IEEE Approved Draft Standard for Haptic Codecs for the Tactile Internet

This document describes haptic codecs for the data reduction of kinesthetic and tactile signals in response to the Call for Contributions issued by the Haptic Codecs Task Group for the standardization of Haptic Codecs for the Tactile Internet (IEEE P1918.1.1). Three types of codecs are presented in this document, including the no-delay kinesthetic codec (Part I), the delay-robust kinesthetic codec (Part II) and the tactile codec (Part III). Additionally, this document introduces handshaking and metadata exchange mechanisms for the exchange of the capabilities of haptic devices (Part IV). This document also provides additional information (in informative annexes) for codec implementation and evaluation, such as the reference software and hardware setups for kinesthetic and tactile codecs, and cross-validation results.