| Group Name |
Group Description |
| Common Access Token |
This group will progress the Common Access Token work item. |
| Common Media Server Data |
This group will progress the Common Media Server Data work item. |
| Content Specification Task Force |
This WAVE Project task force develops technical documents related to the content requirements within the Project. |
| CTA Master Calendar |
This group's only purpose is to house the master calendar for all CTA standards meetings. |
| Cybersecurity Labeling Steering Committee |
The scope for the group is as follows: The Cybersecurity Labeling Steering Committee is chartered under the CTA Technology Council (TC) to develop processes, policies, documentation, and marketing communications to further the goal of a national cybersecurity label program. Additionally, the Steering Committee provides overall leadership, guidance, and vision, as well as formal approval for public release of work product for the Cybersecurity Labeling Project. |
| Device Playback Capabilities Task Force |
This WAVE Project task force develops technical documents related to requirements on the device to receive and stream content within the Project. |
| Future Standards Working Group |
Observe trends within the Consumer Technology Industry in order to discover opportunities for new CTA projects with the goal of identifying new work. |
| HTML5 API Task Force |
This WAVE Project task force develops technical documents related to the HTML5 API requirements within the Project. |
| NRSC AFAB AIWG AM Improvement Working Group |
The AIWG was established with the goal of developing an NRSC Guideline on AM carrier synchronization. Subsequently, the work of this group was expanded to pursue additional studies and activities focused on ways to improve the quality of the analog AM radio service. |
| NRSC AFAB AM & FM Analog Broadcasting Subcommittee |
The AFAB Subcommittee develops standards and guidelines pertaining to AM and FM analog broadcasting services. Technical work in this Subcommittee is primarily focused on the analog audio services which broadcasters provide in the AM and FM frequency bands, and RF requirements stemming from these analog modulation methods. |
| NRSC AFAB DMWG Document Maintenance Working Group |
The Document Maintenance Working Group reviews documents in need of periodic review that fall under the scope of the AM & FM Analog Broadcasting Subcommittee. |
| NRSC DRB Digital Radio Broadcasting Subcommittee |
The DRB Subcommittee develops standards and guidelines pertaining to AM and FM digital broadcasting services. This Subcommittee focuses on the transmission aspects of in-band/on-channel AM and FM digital radio systems, in contrast to the DSM Subcommittee which principally focuses on data (content and metadata) protocols. One specific responsibility of this Subcommittee is to maintain and update as necessary the NRSC-5 In-band/on-channel Digital Radio Broadcasting Standard. |
| NRSC DRB ISDWG IBOC Standards Development Working Group |
The ISDWG was established by the NRSC Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) Subcommittee (the precursor to the DRB Subcommittee) “…to draft an IBOC DAB technical standard as expeditiously as possible.” That task was completed in April 2005 with the adoption by the DAB Subcommittee of the NRSC-5 Standard. Subsequently, the work of this group was expanded to review and update as necessary the NRSC-5 Standard as well as to develop Guideline documents which inform broadcasters and broadcast equipment and receiver manufacturers on best practices and other information to support the use and proliferation of AM and FM in-band/on-channel digital radio systems. |
| NRSC DSM Data Services and Metadata Subcommittee |
The DSM Subcommittee develops standards and guidelines for digital information that radio broadcasters send to their audiences via the growing number of data transmission technologies in use today. This Subcommittee focuses on data (content and metadata) protocols, in contrast to the NRSC DRB Subcommittee which principally focuses on the transmission aspects of in-band/on-channel AM and FM digital radio systems.
