StandardsWire™ May 2007
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New Book Explains Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks
Interest in wireless metropolitan area networks (WirelessMAN®) is running high. This is not surprising since these networks, which are based on IEEE 802.16™, deliver high-capacity broadband services over a wide area for rapid Internet connection and integrated data, voice and video services. They have become an attractive option for ‘last-mile’ connectivity in homes and businesses.

A good place to start learning about this standard is the recently published book, WirelessMAN®: Inside the IEEE 802.16™ Standard for Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks. Written by the chair, cochair and several members of the 802.16 Working Group, it offers a thorough understanding of the standard from an insider’s perspective.

This volume was created for designers, engineers, students, deployment professionals and others who need to work with this standard, which is the basis for all WiMAX broadband wireless access systems. As a self-contained companion to the standard, it can be used as a self-study tool, a reference or a designer’s handbook.

It covers such topics as medium access control, the physical layer, OFDM, antenna systems, security and mesh technologies. It also includes performance simulations, conformance and interoperability activities, and discussions of ongoing projects, related standards and future extensions.

WirelessMAN®: Inside the IEEE 802.16™ Standard for Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks is a must-read for anyone wishing to understand IEEE 802.16. Order your copy today!

Easy Access to the 2007 National Electrical Safety Code
The National Electrical Safety Code (NESC) is an essential reference in many industries and more than 100 countries, because it gives those who design, install, operate and maintain electrical and communication lines the guidance they need to safeguard workers and the public.

The newest version of the code, which is updated every five years, recently appeared. To ensure the new NESC is widely available and easy to use, the IEEE has published it as part of its VuSpec series. This CD-ROM combines the 2007 National Electrical Safety Code and the NESC Handbook, a companion to the Code. The handbook pulls together Code-related facts, figures and explanations and provides important insight into how to implement it.

The NESC is a comprehensive guide that considers such topics as grounding, rotating equipment, storage batteries, transformers, switchgear, cable terminations, safety signs and protective clothing. The 2007 version includes updates to many areas from grounding poles, starting voltages and clearances to guys, arc exposure analysis and loading due to freezing rain and wind. It also contains several new appendices.
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New ‘WAVE’ Radio Vehicle Standard Published
The IEEE has published IEEE 1609.3™, “Trial-Use Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE) - Networking Services”, as part of a standards family that will allow motor vehicles to interact with each other and roadside systems so they can access safety and travel-related information. The new standard defines services at the network and transport layers to support such wireless connectivity.

WAVE technology (also called Dedicated Short Range Communications or DSRC) will allow for many new on-the-road applications, such as Internet access and ordering goods and services in transit. It will operate in the 5.9 GHz band as authorized by the U.S. Federal Communication Commission for intelligent transportation systems.

1609.3-2007
IEEE Trial-Use Standard for Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments (WAVE)-Networking Services
WAVE Networking Services provides services to WAVE devices and systems. It represents roughly layers 3 and 4 of the OSI model and the IP, UDP, and TCP elements of the Internet model. The services provided include management and data services within WAVE devices.
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N42.43-2006
American National Standard Performance Criteria for Mobile and Transportable Radiation Monitors used for Homeland Security
This standard specifies the operational and performance requirements for transportable and/or mobile radiation monitors used in U.S. Homeland Security applications.

Transportable radiation monitors are designed to be transported to a location and used for a specific task or for a specified period of time and do not require permanent mounting platforms. Mobile monitors are those systems that are typically in operation on a platform that is in motion. This standard also addresses radiation detection systems that can be carried on a person such as backpack-type systems.
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666-2007
IEEE Design Guide for Electric Power Service Systems for Generating Stations
This guide applies to station service systems that supply electric power to auxiliary loads for electric power generating stations. The discussions and recommendations in this guide provide the practices, criteria, and range of system parameters that relate to the service system requirements and assist in the application of existing engineering documents. This guide is not a handbook of design data; however, it explains what is good power service systems for generating stations.
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The IEEE is a central resource for power generation standards. Given the important roles they play in the electrical industry, the IEEE has collected all of its power switchgear, circuit breaker, fuse, substation and relay standards into a new VuSpec collection that makes the many topics they cover available at the click of a mouse.

