.

The IEEE-SA will be exhibiting in Booth 8 in Lobby G (Collaborators Section) of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

WHAT:
At the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in Booth 8, the IEEE-SA will demonstrate how it is enabling personal health-device communications through consensus building by showcasing standards-development projects based on the IEEE 11073 family of standards. These standards aim to help patients enjoy more active and independent daily lives, support "on-the-go" mobile clinicians and caregivers and contribute to the elimination of gaps, waste and errors across the spectrum of healthcare delivery.

WHEN:
HIMSS Conference & Exhibition: 3-7 March 2013
IEEE 11073 demonstrations: 5-6 March 2013, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 7 March 2013, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

WHERE:
Booth 8, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Lobby G (Collaborators Section)

WHY:
As a result of enabling personal health-device communications through consensus building, the IEEE-SA supports advancing technology for humanity, helping to improve quality of life, driving innovation, helping to create global markets and protecting health and safety.

IEEE 11073 standards are designed to help healthcare product vendors and integrators create devices and systems for disease management, health and fitness and independent living that can help save lives and improve quality of life for people worldwide. The growing IEEE 11073 family of standards is intended to support interoperable communications for personal health devices and convey far-ranging potential benefits, such as reducing clinical decision-making from days to minutes, reducing gaps and errors across the spectrum of healthcare delivery and helping to expand the potential market for the medical devices themselves.

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