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IEEE Starts Work on Two New Standards

Standards for LANs and C++ language interfaces underway

March 21, 2008
URL:http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp/ieee-starts-work-on-two-new-standards/206905110

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has launched projects to create Standards for Local Area Networks (LANs) and C++ language interfaces.

The IEEE P1733 Standard for Layer 3 Transport Protocol for Time Sensitive Applications in Local Area Networks will facilitate interoperability between stations that stream time-sensitive audio and/or video across bridged and routed LANs; thus providing time synchronization and latency/bandwidth services by defining the packet format and stream setup, control, synchronization and teardown protocols by leveraging Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) family of protocols and IEEE 802.1 AVB protocols.

The IEEE P1003.27 Standard for Information Technology--POSIX C++ Language Interfaces--Binding for System Application Program Interface (API) will provide a single, recommended method to allow portable C++ applications to make use of the POSIX Standard interfaces, which will help to discourage the currently diverging practices in the industry that lead to poor design choices, inefficiencies, and incompatibilities.

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