Modern Standardization: Case Studies at the Crossroads of Technology, Economics, and Politics

Introduction 1About This Book, 2The Push for Open Standards, 3Enter Openstand, 4The Internet and Its Impact on Standards, 5Where Does All This Leave SDOs?, 7Rolling Out IPv6, 7Standards and Trade, 8Consortia--Chaos and Compromise, 10Case Study Topics in This Book, 111. Smart Grid Takes on Critical Standards Challenges 14A System-of-Systems, 16Jump Starting the Smart Grid, 17The Standards Priority, 19Strictly Business, 22United States Has a Running Start, 23Smart Meter Concerns, 24IEEE and the Smart Grid, 26Catalog of Standards, 28Timing is Everything, 29Europe's Interconnected Grid, 30China Goes Smart, 31The Smart Grid in Cities, 34Wireless Everywhere, 35Advantage, Consumer, 38Leveraging Home Networks, 41Conformity Assessment, 43Cybersecurity Becomes a Major Issue, 46Solar Flare Threats, 49More to Come, 522. Bluetooth and ZigBee--Fast-Paced Standards Development Boosts Growth 56Jump Starting the Technology, 57Interoperability--the (Almost) Killer Issue, 58Why "Bluetooth?", 62Bluetooth Standards Development: A Timeline, 65Bluetooth Today, 69The ZigBee Story, 70The Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Gap, 72Fits and Starts, 73ZigBee Products, 74Changing of the Guard, 75Recent ZigBee Smart Grid Developments, 763. Developing a Standard for Electrical Trace Heating 79Why a New Standard was Needed, 80Establishing a New Standard, 82Putting Aside Differences, 83Forming a Working Group, 83Confidence Surges, 85Manufacturers Experience Growth, 86Going Global, 87History and Timeline of IEEE 515, 88What's Next? A Jointly Developed International Standard:IEC/IEEE 60079-30, 894. TV "White Space" Standards Open New Markets 92Making It Happen, 93Protecting the System, 94Setting a Standard, 95Super Wi-Fi?, 97Plugging Dynamic Spectrum Access, 99DSA and the Military, 100Finding Common Ground, 101Economics of TV White Spaces, 103About Those Broadcasters, 104Wireless MICS Become an Issue, 105Never Mind, 107The Global Impact, 108Future Challenges, 110Japan Adopts White Space, 113Another Major Market, 114What's Next?, 115Spectrum Sensing, 1185. New and Emerging Standards Help Promote Medical Device Development 121Multiple Solutions, 122Too Many Radios?, 124A Work in Progress, 125Going to Market, 127Plenty of Standards, More Coming, 128FDA Recognizes IEEE Standards, 129A Device, Not a Device, 132FDA Defines Its "Standards", 133NFC Standards and Devices, 135Medical Device Design Challenges, 136More Market Research, 137Major Markets, Players, 139M2M in Telecare, 140Internet of (Medical) Things, 142The IP Wars, 143Privacy Issues, 1446. Wireless Chargers Become A Standards Battle Zone 145Going Global, 147Charged Up, 147How It Works, 150The Resonance Approach, 152PMA and A4WP Unite, 153For PMA: An Open Spec, 155The Test Market: Starbucks and McDonald's, 157Getting the Word Out, 159Intel Inside, 160Military Needs Wireless Charging, 163Apple Gets a Bite, 164Innovative, Alternative Approaches to Wireless Power, 1667. Vehicle "Black Box" Gets Its Own Standard 171Some Background..., 172Jump Starting EDRs, 173Cost Becomes an Issue, 174More Studies, More Data, 175A Major Standard Revision, 177Privacy a Driving Issue, 178Updating Driver Privacy, 181Hacking Your Car Code, 182Europe Test Drives EDRs, 183More GM Recalls, 185More Technology, 1868. EDA Sets the Standard for Complexity 188Where do EDA Standards Come From?, 189Semiconductors and EDA, 191Works in Progress, 193It's a Business, 194Key Standards, 196EDA Consolidations--Consortia and Companies, 197EDA and the Internet, 200Back to School, 2019. Internet of Things/M2M--A (Standards) Work in Progress 203From RFID to IoT, 205Defining Things, 207IoT and the ITU, 209Accelerating Standards Development of IoT, 214M2M Consortia Not Far Behind, 217Multi-Mode Wireless Sensors, 219Big Numbers, Big Dreams, 221Operators See Opportunity in M2M, 223In the Chips, 227Connected Car Standards, 229Regulatory Issues, 231Hack My Fridge?, 232Politics, But Not As Usual, 233Epilogue 235International Standards Development Organizations Defined 253Index 267