IEEE Communications Society Constitution- Article 1 - Name, Purposes, and Scope

1.1 Name - The name of this organization is the IEEE Communications Society, hereinafter referred to as "the Society." It is organized within the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. hereinafter called "the IEEE."

1.2 Purposes - The purposes of the Society are: (a) scientific and educational - directed toward the advancement of the theory, practice and application of communications engineering and related arts and sciences; (b) professional - directed toward promotion of high professional standards, development of competency and advancement of the standing of members of the profession it serves.

The Society promotes cooperation and exchange of information among its members and those of other organized bodies within and outside the IEEE. Means to these ends may include, but are not limited to, the holding of meetings for the presentation and discussion of papers, the publication of journals, sponsorship of tutorial seminars and workshops, stimulation of research, the education of members, establishment of standards, and providing for the technical and professional needs of its members via organized efforts.

1.3 Scope - The IEEE Communications Society embraces the science, technology, applications and standards for information organization, collection and transfer using electronic, optical and wireless channels and networks, including but not limited to:

• Systems and network architecture, control and management;
• Protocols, software and middleware;
• Quality of service, reliability and security;
• Modulation, detection, coding, and signaling;
• Switching and routing;
• Mobile and portable communications;
• Terminals and other end devices;
• Networks for content distribution and distributed computing; and
• Communications-based distributed resources control.

1.4 Authority - Society organization and operations are in accordance with the IEEE Constitution.