Purpose
IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc) shall, as a member society of the IEEE, sponsor standards development as required to meet the needs of: its membership, the IEEE at large, and the worldwide communications industry. The standards development activity shall be conducted in partnership with the IEEE Standards Board, with appropriate liaison with and contributions to other standards bodies. ComSoc standards activities shall be restricted to communications, networking, and related fields, as defined in the scope of the Society and the charters of its Technical Committees.

Scope 
The ComSoc Standards Board sponsors standards in Communications and Networking technologies and applications. These include the technical domains and interests reflected in the scope of ComSoc Technical Communities:

Technical Committees

  • Ad Hoc & Sensor Networks
  • Cognitive Networks
  • Communications & Information Security
  • Communications Quality & Reliability
  • Communications Software
  • Communications Switching & Routing
  • Communications Systems Integration & Modeling
  • Communication Theory
  • Computer Communications
  • Data Storage
  • e-Health
  • High-Speed Networking
  • Information Infrastructure & Networking
  • Internet
  • Multimedia Communications
  • Network Operations & Management
  • Optical Networking
  • Power Line Communications
  • Radio Communications
  • Satellite & Space Communications
  • Signal Processing & Communications Electronics
  • Tactical Communications & Operations
    • Situation Management
  • Transmission, Access, & Optical Systems
    • Cable Networks & Services
  • Wireless Communications

Emerging Technical Subcommittees

  • Applications of Nanotechnology in Communications
  • Autonomic Communications
  • Cable Networks & Services
  • Green Communications & Computing
  • Human Centric Communications
  • Integrated Fiber & Wireless Technologies
  • Nano-Scale, Molecular, and Quantum Networking
  • Peer-to-Peer Networking
  • Social Networks
  • Vehicular Networks & Telematics Applications

Technical Ad Hoc Committees

  • Cloud Communications & Networking
  • Smart Grid Communications

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