On-going Activities

The IES Standards Committee (IES/IES) is the IEEE SA Standards Committee of the Industrial Electronics Society. Working Groups (WGs) normally meet every 6 to 8 weeks online, and face-to-face at the main IES conferences (ISIE, INDIN, IECON), where the Standards TC also holds its meetings coinciding with the IES AdCom meetings. TC status reports and proposals for new standards projects (PARs) are discussed at these meetings.

Active standards projects (PARs) sponsored by the IES Standards Committee (in order of PAR approval):

  • 1. IEEE P1451.5.5 – Standard for a Smart Transducer Interface for Sensors and Actuators – Wireless Communication Protocols and Transducer Electronic Data Sheet (TEDS) Formats – LoRa Protocol
    • SCOPE: Defines a standardized smart sensor interface using the Long-Range (LoRa) protocol, based on the IEEE 1451.0 transducer services, covering the wireless transducer interface module (WTIM), the network capable application processor (NCAP) and the TEDS, to achieve plug-and-play interoperability, security, privacy and harmonized RF planning.
    • PAR approved: 21 May 2021 (extension requested December 2025)
    • WG Chair: Kim Fung Tsang — WG site

  • 2. IEEE P1451.5.6 – Standard for a Smart Transducer Interface for Sensors and Actuators – Wireless Communication Protocols and TEDS Formats – Sigfox Protocol
    • SCOPE: Defines a standardized smart sensor interface using the long-range ultra-narrowband Sigfox protocol, based on the IEEE 1451.0 transducer services (WTIM, NCAP, TEDS and the APIs between them).
    • PAR approved: 21 May 2021 (extension requested December 2025)
    • WG Chair: Kim Fung Tsang — WG site

  • 3. IEEE P1451.5.10 – Standard for a Smart Transducer Interface for Sensors and Actuators – Wireless Communication Protocols and TEDS Formats – NB-IoT Protocol
    • Joint sponsor: IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IM/ST)
    • SCOPE: Defines a standardized smart sensor interface using the Narrow-band IoT (NB-IoT) protocol, based on the IEEE 1451.0 transducer services, including secure wireless communication between WTIM and NCAP.
    • PAR approved: 21 May 2021 (extension requested December 2025)
    • WG Chair: Kim Fung Tsang

  • 4. IEEE P2805.4 – Standard for Edge Collaboration Protocols for Federated Learning
    • SCOPE: Specifies the collaboration of machine learning protocols between edge computing nodes based on federated learning: model training, optimization and inference, network access control, data privacy protection and data communication.
    • PAR approved: 16 June 2022
    • WG Chair: Jiming Chen — WG site

  • 5. IEEE P2805.5 – Recommended Practice for Low-Code Development in Industrial Edge Computing
    • SCOPE: Specifies low-code and no-code development methods for industrial edge computing, including model-driven and data-driven approaches with automatic code generation, for discrete manufacturing, batch control and process control applications.
    • PAR approved: 8 November 2023
    • WG Chair: Wenbin (William) Dai

  • 6. IEEE P2805.6 – Recommended Practice for Cloud-Edge Collaborative Industrial Automation System Architecture
    • SCOPE: Specifies a reference architecture of the next-generation cloud-edge collaborative industrial automation systems, including definitions of cloud, edge and network devices, and definitions and general requirements of cloud-based and virtualized controllers, with use cases from discrete manufacturing, batch control and process control.
    • PAR approved: 8 November 2023
    • WG Chair: Wenbin (William) Dai

  • 7. IEEE P3464 – Guide for Test Methods for the Static and Dynamic Performance and Efficiency of the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Cogeneration Systems under Feedback Control
    • SCOPE: Covers the thermodynamic analysis and control performance evaluation of water-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell cogeneration systems operating under feedback control, addressing the performance of the fuel cell under disturbances such as load shifting and environmental changes.
    • PAR approved: 6 June 2024
    • WG Chair: Bin Chen

  • 8. IEEE P3023 – Recommended Practice for Intelligent Interaction Systems Based on Industrial Cloud Platforms for the Manufacturing Industry
    • SCOPE: Provides a definition and general requirements for intelligent interaction systems based on industrial cloud platforms for the manufacturing industry, addressing the functions and relationships of the user layer, the demand access layer and the manufacturing service layer.
    • PAR approved: 13 February 2025
    • WG Chair: Yu Wang

  • 9. IEEE P3568 – Guide for Terms and Test Methods of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Electric Power Equipment
    • SCOPE: Provides technical guidance on the inspection of the performance and quality of fiber-reinforced composite electric power equipment (operating rods, frames, tools, wires) for manufacturers, testing institutions and power utilities: terms and definitions, test equipment and facilities, and test methods, emphasizing mechatronic testing methods based on electronic control technology.
    • PAR approved: 13 February 2025
    • WG Chair: Jian Zhang