This Subcommittee owns and maintains the body of work from its predecessor, the NRSC Radio Broadcast Data System (RBDS) Subcommittee. This Subcommittee also has responsibility for working with other standards bodies in this area of focus, specifically including the RDS Forum and the International Electrotechnical Committee for the maintenance of the Radio Data System (RDS) Standard currently embodied as IEC-62106. |
| NRSC DSM EAIWG Emergency Alerting and Information Working Group |
The EAIWG was established to develop standards and guidelines regarding the distribution of emergency alerts and information via transmission technologies in use by AM and FM broadcasters. These technologies include analog and digital radio, internet streaming and other distribution technologies as may be used by broadcasters. |
| NRSC National Radio Systems Committee |
The National Radio Systems Committee (NRSC) is jointly sponsored by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Through its subcommittees it develops standards and guidelines for both analog and digital radio broadcasting in the AM and FM broadcast bands. |
| NRSC RBDS Radio Broadcast Data System Subcommittee |
The Radio Broadcast Data System Subcommittee maintains the U.S. version of the international RDS standard, which describes a system for transmitting data at approximately 1200 bits per second over the 57 kHz subcarrier of an analog FM broadcast signal. |
| NRSC RBDS RUWG RDS Usage Working Group |
The RDS Usage Working Group develops recommendations about RDS-related standards and guidelines for consideration by the NRSC RBDS Subcommittee. |
| R04 Audio and Video Systems Committee |
CTA's R4 Audio and Video Systems Committee develops standards, recommended practices, and related documentation for consumer systems whose primary function is presentation of audio or video and associated content. |
| R04 WG03 Television Data Systems |
R4 WG3 develops CTA Standards, Bulletins and test materials related to ATSC closed captioning. |
| R04 WG05 Antenna Standards |
R4WG5 will develop standards, recommended practices, and technical reports related to antennas. |
| R04 WG07 DTV Interfaces |
R4 WG7 develops and maintains interface, interoperability, measurement and functionality standards, bulletins and other documents related to uncompressed A/V digital interfaces |
| R04 WG08 Audio Loudness Work Group |
R4WG8 develops and maintains documents related to loudness matching, peak loudness and audio dynamic range from diverse content as rendered on consumer devices. |
| R04 WG10 Document Maintenance |
R04 WG10 reviews and recommends reaffirmation, revision, stabilization or withdrawal of published R04 standards scheduled for 5-year review. |
| R04 WG13 SG1 Average Luminance Area |
Study Group 1 will discuss and make a recommendation regarding which part of the TV screen should be included when determining average luminance. |
| R04 WG13 STB Audio and Video Systems Energy Consumption |
R04 WG13 Audio and Video Systems Energy Consumption develops standards, recommended practices, and related documentation about energy consumption of audio and video systems.. |
| R04 WG14 AFD & Bar Data |
WG14 will revise CEA-CEB16, Active Format
Description (AFD) & Bar Data Recommended Practice, for consideration by R4. |
| R04 WG15 A/V Synchronization |
R4 WG15 develops and maintains documents related to the synchronization of audio and video signals. |
| R04 WG16 3D Technologies |
R4 WG16 monitors 3D television activity and reports on possible future standardization opportunities, and develops and maintains standards, bulletins and other documents related to 3D technology. |
| R04 WG17 RF Cable Compatibility |
R4WG17 establishes and maintains CTA standards for RF interface between cable television systems and consumer electronics products |
| R04 WG18 Receivers for Next Generation Broadcast Television |
R4 WG18 develops standards, recommended practices and technical reports on receiver guidelines, profiles and characteristics. |
| R04 WG19 Accessibility |
R4WG19 addresses standards and bulletins related to accessibility. |
| R04 WG20 Streaming Media Quality of Experience (QoE) |
WG20 develops documents addressing streaming media playback quality of experience. |
| R04 WG21 PlugFests |
R04 WG21 assists CTA in organizing and conducting PlugFest interoperability events between devices, with primary emphasis on devices compliant with CTA-861 (all active revisions). |
| R04 WG22 Audio Performance of Non-TV In-Home Consumer Technology |
R03 WG01 develops standards and documents that address loudspeaker measurement. |
| R04 WG23 In-Vehicle Audio and Video Equipment |
R03 WG2 develops standards, bulletins and other documents regarding amplifier power for portable, handheld and in-vehicle electronics. |
| R06 Intelligent Mobility Committee |
R6 develops standards, bulletins and other technical publications that address intelligent mobility for consumer electronics products, including those used in vehicles, autonomous systems, portable accessories, and accessible navigation. |
| R06 WG08 Mobile Electronics Wiring Designation |
R6 WG8 develops and maintains standards related to mobile electronics wiring designation. |
| R06 WG25 Inclusive Audio-Based Network Navigation Systems Design |
This working group will develop standards, recommended practices, and technical reports related to Inclusive Audio-Based Network Navigation Systems Design. |
| R06 WG29 Public Alert Receivers |
