Internet

Internet Standards, Keyword Searching

www.cis.ohio-state.edu/Services/rfc/index.html

Internet Standards that are being proposed

www.es.net/pub/internet-drafts/

The Web Site of the Internet Engineering Task Force (Standards Group)

www.ietf.org/

IP version 6

playground.sun.com/pub/ipng/html/specs/specifications.html

Home Networking

ADSL

ADSLForum - Association of companies for the ADSL technology

www.adsl.com

Cable

DOCSIS - Cable Modems Specifications

www.cablemodem.com/specifications.html

PacketCable - Telephone over the Cable-TV system

www.packetcable.com/specifications.html

CableHome - Cable Operators standard for home networking

www.cablelabs.com/cablehome/specifications.html

OpenCable - Set top box specifications

www.opencable.com/specifications.html

CableLabs - The research group for the cable operators

www.cablelabs.com/

CEBUS

CEBus - Consumer Electronics bus

www.acscontrol.com/cebus.htm

HAVI

Home Audio Video Interoperability

www.havi.org/

IEEE 1394 / Firewire

High Speed Home Serial Bus

grouper.ieee.org/groups/1394/1/Documents/

HomePNA

Home Phoneline Networking Alliance - using internal home phone wiring for high speed data

www.homepna.org/

Jini

Protocol to link Inexpensive appliances

www.jini.org/

OSGi

Open Systems Gateway Inititive - Home Gateway

www.osgi.org/

Powerline

HomePlug - Using your home's powerline to carry the data

www.homeplug.org/

USB

Universal Serial Bus Implementers Forum

www.usb.org/developers/docs.html

Wireless

Bluetooth - Short distance wireless

www.bluetooth.com/

IEEE 802.11 - Various data rate Wireless LANs

grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/index.html

IEEE 802.15 - Personal area wireless standard (PAN)

grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/15/index.html

IEEE 802.16 - Metropolitan area wireless standard

grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/16/index.html

HiperLAN-2  - Broadband Radio Access Networks

www.etsi.org/technicalactiv/hiperlan2.htm

HomeRF - 1.6 & 10 Mb/s LAN

www.homerf.org

Standards Bodies

ANSI - American National Standards Institute

www.ansi.org

ATM Forum

www.atmforum.com

DAViC - Digital Audio Visual Council

www.davic.org

EIA - Electronic Industries Alliance

www.eia.org

ETSI - European Telecommunications Standards Institute

www.etsi.org

IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

standards.ieee.org

IEEE 802 Standards - Free IEEE standards (Ethernet, Wireless, Bridges)

standards.ieee.org/getieee802

IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force

www.ietf.org

ITU - International Telecommunications Union (European Standards)

www.itu.int/home/index.html

SCTE - Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (Cable TV)

www.scte.org

T1 - Telephone Company Standards for voice, data, equipment

www.t1.org

ADSL

ADSL Forum

www.adsl.com/about_dsl.htm

Cable Modems

Cable Modems - Cable-Modems.Org

www.cable-modems.org/tutorial/index.htm

CEBUS

CEBus - Consumer Electronics bus (Powerline, simple device control)

www.cebus.org/images/Cebus%20Standard.html

Fibre Channel

1 Gb/s Fiber Communications for I/O Channels of Mainframes

www.iol.unh.edu/training/fc/fc_tutorial.html

www1.cern.ch/HSI/fcs/spec/overview.htm

www.fibrechannel.com/technology/index.master.html

FSAN (G.983.1)

Full Service Access Network

www.fsanet.net/new/fsandocs/WhatIsFSAN_old/sld001.htm

Firewire / 1394

IEEE 1394 / Firewire (400 Mb/s home entertainment, 4.5 Meters)

1394ta.org/Technology/About/digital_av.htm

HAVI

Home Audio Video Interoperability

www.havi.org/techinfo/docs/havi.pdf

HomePlug

Uses home power lines to carry high speed data (12 Mb/s)

www.intellon.com/docs/papers/PowerPacketPrimerv10.pdf

HomePNA

Home Phoneline Networking Alliance - using internal home phone wiring for high speed data (10 Mb/s)

www.homepna.org/about/publications.html

Jini

Protocol to link Inexpensive home appliances

www.jini.org/resources

OSGi

Open Systems Gateway Initiative - Home Gateway

www.osgi.org/about/whitepaper.html

WAP

Wireless Application Protocol - Internet for cell phones & PDAs

www.wapforum.org/what/whitepapers.htm

Wireless

Bluetooth - Short distance wireless

grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/Tutorial/90538S-WPAN-Bluetooth-Tutorial.pdf

