StandardsWire™ July 2007
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• IEEE-SA Top Sellers
• IEEE-SA Electrical Safety Resource Center

802.11 Handbook: A Designer's Companion
The IEEE 802.11 Handbook, first published in 1999, has been called the "LAN bible". The second edition of this seminal work has now been published. The new 365-page volume includes all amendments made in the IEEE 802.11™ standard since 1999.

The standard and its amendments have helped underpin the tremendous growth of wireless local areas networks as they have become the general networking technology in offices, homes, schools, hotels, airports and elsewhere. The comprehensive handbook covers such topics as medium access control, security, QoS for greater bandwidth and minimum congestion, and five physical layers.

The IEEE 802.11 Handbook: A Designer’s Companion, Second Edition, is an essential resource for designers, network architects, hardware and software engineers, and anyone else involved with IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs.
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Comprehensive Access to Battery Standards
IEEE standards for stationary and portable batteries cover a lot of ground. They encompass diverse applications for rechargeable vented and valve-regulated lead-acid storage, nickel-cadmium, lithium-ion and other batteries. These uses involve such areas as electrical generating stations and substations, energy storage, industrial control, standby generators, emergency lighting, telecommunications, photovoltaic systems, uninterruptible power supplies, portable computing and cell phones.

As a service to those who design, manufacture, size, select, install, maintain, test or operate storage batteries, the IEEE has created the 2007 Stationary Batteries VuSpec. This CD-ROM includes 19 active standards and nine bonus papers on a range of battery topics. It also includes a roadmap for battery standardization at the IEEE, a glossary and index, search features and exclusive web links.
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Protect Home Electronics from Lightning
Although the value of electronic and electrical equipment in a typical house continues to soar, most homeowners have not ensured that their investment in these devices is safe from lightning surges. Gaining such protection goes well beyond measures normally used to reduce the risk of shock and fire due to lightning. To help professionals understand the many options and issues involved in isolating sensitive equipment from the effects of lightning, IEEE published How to Protect your House and its Contents from Lightning.

This guide reviews the elements of home lightning protection systems, from lightning rods and grounding systems to service entrance and point-of-use surge protectors, and how they work together. It gives special emphasis to surge protection. If you are involved with residential lightning protection, whether from the perspective of an electrician, lightning protection installer, cable, telephone or security system technician, electrical inspector, architect or other specialty, this guide is for you.

Obtain How to Protect your House and its Contents from Lightning: IEEE Guide for Surge Protection of Equipment Connected to AC Power and Communication Circuits here. You will need to click on the License Agreement link at the bottom of the product page.

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C37.231-2006
IEEE Recommended Practice for Microprocessor-Based Protection Equipment Firmware Control
This recommended practice deals with the implications surrounding the use and administration of firmware revisions for protection-related equipment. In general, the number of firmware revisions have become prolific since the introduction of microprocessor-based protection related equipment and no standard means of dealing with the issues surrounding this situation has been addressed.

This recommended practice attempts to provide guidelines for producers, distributors, and users of protection related equipment utilizing firmware with the intent of helping to maximize the security and reliability of the power system.
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1493-2006
IEEE Guide for the Evaluation of Solvents Used for Cleaning Electrical Cables and Accessories
This guide provides test procedures for evaluating the physical characteristics of cable cleaning solvents and their compatibility with extruded dielectric cable components and cable accessories (joints and terminations). Compatibility is established by placing component samples in contact with the cleaning solvent for a short period and then measuring the physical or electrical properties of the component.

The measured values are compared with values for samples that have not been in contact with the cleaner. Suggested performance values are provided. The guide also provides suggested procedures for evaluating the cleaning effectiveness of cable cleaning solvents. These comparative test procedures do not provide absolute performance values.
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C57.106-2006
IEEE Guide for Acceptance and Maintenance of Insulating Oil in Equipment
Recommendations regarding oil tests and evaluation procedures are made in this guide; references are made to methods of reconditioning and reclaiming conventional petroleum (mineral) dielectric insulating oils; the levels at which these methods become necessary; and the routines for restoring oxidation resistance, where required, by the addition of oxidation inhibitors.

The intent is to assist the power equipment operator in evaluating the serviceability of oil received in equipment, oil as received from the supplier for filling new equipment at the installation site, and oil as processed into such equipment; and to assist the operator in maintaining oil in serviceable condition. The mineral oil covered is used in transformers, reactors, circuit breakers, load tap changers, and voltage regulators.
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1667-2006
IEEE Standard Protocol for Authentication in Host Attachments of Transient Storage Devices
This project defines a standard protocol for secure authentication and creation of trust between a secure host and a directly attached Transient Storage Device (TSD), such as a USB flash drive, portable hard drive, or cellular phone. The protocol has only an indirect relationship with data integrity/security, and does not directly address issues of authorization and enforcement.

