IEEE to Develop Ubiquitous Green Community Control Network Protocol Standard - IEEE P1888
February 10, 2009 // Published as a news service by IHS
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is developing IEEE P1888 - Standard for Ubiquitous Green Community Control Network Protocol.
The standard is designed to provide remote control and management solutions to use and control facilities in community and building groups for operators, community administrators, public service providers, government departments and individual users.
Public environment monitor and energy consumption management mechanisms will be set up to help address energy shortage and environmental degradation through remote surveillance, operation, management and maintenance, according to IEEE.
Experts said energy, environmental and security options will be taken into consideration in development of the standard.
"A general remote control standard based on Internet protocols [IP] is needed for a larger scale control," said Dong Liu, chair of the Ubiquitous Green Community Control Network Working Group. "This has benefits for all kinds of users and applications," he said.
"For government administration departments, public infrastructure facilities can be placed under centralized management. For public service departments, remote services could help to improve service quality and working efficiency. For property management departments, this could help to realize unified management in the scope of city, community and building groups. And for individual users, personal space could be managed better through remote control."
Organizations that support the development of IEEE P1888 include the BII Group, China Telecom and the Beijing Urban Engineering Design and Research Institute.
Source: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Standards Association (IEEE-SA).