IEEE 802.11 - Various data rate Wireless LANs

www.wirelessethernet.org/downloads/IEEE_80211_Primer.pdf

computer.org/students/looking/summer97/ieee802.htm

HiperLAN-2  - Broadband Radio Access Networks

www.hiperlan2.com/web

HomeRF - 1.6 & 10 Mb/s LAN

www.homerf.org/learning_center

grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/Tutorial/90548S-WPAN-HomeRF-Tutorial.pdf

H.323 (Video Conferencing)

General Tutorial

www.iec.org/online/tutorials/h323/topic01.html

Video Conferencing over LANs (Detailed Information)

www.packetizer.com

Open323 Project (Source Code)

www.openh323.org

RadVision Whitepaper

www.radvision.com/c_v2oip/c_papers.php3

GSM

GSM Description

ccnga.uwaterloo.ca/~jscouria/GSM/gsmreport.html

General

International Engineering Consortium

www.webproforum.com

NetSeminar

www.netseminar.com

Telephony

Internet Telephony

iptel.org/info/

Cable

CyberLab - Information on the General Cable-TV industry

www.catv.org

Cable-Modems.Org

www.cable-modems.org

Cable Online

www.aescon.com/cableonline

CDPD

CDPD Forum

www.cdpd.org

Cryptography

Data Encryption / Decryption

https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/cryptography-guide/

ESA 9000

ESA/390 Architecture

www.s390.ibm.com/bookmgr-cgi/bookmgr.cmd/Shelves/DA3413A6

Fibre Channel

Fibre Channel Association

www.fibrechannel.com

FSAN (G.983.1)

Passive Optical Network Technology

www.fsanet.net

GSM

GSM Description

ccnga.uwaterloo.ca/~jscouria/GSM/gsmreport.html

GSM World

www.gsmworld.com/index1.html

Home Coax

HomeCNA

www.homecna.org

Home Networks

Smart Home Forum

www.smarthomeforum.com

MPEG

MPEG Pointers and Resources

www.mpeg.org/index.html

The Open Group

www.opengroup.org/index.htm

Network Computing

Network Computing Online Home Page

techweb.cmp.com/nc/docs

The Thin Client Evolution

thinworld.com

Powerline

PowerLine Communication Home Network Technology eLibrary

www.homeplugandplay.com/index.shtml

Protocols

Protocols

www.protocols.com

Stateful Packet Inspection

Stateful Inspection Firewall Technology Tech Note

www.checkpoint.com/products/technology/stateful1.html

Wireless

Palowireless

www.palowireless.com

TechGuide (ID)

www.techguide.com

Book on Networking

www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/ito_doc

Techweb

www.techweb.com

Pulver.com - Their Show Presentations

slides.pulver.com/slides/login.asp

Definitions

ILC Glossary of Internet Terms

www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html

TechEncyclopedia

www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/

Tech InfoBase

cma.zdnet.com/texis/techinfobase/techinfobase

ZDNet Webopædia

www.zdwebopedia.com/

FCC

FCC Home Page

www.fcc.gov

Search the FCC Web Site

www.fcc.gov/search/wordsearch.html

FCC Notices

www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/Engineering_Technology/Notices

Publications

PC Magazine

www.pcmag.com

PC World

www.pcworld.com/

PC Week

www.pcweek.com

Electronic Engineering Times Interactive

www.eetimes.com

CED Magazine (Communications, Engineering & Design)

www.cedmagazine.com

Multichannel News: The Cable TV Industry Book Of Record

www.multichannel.com

Telecom Investor Magazine Online

www.telecominvestormag.com

ZDNet

www.zdnet.com

Network World

www.nww.com

Web

CyberAtlas (Web market info)

www.cyberatlas.com

Internet News

www.internetnews.com

Washington News

Washington Update (ACM)

www.acm.org/usacm/update