Center of Expertise Consortium

The 'Center of Expertise' (CoE) on Standards is a service and support center provided to partners for guidance and implementation of standards compliance requirements necessary for meeting specific IEEE standards and best practices for their commercial products and applications. The Center provides guidance and support to partners and enterprises that may not have the background or expertise to guide them through strict standardized procedures of these requirements in ‘real-world’ or under ‘hostile’ environments, and adhering to IEEE standards and conformity.

A Center of Expertise for standards will:

• Provide pre-certification of products for IEEE standards
• Assist in ensuring interoperability inside standards’ families
• Provide a concrete model for interoperability testing of different conformant products implementing the same standard (plug-fest)

World wide network of Test/Verification/Validation CoEs

Available and operational CoEs around the world are listed here. For each center, a brief overview of the center’s test verification activities is described.

At each site, the potential Partner can review the capabilities of the Center, and contact the Center for more information and collaborative engagements.

The Centers are grouped in four geographic regions, namely: North America, South America, Europe and Asia.

Please review the world-wide map on the Home Page, to see the list of operating CoEs around the world. Select the CoE of interest by clicking on the designated CoE and it will take you to the Home page of the selected CoE.

Standards Certification

The IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) Standards Committee maintains an advisory role in the CoE, and may participate in arranging for the final Standards certification with the IEEE Standards Development Organization (SDO).

The CoE is set up to provide standards validation and compliance testing as covered by the standards listed below. The objective is to support the Partner with the validation of their products or systems to meet the selected IEEE standard(s).

• Standards
• Interoperability
  In general, CoEs assist in two forms to increase interoperability among IEEE standards:
  • Assist in ensuring interoperability inside standards’ families
  • Provide a concrete model for interoperability testing of different conformant products implementing the same standard (plug-fest)
  Additionally, any CoE can provide additional services regarding interoperability among different standards, systems and applications in terms of protocols, communications and other connectivity services.
• Tutorials and Education
  A CoE can contribute to increase a standard’s adoption and spreading of compatible devices and products, and developing teaching materials.

Using the hardware and software tools available from the CoE, an infinite variety of test scenarios can be devised. Some examples of tests are:

• energetic impact evaluation of the device under test in a simulated operating environment.
• device under test compatibility with a representative system to check specific actions such as plug-n-play in the network, compatibility with operating systems and standards.
• Integration in a real operating scenario.
• Parametric evaluation: energy consumption, sleep times, minimum energy levels, performance indices, reliability and safety.

World wide network of Test/Verification/Validation CoEs

Available and operational CoEs around the world are listed here. For each center, a brief overview of the center’s test verification activities is described.

At each site, the potential Partner can review the capabilities of the Center, and contact the Center for more information and collaborative engagements.

The Centers are grouped in four geographic regions, namely: North America, South America, Europe and Asia.

Please review the world-wide map on the Home Page, to see the list of operating CoEs around the world. Select the CoE of interest by clicking on the designated CoE and it will take you to the Home page of the selected CoE.

Standards Certification

The IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES) Standards Committee maintains an advisory role in the CoE, and may participate in arranging for the final Standards certification with the IEEE Standards Development Organization (SDO).