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A Wealth of Safety
And Security Standards
Considerations about safety and security are integral to many IEEE standards.
The challenge for safety professionals is how to find this information
from a huge body of material when they need it. The solution lies in a
new set of three optical disks: IEEE VuSpec: Safety & Security Standards
Series, Volumes 1, 2 and 3.
These disks encompass nearly 90 safety and security standards on critical
infrastructure, computers and networks, as well as on the generation and
use of electricity. In aggregate, the disks provide a standards resource
spanning more than 6,000 pages.
This VuSpec series offers ready access to key IEEE standards needed when
developing and implementing safety, security, risk and loss reduction
programs, training, and emergency management plans. It includes both original
standards and their revisions through January 1, 2006.
The disks contain special features that help
users make sense of the wealth of standards they contain, such as a glossary
of standards terms, an index and links to relevant online resources. They
also let users search for specific content in a standard or across multiple
standards via key words. Here's a summary of each volume.
Volume I: Critical Infrastructure
This disk covers standards for a wide range of risk factors and security
threats. It includes:
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Power and grounding issues in electronic equipment
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Conductive clothing
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Radiation detectors
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Message sets used in managing traffic incidents and emergencies Electromagnetic fields (EMF) and radio frequency (RF) issues, such as RF emission from equipment, measurement of RF and EMF, and safe levels for human exposure to such fields
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Safety issues concerning electrical substations, transformers, surge protection, power lines, grounding, nuclear power stations, distributed resources, network communications devices and falls.
Volume II: Computers & Networks
Today's IT departments manage a wide array of risks. The standards in
this volume encompass many of these, including online crime, bugs, terrorism,
hacking, viruses, and protecting sensitive information. It includes standards
on:
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Power and grounding issues in electronic equipment
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Telephone sets, handsets, and headsets
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Office and consumer electronic devices
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Environmental specifications for computer modules and systems · Powering and grounding electronic equipment
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Healthcare information systems and medical device communications
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Information assurance and public-key cryptography
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Media management system architecture and security topics
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LAN/MAN wireless network -- security architecture, key management, secure data exchange and resilient packet ring
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Software quality assurance plans and safety plans
Volume III: Electrical Safety
The standards in this volume address the risks inherent work on electrical
systems. They offer content at all levels of expertise, from students
to senior power professionals. Topics included in this disk:
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Power generation, including bus assemblies, substation grounding, energized power lines and AC adjustable-speed drives
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Industrial electrical applications, including resistance heat tracing, power distribution, circuit breakers, motors in hazardous locations, and insulation in stator coils
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Electrical quantities often used with electric equipment and common graphic symbols on electrical and electronics diagrams
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Photovoltaic systems
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Several bonus items, such as NIOSH findings on Worker Deaths by Electrocution, the NIOSH Electrical Safety Student Manual, and papers on arc flash.
This series works with Windows, MacOS or UNIX operating
systems and has a robust and dynamic interface based on Macromedia flash.
To purchase or learn more about this three-volume set of safety and security
standards, go to http//shop.ieee.org
and search on the product designations for the three disks, SE121, SE122,
and SE123.
Revised Power Supply Standard for Nuclear Power Stations
The revision of IEEE 765™, "Standard for Preferred Power Supply (PPS)
for Nuclear Power Generating Stations", upgrades the 2002 standard by
adding guidelines for verifying the voltage adequacy of preferred power
supplies. It also adds ways to help ensure that the design basis of a
PPS is valid for reasonably expected system conditions and guidelines
for transmission system studies to verify PPS voltage adequacy. In addition,
it includes a method for interfacing data from nuclear stations to a transmission
services organization that determines grid response to a design basis
event at a nuclear plant.
IEEE Updates Book on Low-Rate, Wireless Personal Area Networks
The use of low-rate, wireless personal area networks (WPANs) has led to
a revolution in how sensors and actuators are linked. These networks typically
depend on the specifications defined in IEEE 802.15.4™. Since the IEEE
revised this standard earlier this year, it has published a new edition
of the book "Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks: Enabling Wireless
Sensors with IEEE 802.15.4", to reflect the changes in the standard.
