Re: [ericas] Examples of Internet protocols not working well in emergent regions

[Arturo Servin <[e-mail]>]

	These are problems of emergent regions and remote places.

/as	

On 4/28/13 10:49 PM, Melinda Shore wrote:
> On 4/28/13 5:19 PM, Arturo Servin wrote:
>> 	Some ideas of possible challenges for the IP suite in emergent regions:
>>
>> 	- Long delay networks
>> 	- Low bandwidth networks
>> 	- Satellite networks (which are low BW and have long delays)
>> 	- Mesh wireless networks
>> 	- Networks not connected all the time
>> 	- Not reliable/slow backup networks (i.e. in many countries there is
>> just one ISP, how can we provide multi-home for critical services using
>> a not very reliable backup link, for example a satellite link, a 3/4G,
>> dial-up, etc.)
> 
> If I can split hairs for a second, these problems are not peculiar
> to emergent regions but to remote places without a lot of local
> infrastructure.  We have these same problems in Alaska (particularly
> in villages off the road system) and my understanding is that they're
> not uncommon in northern Canada and portions of some of the nordic
> countries.
> 
> Melinda
>