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Standards Organizations

Explain the role of standards organizations in establishing protocols for network interoperability.

Open Standards

Open standards encourage:

  • interoperability
  • competition
  • innovation

Standards organizations are:

  • vendor-neutral
  • non-profit organizations
  • established to develop and promote the concept of open standards.

Internet Standards

  • Internet Society (ISOC) – Promotes the open development and evolution of internet
  • Internet Architecture Board (IAB) – Responsible for management and development of internet standards
  • Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) – Develops, updates, and maintains internet and TCP/IP technologies
  • Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) – Focused on long-term research related to internet and TCP/IP protocols

Standards organizations involved with the development and support of TCP/IP

  • Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) – Coordinates IP address allocation, the management of domain names, and assignment of other information
  • Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) – Oversees and manages IP address allocation, domain name management, and protocol identifiers for ICANN

Electronic and Communications Standards

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, pronounced “I-triple-E”) – dedicated to creating standards in power and energy, healthcare, telecommunications, and networking
  • Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) – develops standards relating to electrical wiring, connectors, and the 19-inch racks used to mount networking equipment
  • Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) – develops communication standards in radio equipment, cellular towers, Voice over IP (VoIP) devices, satellite communications, and more
  • International Telecommunications Union-Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) – defines standards for video compression, Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), and broadband communications, such as a digital subscriber line (DSL)

 

Other related topics

 

Topic Title Topic Objective
The Rules in Network Communications Describe the types of rules that are necessary to successfully communicate.
Protocols Explain why protocols are necessary in network communication.
Protocol Suites Explain the purpose of adhering to a protocol suite.
Standards Organizations Explain the role of standards organizations in establishing protocols for network interoperability.
Reference Models Explain how the TCP/IP model and the OSI model are used to facilitate standardization in the communication process.
Data Encapsulation Explain how data encapsulation allows data to be transported across the network.
Data Access Explain how local hosts access local resources on a network.

 

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