This volume is an essential resource for anyone who wishes to implement
the standard. The new edition adds the alterations made in revising standard.
These changes include two additional physical layers that allow higher
data rates at lower frequency bands (at 868 and 915 MHz), an updated the
security mechanism, and alterations to the MAC sub-layer.
IEEE 802.15.4 addresses WPAN applications in industrial, agricultural,
vehicular, residential, medical and other fields that have relaxed throughput
and latency requirements and low-cost, low-power designs. The book is
a companion to the standard for anyone interested in "simple" wireless
connectivity who wants to understand the workings of IEEE 802.15.4. It
has three parts:
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Part I looks at low-rate WPAN technology, why the standard was created and likely application scenarios. This section is a technical introduction to the standard and provides marketing, business and other professionals with background on the technology and the vision behind it
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Part II concentrates on the technical elements of the standard. It also goes beyond the standard by including material on network layer functionality for possible applications and gives the rationale behind several components of the standard
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Part III focuses on implementation and system design, including an analysis of system-level, real-world issues
Low-Rate
Wireless Personal Area Networks: Enabling Wireless Sensors with IEEE 802.15.4
can be pre-ordered through the IEEE Online Store, or
e-mailing IEEE Customer Service. It also can be ordered by calling
800-678-4333 in the U.S. and Canada, or +1 732-981-0060 from elsewhere.
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December Publications
647-2006
IEEE Standard Specification Format Guide and Test Procedure for Single-Axis
Laser Gyros
Specification and test requirements for a single-axis ring laser gyro
(RLG) for use as a sensor in attitude control systems, angular displacement
measuring systems, and angular rate measuring systems are defined. A
standard specification format guide for the preparation of a single-axis
RLG is provided. A compilation of recommended procedures for testing
an RLG, derived from those presently used in the industry, is also provided.
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1184-2006
IEEE Guide for Batteries for Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems
Various battery systems are discussed so that the user can make informed
decisions on selection, installation design, installation, maintenance,
and testing of stationary standby batteries used in uninterruptible
power supply (UPS) systems. This guide describes how the UPS battery
charging and converter components can relate to the selection of the
battery systems. Design requirements of the UPS components are beyond
the scope of this document. Battery back-up systems for dc-output rectifiers
are also beyond the scope of this document.
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1147-2005
IEEE Guide for the Rehabilitation of Hydroelectric Power Plants
This guide is intended for the hydroelectric power industry to assist
hydroelectric power plant owners, operators, and designers in the economic
(feasibility) and technical evaluation (electrical aspects) of existing
hydroelectric installations for rehabilitation. It addresses conventional
hydropower. Portions of this guide are relevant to pumped storage but
the unique features of pumped storage are not covered. Feasibility study
results may indicate redevelopment of the site. Redevelopment will not
be treated in detail in this guide. This guide covers all generating
equipment up to and including the main transformer and typical auxiliary
equipment.
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1202-2006
IEEE Standard for Flame Propagation Testing of Wire & Cable
This standard provides a protocol for exposing cable samples to a theoretical
20 kW flaming ignition source for a 20 minute test duration. The test
determines the flame propagation tendency of single conductor and multi-conductor
cables intended for use in cable trays.
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Organic Ring Oscillators Gain First Test Standard - COMING
SOON!
Printed and organic electronics promise to deliver circuitry for high-volume
applications that do not make economic sense in silicon. One of the
key steps in moving this technology forward is to create uniform test
methods for this technology.
A recently approved IEEE standard does this for a key component of such
circuitry - printed and organic transistor-based ring oscillators. This
basic circuit is used for timing applications in electronic displays,
identification tags and many other uses. The standard, IEEE
1620.1™, "Standard for Test Methods for the Characterization of Organic
Transistor-Based Ring Oscillators" (PDF coming soon), sets uniform
circuit testing procedures so results obtained at one research or manufacturing
facility are reproducible elsewhere. It also sets standard reporting
procedures for performance and associated data.
