Running head: STANDARDS RESEARCH

Standards research
Dr. Biswajit Panja
CIS 505
January 15, 2012

Objectives
Select (1) of the working groups in the IETF or IEEE and brief summarize what this group is working on.
Justify the need of the IEEE 802 standard used in networking.
Evaluate the (3) standard organizations including IEEE, ISO, and ANSI to determine the most important for communication technology.
Take a position on the need for a federal regulating body of standards such as NIST. Include supporting evidence to justify your opinion.

Working group 802.22
In short, Working Groups work to create and write the standard. Working Groups are open to anyone to participate in. For individual standards projects, IEEE or IEEE-SA …show more content…

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