Yearly Archives: 2010

The 10 Commandments for Effective Standards

Synopsys Press has just published IEEE-SA CAG member Karen Bartleson’s new book, The Ten Commandments for Effective Standards. Like so many standards-related projects, the it all started with her work in IEEE Standards Development. “I have been doing standards at Synopsys for about 15 years,” Bartleson says. “Along the way, I was on the board [...]

New iPhone® App – Fingertip Access to the IEEE Standards Wireless Dictionary

The IEEE Standards Wireless Dictionary is now available for the iPhone, and purchasable through iTunes®. Our broad array of terms and definitions are not found on any other single source, and to date have been indexed largely in print and PDF formats.  The IEEE Standards Wireless Dictionary is our first iPhone application, providing fingertip access [...]

Insightful Reads – Week of December 28th

A Seamless Blend – Intelligent Utility Dick Deblasio is a lifetime IEEE Member and Chairman of IEEE’s P2030 Smart Grid Interoperability Working Group. His article on the Smart Grid is featured on Intelligent Utility this week.  Rick highlights some of his group’s activity as a “Missing Link” effort in the creation of the Smart Grid, [...]

Power to the People and Protection for Wildlife!

This month, the IEEE-SA has approved two new power engineering standards that offer guidelines to protect power lines and related devices as well as birds and other wildlife while ensuring fewer costly interruptions for utilities companies and their customers. The first new standard is IEEE 1651™, “Guide for Reducing Bird-Related Deaths.” This standard covers methods, [...]

A New Standard for the Networked, Interconnected Consumer

As consumers use different technologies to support an expanding array of connected consumer electronics and devices, such as televisions, computers, game consoles, and smart phones and tablet PCs, the use of home networks is growing.  Home networks are not just becoming more common, they are becoming more complex, especially as consumers use them to share [...]

SIEPON takes FTTx to the next level

Over 30 million subscribers are currently using 1G-EPON, or “Ethernet Passive Optical Networks.” If you think those numbers are high, industry experts say that 10 million more may soon be clamoring for fiber-to-the-home (or X, as in FTTx) networking services. While current EPON features fall nicely under IEEE’s 802 umbrella, the setup is challenged by [...]

IEEE-SA Celebrates the Launch Of Our New Website!

The IEEE-SA is happy to announce the launch of our new Website.  The redesign represents the first phase in an ongoing effort to strategically extend the IEEE-SA on the web and social channels, and compliments the our blog, presence on Facebook and Twitter. When we set out to redesign the site, we had a number of clear [...]