IEEE 1620.1 builds on the base organic field effect transistor (OFET)
standard, IEEE
1620, "Test Methods for the Characterization of Organic Transistors
and Materials". This standard has gained international prominence
in research and development since it was approved in 2004.
1620.1-2006
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551-2006 VIOLET BOOK
IEEE Recommended Practice for Calculating Short-Circuit Currents in
Industrial and Commercial Power Systems
This recommended practice provides short-circuit current information
including calculated short-circuit current duties for the application
in industrial plants and commercial buildings, at all power system voltages,
of power system equipment that senses, carries, or interrupts short-circuit
currents. Equipment coverage includes, but should not be limited to,
protective device sensors such as series trips and relays, passive equipment
that may carry short circuit current such as bus, cable, reactors, and
transformers as well as interrupters such as circuit breakers and fuses.
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New Standards and
Drafts added to Standards Online November/December 2006
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standards and drafts listed here were added to IEEE Standards Online
subscriptions in November and December 2006 at no additional cost for
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IEEE Standards Information Network
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the understanding and implementation of standards
WirelessMAN®:
Inside the IEEE 802.16™ Standard for Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks
WirelessMAN is the
resource for understanding and navigating through the IEEE 802.16 standard,
which serves as the basis of all WiMAX broadband wireless access systems.
Written by the 802.16 Working Group’s Chair, Dr. Roger B. Marks, and
Vice Chair, Kenneth L. Stanwood, along with Working Group participants
Carl Eklund, Subbu Ponnuswamy, and Dr. Nico J.M. van Waes, the book
provides a thorough understanding of the standard from an insider’s
perspective not found elsewhere.
The
IEEE Wireless Dictionary is now available! This handy pocket guide
provides over 250 definitions for the jargon used in today's wireless
industry. Written by Dr. James P.K. Gilb, Technical Editor of IEEE 802.15,
the dictionary is the perfect companion to the other handbooks in our
Standards Wireless Networks Series and to the IEEE 802 wireless standards.
Individuals who need to have a broad view of the wireless landscape
will find that this book covers the most important topics and terms
in today's market.
1015-2006
BLUE BOOK
IEEE Recommended Practice for Applying Low-Voltage Circuit Breakers
Used in Industrial and Commercial Power Systems covers such topics
as ratings, accessories, acceptance and performance testing, and maintenance.
It includes discussion of special-purpose circuit breakers, protection
for specific components, coordination of line-side and load-side devices,
and how to coordinate low-voltage circuit breakers with other protective
devices. It also summarizes the application sections of various circuit
breaker standards so engineers can compare them.
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Softcover
1100-2005 EMERALD BOOK
IEEE Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Electronic Equipment
The IEEE Emerald Book presents a collection of consensus best practices
for the powering and grounding of electronic equipment used in commercial
and industrial applications.
The main objective is to provide consensus recommended practices in
an area where conflicting information and conflicting design philosophies
have dominated. The recommended practices described are intended to
enhance equipment performance while maintaining a safe installation.
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1609.2-2006
IEEE Trial-Use Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments—Security
Services for Applications and Management Messages
Secure message formats, and the processing of those secure messages,
within the DSRC/WAVE system are defined. The standard covers methods
for securing WAVE management messages and application messages, with
the exception of vehicle-originating safety messages. It also describes
administrative functions necessary to support the core security functions.
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1074-2006
IEEE Standard for Developing a Software
Project Life Cycle Process
This project will develop a revised 1074 Standard for Developing a Software
Project Life Cycle Process. The scope of the revision will be consistent
with the scope of the original document (and IEEE guidance for the revision
effort). The standard provides a process for creating a software project
life cycle process.
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515.1-2005
IEEE Standard for the Testing, Design, Installation, and Maintenance
of Electrical Resistance Heat Tracing for Commercial Applications
Specific test requirements for qualifying electrical resistance heat
tracing for commercial service. A basis for electrical and thermal design
is included. Heating device characteristics are addressed, and installation
and maintenance requirements are detailed. Recommendations and requirements
for unclassified heating device applications are provided.
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