This group will revise CTA-2009 to align with the upcoming changes to the Watch Warning Advisory hierarchy of alert messages from the NWS. |
| R07 Consumer Electronics Networking Committee |
R7 and its subcommittees establish standards and guidelines for all CTA network standardization efforts involving communications between, to, or from consumer electronics devices. R7 also provides coordination for, and encourages cooperation among, all standards development efforts for communications that pass over a home network/system, or communications between, to, or from consumer electronic devices. R7 also provides a forum for non-CTA home network standards formulating bodies interested in working with CTA. R7 also works to ensure that current and future networks can coexist and be used to share information through the use of industry standard interfaces. R7 should coordinate with internationally recognized bodies in this field, for example, ISO, IEC, ATIS, and IETF. |
| R07 WG02 Document Maintenance |
R07 WG02 Document Maintenance reviews and recommends reaffirmation, revision or withdrawal of published R7 standards scheduled for 5-year review. |
| R07 WG13 Home Control Systems Working Group |
R07 WG13 develops and recommends home control networking protocols based on the LonWorks® protocol. |
| R07 WG14 IPv6 Working Group |
The IPv6 working group develops documents related to the deployment of the IPv6 protocol in CE devices. |
| R07 WG15 Network Device Energy Consumption Working Group |
R07 WG15 develops energy measurement standards for devices and systems within the scope of R7. |
| R07.08 Modular Communication Interface for Energy Management |
R07.08 develops standards and bulletins for a modular communication interface for energy management. |
| R07.08 WG01 Modular Communications Interface |
R7.8 WG1's scope is to resolve any technical and editorial issues, and to make recommendations to R7.8 on the MCI standard. |
| R07.08 WG02 CE-EUI |
R7.8 WG2 makes recommendations to R7.8 concerning standards, bulletins, and other documents that describe how consumer electronic devices communicate energy usage information. |
| R11 Health Fitness & Wellness Committee |
R11 develops standards, recommended practices, and related documentation for consumer health and fitness technology, including fixed, portable and wearable health and fitness devices. |
| R11 WG01 Sleep Monitors |
R11 WG1 will develop standards, bulletins and other documents addressing sleep monitoring technology. |
| R11 WG02 Physical Activity Monitoring Standards |
R11 WG2 will create definitions and performance standards for physical activity monitoring devices. |
| R11 WG03 Consumer EEG Data |
R11 WG3 will create recommended practices and standards for or EEG data exchange and interoperability, to include local transmission, event description, user state description, file storage and group-level meta-data encapsulation. |
| R11 WG04 Consumer Stress Monitoring Technologies |
R11 WG 4 will create definitions and performance standards for consumer stress monitoring technologies. |
| R11 WG07 Digital Therapeutics |
R11 WG07 will develop standards, recommended practices, and technical reports related to technical considerations for the definition, application, use, and performance requirements of a digital therapeutics. |
| R11 WG08 Respiration Monitoring Solutions |
R11 WG08 will develop standards, recommended practices, and technical reports related to technical considerations for the definition, application, use and performance requirements of Respiration Monitoring Solutions. |
| R11 WG09 Cardiovascular Technology Solutions |
R11 WG09 will develop standards, recommended practices, and technical reports related to cardiovascular technology solutions including reporting and validation framework. |
| R11 WG11 Real World Analysis |
R11 WG11 will review current CTA standards to determine whether they should be updated to care for free living analysis and whether new standards should be created. |
| R11 WG13 Health Equity Review Working Group |
The Health Equity Review Working Group will complete document assessments of CTA Standards to ensure topics related to health equity are addressed. |
| R11 WG14 Telehealth |
R11 WG14 will develop standards, recommended practices, and technical reports related to telehealth applications. |
| R11 WG15 Continuous Glucose Monitors |
R11 WG15 will develop standards, recommended practices, and technical reports related to continuous glucose monitors and associated solutions. |
| R11 WG16 Pulse Oximetry |
R11 WG16 will develop standards, recommended practices, and technical reports related to the measurement of SpO2 and associated solutions. |
| R12 WG01 Definitions/Categorization |
R012 WG1 develops standards, recommended practices, and technical reports related to the definitions and categorization of augmented reality, virtual reality and related technologies. |
| R12 WG03 Limited Mobility |
R12 WG3 develops standards, recommended practices, and technical reports related to applications of XR for users with limited mobility. |
| R12 WG04 Diversity in XR |
This working group will identify best practices for representing a diverse and inclusive set of humans in XR development and related technology capabilities. |
| R12 XR Committee |
R012 will develop standards, recommended practices, and technical reports related to augmented reality, virtual reality and related technologies. |
