The P1588 Working Group works in subcommittees dedicated to specific aspects of the IEEE 1588 standard. Each P1588 Subcommittee consists of a subset of P1588 WG members that are interested in the specific aspect. The P1588 Subcommittees prepare and recommend proposals for consideration by the P1588 WG.
Maintenance
- Scope: The Maintenance Subcommittee handles reported “bugs” or ambiguities in the standard.
- Chair: Doug Arnold
Management
- Scope: The Management Subcommittee covers new features related to management of the PTP data sets, and monitoring of PTP instances.
- Chair: Rodney Cummings
New Features
- Scope: This subcommittee handles proposals that add to the IEEE 1588 standard new features, excluding security and management related work.
- Chairs: Stefano Ruffini, Maciej Lipinski
Security
- Scope: Security Subcommittee covers new features and clarifications related PTP security mechanisms.
- Chair: Karen O’Donoghue
Outreach
- Scope: The Outreach Subcommittee strives to promote awareness and community engagement with IEEE 1588. It provides a point of contact for those interested in learning more about IEEE 1588 and maintains a web presence for the Precision Networked Clock Synchronization Working Group (PNCSWG).
- Chair: Terry Jones
Note: Information on P1588 subcommittees during the work on IEEE 1588-2019 (2013-2019).