Table of Contents

 0     Introduction   v
        0.1     Organization   vi
        0.2     Guideline releases and versioning  vi
        0.3     What's new    vii
        0.4     White papers  vii
                  0.4.1     Fundamentals of data exchange   vii
                  0.4.2     Introduction to the Continua Design Guidelines  vii
                  0.4.3     Implementation guidelines for cellular modems embedded into medical devices  vii
                  0.4.4     Recommendations for USB PHDC device driver interoperability  vii
        0.5     Certification programme   viii
 1     Scope
 2     References
        2.1     Equivalent IEEE and ISO specifications
 3     Definitions
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation
 4     Abbreviations and Acronyms
 5     Conventions
        5.1     Design Guidelines terminology and conventions
                  5.1.1     DG compliance classifiers
                  5.1.2     Guideline font usage conventions
                  5.1.3     Design guidelines format
 6     System overview
        6.1     E2E system architecture
                  6.1.1     Devices, components, applications and interfaces
                  6.1.2     Design guideline types
                  6.1.3     Reference capability classes and system topology
                  6.1.4     Reference, certified and logo-ed capability classes
                  6.1.5     Other views of the architecture
                  6.1.6     Compatibility
                  6.1.7     Quality of service strategy
                  6.1.8     E2E security
                  6.1.9     Overview of standards used across PHD-IF
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