| R13 Artificial Intelligence Committee |
R013 will develop standards, recommended practices, and technical reports related to artificial intelligence technologies. |
| R13 WG01 Artificial Intelligence in Health Care |
The Working Group will develop standards, recommended practices, and related documentation addressing the application of AI in healthcare (including consumer health, fitness and wellness technology). |
| R13 WG03 General Principles of AI/ML |
R13WG3 will develop standards, recommended practices, and technical reports related to general principles of AI/ML. |
| R14 Cybersecurity and Privacy Management Committee |
R14 develops standards, recommended practices, and technical reports in the areas of cybersecurity and privacy management, for developers of connected devices. |
| R14 WG01 Cybersecurity Baseline for Connected Devices Working Group |
R14WG1 develops baseline cybersecurity standards for connected devices. |
| R14 WG02 Document Assessment Working Group |
R14WG2 will solicit R committeess documents that include cybersecurity for R14 assessment. R14WG2 will also harmonize cybersecurity needs across multiple documents. |
| R14 WG03 Cybersecurity for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems Working Group |
R14 WG03 will develop standards, recommended practices, and technical reports related to cybersecurity for small Unmanned Aerial Systems. |
| R14 WG04 Robotics |
R14 WG4 will develop standards, recommended practices and technical reports, related to technical considerations for cybersecurity and privacy management for Consumer and Private Consumer Robotics. |
| Ripple Marketing Group |
This group will make recommendations to the Ripple Technical Project Group on non-technical topics related to marketing and communications. |
| Ripple Steering Committee |
The Consensus Body for Ripple. The Ripple Steering Committee is comprised of no more than 15 voting member companies. Subgroups develop work products and make recommendations to the Ripple Steering Committee. The Ripple Steering Committee maintains the Market Requirements Document with input from relevant subgroups. |
| Ripple Technical Project Group |
The Ripple Technical Project Group will develop specifications for software APIs for general purpose radar and an action plan to drive industry adoption. The group's goal will be to enable interoperability and accelerate the growth of applications of the technology. |
| Ripple Technical Working Group |
Works on broad decisions and updates that impact the Ripple API(s). Makes recommendations to Ripple Steering Committee. Technical editor(s) implement decisions of the Steering Committee. |
| RVU Project Steering Committee |
The RVU Project administers the RVU device certification and compliance program, from receipt and verification of certification reports to issuance of compliance certificates to maintaining a public listing of RVU certified products. The Project is led by a Steering Committee that provides guidance and direction for all RVU Project activities. |
| RVU Project Working Group |
This is the members-only site for the RVU Project. |
| Study Task Group |
To establish a standardized set of computational simulations of (human/biometric) conditions (e.g., hearing loss) that could be used by developers during the innovation process to evolve and address success or applicability of algorithmic and design decisions. Additionally, the simulations could be used by the broader industry to enable more controlled and targeted device performance evaluation. These (human/biometric) conditions are often associated with accessibility and aging with options applications. |
| TC100 US TAG |
The IEC TC100 US TAG manages US participation in the International Electrotechnical Commission's Technical Committee 100 (Audio, Video and Multimedia Equipment). The TC100 US TAG's activities are overseen by the US National Committee of the IEC, which is managed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). |
| TC124 US TAG |
the TC124 US TAG provides standardization in the field of wearable electronic devices and technologies which include patchable materials and devices, implantable materials and devices, edible materials and devices, and electronic textile materials and devices. |
| Test and Compliance Task Force |
This WAVE Project task force develops technical documents related to the compliance and test tools and activities within the Project. |
| TSC WG3 EP-23-P Editing |
This group is responsible for edits to EP-23-O, CEA Technology & Standards Procedures Manual. |
| WAVE Common Media Client Data |
This group will progress the Common Media Client Data work item. |
| WAVE DASH-HLS Interoperability Group |
This group will develop a DASH-HLS Interoperability specification. |
| WAVE Project Steering Committee |
This is the landing page for the WAVE (Web Application Video Ecosystem) project's Steering Committee. WAVE is an interoperability project for Internet video delivered by HTML5 for use primarily in browsers in embedded systems such as smart TVs. Streaming, infrastructure and delivery, and playback are in scope. The Steering Committee directs the overall project, the subcommittees and working groups. |
| WAVE Project Technical WG |
This group develops technical documents related to the WAVE Project, such as requirements and profiles. |
| WAVE Sandbox Group |
This is a test Kavi group for the occasional new feature or change that we contemplate for the 'real' WAVE groups. |
