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

This book includes a collection of standards-specific case studies. The case studies offer an opportunity to combine the teaching preferences of educators with the goals of the SEC (Standards Education Committee); providing students with “real-world” insight into the technical, political, and economic arenas of engineering. Encourages students to think critically about standards development and technology solutions Reinforces the usage of standards as an impetus for innovation Will help understand the dynamics and impacts of standards A curriculum guide is available to instructors who have adopted the book for a course.  To obtain the guide, please send a request to: ieeeproposals@wiley.com.

Table of Contents:
Introduction 1 About This Book, 2 The Push for Open Standards, 3 Enter Openstand, 4 The Internet and Its Impact on Standards, 5 Where Does All This Leave SDOs?, 7 Rolling Out IPv6, 7 Standards and Trade, 8 Consortia—Chaos and Compromise, 10 Case Study Topics in This Book, 11 1. Smart Grid Takes on Critical Standards Challenges 14 A System-of-Systems, 16 Jump Starting the Smart Grid, 17 The Standards Priority, 19 Strictly Business, 22 United States Has a Running Start, 23 Smart Meter Concerns, 24 IEEE and the Smart Grid, 26 Catalog of Standards, 28 Timing is Everything, 29 Europe’s Interconnected Grid, 30 China Goes Smart, 31 The Smart Grid in Cities, 34 Wireless Everywhere, 35 Advantage, Consumer, 38 Leveraging Home Networks, 41 Conformity Assessment, 43 Cybersecurity Becomes a Major Issue, 46 Solar Flare Threats, 49 More to Come, 52 2. Bluetooth and ZigBee—Fast-Paced Standards Development Boosts Growth 56 Jump Starting the Technology, 57 Interoperability—the (Almost) Killer Issue, 58 Why "Bluetooth?", 62 Bluetooth Standards Development: A Timeline, 65 Bluetooth Today, 69 The ZigBee Story, 70 The Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Gap, 72 Fits and Starts, 73 ZigBee Products, 74 Changing of the Guard, 75 Recent ZigBee Smart Grid Developments, 76 3. Developing a Standard for Electrical Trace Heating 79 Why a New Standard was Needed, 80 Establishing a New Standard, 82 Putting Aside Differences, 83 Forming a Working Group, 83 Confidence Surges, 85 Manufacturers Experience Growth, 86 Going Global, 87 History and Timeline of IEEE 515, 88 What’s Next? A Jointly Developed International Standard: IEC/IEEE 60079-30, 89 4. TV "White Space" Standards Open New Markets 92 Making It Happen, 93 Protecting the System, 94 Setting a Standard, 95 Super Wi-Fi?, 97 Plugging Dynamic Spectrum Access, 99 DSA and the Military, 100 Finding Common Ground, 101 Economics of TV White Spaces, 103 About Those Broadcasters, 104 Wireless MICS Become an Issue, 105 Never Mind, 107 The Global Impact, 108 Future Challenges, 110 Japan Adopts White Space, 113 Another Major Market, 114 What’s Next?, 115 Spectrum Sensing, 118 5. New and Emerging Standards Help Promote Medical Device Development 121 Multiple Solutions, 122 Too Many Radios?, 124 A Work in Progress, 125 Going to Market, 127 Plenty of Standards, More Coming, 128 FDA Recognizes IEEE Standards, 129 A Device, Not a Device, 132 FDA Defines Its "Standards", 133 NFC Standards and Devices, 135 Medical Device Design Challenges, 136 More Market Research, 137 Major Markets, Players, 139 M2M in Telecare, 140 Internet of (Medical) Things, 142 The IP Wars, 143 Privacy Issues, 144 6. Wireless Chargers Become A Standards Battle Zone 145 Going Global, 147 Charged Up, 147 How It Works, 150 The Resonance Approach, 152 PMA and A4WP Unite, 153 For PMA: An Open Spec, 155 The Test Market: Starbucks and McDonald’s, 157 Getting the Word Out, 159 Intel Inside, 160 Military Needs Wireless Charging, 163 Apple Gets a Bite, 164 Innovative, Alternative Approaches to Wireless Power, 166 7. Vehicle "Black Box" Gets Its Own Standard 171 Some Background…, 172 Jump Starting EDRs, 173 Cost Becomes an Issue, 174 More Studies, More Data, 175 A Major Standard Revision, 177 Privacy a Driving Issue, 178 Updating Driver Privacy, 181 Hacking Your Car Code, 182 Europe Test Drives EDRs, 183 More GM Recalls, 185 More Technology, 186 8. EDA Sets the Standard for Complexity 188 Where do EDA Standards Come From?, 189 Semiconductors and EDA, 191 Works in Progress, 193 It’s a Business, 194 Key Standards, 196 EDA Consolidations—Consortia and Companies, 197 EDA and the Internet, 200 Back to School, 201 9. Internet of Things/M2M—A (Standards) Work in Progress 203 From RFID to IoT, 205 Defining Things, 207 IoT and the ITU, 209 Accelerating Standards Development of IoT, 214 M2M Consortia Not Far Behind, 217 Multi-Mode Wireless Sensors, 219 Big Numbers, Big Dreams, 221 Operators See Opportunity in M2M, 223 In the Chips, 227 Connected Car Standards, 229 Regulatory Issues, 231 Hack My Fridge?, 232 Politics, But Not As Usual, 233 Epilogue 235 International Standards Development Organizations Defined 253 Index 267

About the Author :
Ron Schneiderman has been covering technology and business management issues for more than 40 years. He is a contributing editor to Electronic Design Magazine; Vision, the flagship magazine of the Consumer Electronics Association; IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum Online and IEEE Signal Processing Magazine. Schneiderman is the author of seven books, including Technology Lost -- Hype and Reality in the Digital Age (Prentice Hall), FUTURE TALK -- The Changing Wireless Game (IEEE Press), and The Mobile Technology Question & Answer Book -- A Survival Guide for Business Managers, published by AMACOM, the book publishing arm of the American Management Association.