1. The document provides instructions for a standards research assignment requiring a 3-4 page paper. Students must select an IEEE or IETF working group and justify the need for IEEE 802 networking standards.
2. Students must evaluate and determine the most important of three standards organizations - IEEE, ISO, and ANSI - for communication technology.
3. The paper must also take a position on the need for a federal regulating body like NIST and justify the opinion with evidence. At least three quality resources excluding Wikipedia must be used.