  • 10. IEEE P3567 – Guide for Operational Life Cycle Assessment of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Electric Power Equipment
    • SCOPE: Introduces basic technical characteristics, operational life cycle assessment methods (accelerated aging evaluation and electromechanical combined simulation condition assessment) and scrap disposal methods for overhead line equipment made of fiber-reinforced composite materials, such as poles, frames, tools and conductors.
    • PAR approved: 27 March 2025 (modified PAR approved 4 June 2026)
    • WG Chair: Guanhua Li

  • 11. IEEE P3739 – Standard for General Requirements for Distributed Photovoltaic (PV) Station Inverter Fault Detection Systems
    • SCOPE: Specifies the system architecture, technical requirements, data and communication requirements, and testing methods for the fault detection systems of distributed photovoltaic station inverters.
    • PAR approved: 10 September 2025
    • WG Chair: Fei Lin

  • 12. IEEE P3740 – Guide for Fault Detection Methods of Distributed Photovoltaic Power Station Inverters
    • SCOPE: Outlines the classification of faults, fault detection methods and safety precautions for inverters in distributed photovoltaic power stations connected to distribution networks of 35 kV and below.
    • PAR approved: 10 September 2025
    • WG Chair: Chengsheng Jin

  • 13. IEEE P3741 – Standard for Online Fault Detection Method for Photovoltaic Inverters Based on Signal Processing
    • SCOPE: Specifies the detection objects, technical requirements, testing procedures, performance evaluation and verification methods for online fault detection of photovoltaic inverters based on signal processing, covering single/multiple component faults (e.g. open-circuit switches, capacitor aging) in three-level and grid-connected inverters.
    • PAR approved: 10 September 2025
    • WG Chair: Yuhao Zhao

  • 14. IEEE P3979 – Standard for Control, Interaction, and Safety Framework for Discrete Logistics Equipment
    • SCOPE: Specifies the control, interaction and safety framework for discrete logistics equipment, providing a reference topology for next-generation logistics systems and an advanced motion control functional interface, unifying the control of field devices with different interfaces through a dedicated communication protocol and safety rules at the application layer.
    • PAR approved: 12 February 2026
    • WG Chair: Bo Wang

  • 15. IEEE P3994 – Standard for Low-Altitude (below 1000 m above ground) Inspection Procedures of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
    • SCOPE: Establishes a unified framework for low-altitude aerial inspection operations (below 1000 m above ground level) using UAVs around industrial facilities, infrastructure and other complex environments: inspection procedures, operational coordination, interoperability, environmental adaptability and performance evaluation requirements. It does not define UAV platform design, communication protocols, sensing algorithms or regulatory frameworks.
    • PAR approved: 26 March 2026
    • WG Chair: Hao Xiong

Active projects jointly sponsored with other IEEE Societies (lead committee in brackets):

  • IEEE P1451.99 – Standard for Harmonization of Internet of Things (IoT) Devices and Systems [IM/ST – IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society TC-9]
    • SCOPE: Defines an IoT TRusted Area Networking (IoT-TRAN) architecture for harmonizing IEEE 1451 sensor networks, IoT and IIoT systems: an interoperability framework (communication and semantics) allowing data sharing in a trusted environment, built on top of XMPP with bridges to other IoT/M2M protocols (CoAP, HTTP, MQTT, AMQP, ...).
    • PAR approved: 22 May 2024
    • WG Chair: Riccardo Brama

  • IEEE P2520.1 – Standard for Baseline Performance for Odor Analysis Devices and Systems [SEN/SC – IEEE Sensors Council]
    • SCOPE: Provides testing methods and conformance processes to ensure that odor analysis devices and systems (machine olfaction) achieve reliable and reproducible baseline performance for general VOC/odor monitoring and assessment applications.
    • PAR approved: 24 September 2020
    • WG Chair: James Covington

Projects formerly listed here that have been completed or are no longer co-sponsored with the IES: IEEE 1451.0-2024 (completed, see Completed Standards), IEEE 2004-2025 (HIL testing; completed under PEL/PES sponsorship), the IEEE 2048 series (VR/AR; now under the CTS Metaverse Standards Committee), IEEE P1451.7 and IEEE P21451-1-5 (IM/ST).

Notes: (i) IEEE 2805.3-2026, 3137-2026, 3138-2026, 2023-2025, 2992-2025, 2805.2-2025, 1451.1.6-2025, 2805.1-2024, 3178-2024, 1451.0-2024, 2418.11-2023 and 2668-2022 have been completed and moved to the Completed Standards page. (ii) The PAR of IEEE P21451-002 (Recommended Practice for Low-Power Smart Transducers Applications) expired and was administratively withdrawn in December 2024.

The authoritative status of every project is maintained by IEEE SA (committee “IES/IES – Industrial Electronics Society Standards Committee”); see the IEEE SA Standards Board approvals for new PARs and approved standards by meeting.

Proposing a new standard: IES members who wish to start a new standards project should contact the TC officers. The TC helps to prepare the Project Authorization Request (PAR) and submits it to the IEEE SA Standards Board (NesCom) on behalf of the IES Standards Committee.

Last updated: 24 August 2026, from the IEEE SA Standards Board approvals (2015–June 2026) and the IEEE SA project pages.