This new CD-ROM collection encompasses 140 standards in 5,500 pages. The standards it contains include 70 on switchgear, 35 on substations and 30 on relaying, as well as five referenced standards from other areas.

This VuSpec includes a 1,400-term glossary derived from these standards, linked abstracts, keywords, extended standard descriptions and bonus material that includes historic ANSI/NEMA standards.
Click here to obtain the IEEE Power Switchgear, Substation, and Relay Standards, VuSpec Edition.


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New! IEEE-SA International Program web site
Announcing the launch of the IEEE – SA International Program web site -- providing an essential tool for individuals involved in global standards development.

The site includes information regarding various international and regional standards development organizations, IEEE’s relationship with those organizations, how IEEE’s working groups can communicate with their international counterparts, and the adoption process. In addition, you can access listings of available IEEE international standards, including those that are translated.
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Download IEEE Nanoelectronics Standards Roadmap (PDF)
The IEEE has created a Nanoelectronics Standards Roadmap, which provides a framework through which the IEEE and the nanoelectronics community may collaborate to define a roadmap for nanoelectronics standards
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IEEE to Reconstitute Voting Equipment Standards Committee
The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) is reconstituting IEEE Standards Coordinating Committee (SCC) 38, Voting System Engineering, at the direction of the IEEE-SA Board of Governors (at its 26-27 February 2007 meeting). This action was taken as part of a multi-faceted plan to provide guidance to the IEEE Representative on the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC) of the Election Assistance Commission.
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IEEE Approves Substation Data File Standard, Begins Standard For Substation Cyber-Security
The IEEE has approved a standard on naming time sequence data files during events at substations. It also has begun work on a new substation standard for cyber-security devices and the revision of its guide for temporary protective grounding systems in substations.

The IEEE has approved IEEE C37.232™, “Recommended Practice for Naming Time Sequence Data Files”, a new substation standard that provides for naming time sequence data (TSD) files, event sequences and periodic logs. It was written to resolve problems associated with reporting, saving, exchanging, archiving and retrieving large numbers of files. The practice in this standard has been adopted by utilities and manufactures and is recommended by the National Energy Regulatory Commission and the Northeast Power Coordinating Council.
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Ethernet in the First Mile: Access for Everyone
The IEEE 802.3ah-2004 Ethernet in the First Mile (EFM) standard offers a suite of Ethernet broadband technologies that mirror traditional Ethernet in function, price and simplicity. It preserves the fundamental aspects of Ethernet while adding specifications for broadband subscriber access networks. The standard provides for speeds of 2 million to 1000 million bits per second and physical layers involving twisted-pair copper cabling and single-mode optical fiber.
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404-2006
IEEE Standard for Extruded and Laminated Dielectric Shielded Cable Joints Rated 2 500 V to 500 000 V
This standard establishes electrical ratings and test requirements of cable joints used with extruded and laminated dielectric shielded cable rated in preferred voltage steps from 2500 to 500 000V. In addition, it defines test requirements for cable jacket and cable shield restoration devices. It also defines a variety of common joint constructions. This standard is designed to provide uniform testing procedures that can be used by manufacturers and users to evaluate the ability of underground power cable joints, and associated cable shield and cable jacket restoration components, to perform reliably in service.
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16085: 2006
Systems and software engineering-Life cycle processes-Risk management
A process for the management of risk in the life cycle is defined. It can be added to the existing set of software life cycle processes defined by the ISO/IEC 12207 or ISO/IEC 15288 series of standards, or it can be used independently
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1584 and 1584A SET
IEEE Guide for Arc Flash Hazard Calculations and IEEE Guide for Performing Arc-Flash Hazard Calculations--Amendment 1
This guide provides techniques for designers and facility operators to apply in determining the arc flash hazard distance and the incident energy to which employees could be exposed during their work on or near electrical equipment. Keywords: 1584 , IEEE 1584, arc fault currents, arc flash hazard, arc-flash hazard, arc-flash hazard analysis, arc-flash hazard marking, arc in enclosures, arc in open air, bolted fault currents, electrical hazard, flash protection boundary, incident energy, personal protective equipment, protective device coordination study, short-circuit study, working distances.
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IEEE Standards Association Intellectual Property Rights
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