The protocol also does not address devices that are attached using a network connection. However, a device that uses a point-to-point wireless connection such as WUSB may comply with this protocol.
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C37.016-2006
IEEE Standard for AC High-Voltage Circuit Switchers rated 15.5 kV through 245 kV
This Standard is applicable to AC circuit switchers designed for outdoor installation and for rated power frequencies of 50 and 60 Hz and rated maximum voltages of 15.5 kV through 245 kV.
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Media Statement from IEEE Standards Association Regarding the Status of the IEEE 802.20 Standard and Working Group
PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA 17 July 2007
The IEEE 802.20 Executive Committee (EC) and its 802.20 Oversight (OC) Committee adopted a motion last night that will change the voting approach within the IEEE 802.20 working group. The decision was made during the meeting of the IEEE 802 EC and OC in San Francisco.The new voting approach, effective immediately, requires that all votes and ballots in the IEEE 802.20 Working Group be cast on the basis of entity affiliation, with one vote per entity. Working Group members are required to disclose their primary affiliation..
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IEEE-SA Development Resources

What are IEEE-SA Electronic Services?
The term "IEEE-SA Electronic Services" generally refers to a loosely connected set of information technologies intended to streamline the IEEE standards development process. The term is also used to describe the IEEE-SA technical staff, who are tasked with developing those technologies.

What services are available and who can use them?
The public web and FTP areas are open to the public. Access to private areas and mailing lists is generally controlled by the individual working groups and is limited to people involved in the development or revision process of a particular standard.

How would a typical group make use of what you offer?
Most IEEE-SA working groups choose to set up public and private web areas, along with a e-mail list to which all the working-group members are subscribed. See examples of these public web areas. The private areas often include drafts, minutes, mailing-list archives, and other sensitive material.

How can my working group start using these services?
Your working group needs to fill out the on-line Request for Services form, which is short and simple. We'll get things set up and contact you with any questions we might have.

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IEEE Power Cable Ampacity Software with IEEE Std 835-1994 (R2006) on CD-ROM
Many factors influence the amount of current a given cable can transfer. For example, insulation, temperature, and the number of bundled wires. These tables help you determine the cable's ampacity, or simply, the ability of the cable, in varying conditions, to carry amps (current) before it fails or overheats.

Why flip through over 3,000 pages when you don't have to? Searchable PDF and convenient software help you perform your cable ampacity work with ease.
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1667-2006
IEEE Standard Protocol for Authentication in Host Attachments of Transient Storage Devices
This project defines a standard protocol for secure authentication and creation of trust between a secure host and a directly attached Transient Storage Device (TSD), such as a USB flash drive, portable hard drive, or cellular phone.

The protocol has only an indirect relationship with data integrity/security, and does not directly address issues of authorization and enforcement. The protocol also does not address devices that are attached using a network connection. However, a device that uses a point-to-point wireless connection such as WUSB may comply with this protocol.
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Implementing the IEEE Software Engineering Standards
This IEEE Standards product is part of the family on Software Engineering. Software engineering standards are essential to improving the software development process in any organization. Developing standards on your own can be extremely time consuming and error prone.

Adoption of the IEEE standards is a more efficient and preferable approach. The IEEE Software Engineering Standards represent the most comprehensive and mature set of standards available. However, they may be complex and vexing at times...this is where Implementing the IEEE Software Engineering Standards can help.
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C37.013A-2007
IEEE Standard for AC High Voltage Generator Circuit Breakers Rated on a Symmetrical Current Basis – Amendment 1: Supplement for use with Generators Rated 10-100 MVA
The scope of the proposed project is to amend the existing IEEE 1076-2002 (VHDL) standard by adding a simulation runtime application interface (VHDL Programming Interface or VHPI).
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2007 National Electrical Safety Code and Handbook and VuSpec Set
2007 NESC: This IEEE product is part of the family on NESCs. The NESC Handbook is a powerful tool that pulls together facts, figures, and explanations that help you effectively implement the Code. Authored by Allen L. Clapp, the NESC Handbook covers NESC various requirements up to 2007, detailing important work rules and a historical perspective of the Code.
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A predominant area of standards activity within the IEEE-SA addresses technology and related safety needs for the power and energy industry and subsequent industry applications. A key component to electrical safety is for those working with electrical current and within environments using electrical current to be abreast of standards and regulations that include safety best practices.

It is critical for employees to familiarize themselves with these documents and the organizations responsible for developing them. The IEEE, namely via its Color Books Standards for Industrial and Commercial Power Systems and the National Electrical Safety Code, as well as its Power Engineering standards, is a major developer of standards that directly or indirectly address electrical safety within specific applications or environments.
Find out more about the IEEE-SA Safety Resource Center

Recently, the IEEE published a prominent new and vital standard in the Electrical Safety area, IEEE Std 1584-2002, Guide for Performing Arc Flash Hazard Calculations -- a valuable tool for the market that will save individual engineers and companies time by providing a spreadsheet type calculator that determines arc current, incident energy, and the arc flash protection boundary. It includes equations for some current limiting fuses acting within their current limiting range and a simplified method for some molded case circuit breakers operating in their instantaneous range.

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