Re: [gaia] RFC 7962 on Alternative Network Deployments: Taxonomy, Characterization, Technologies, and Architectures

Great news! and a big thanks to Jose Saldana for being the Noah! :)

and to all those who contributed to the document.

Arjuna
On 30 Aug 2016 01:46, <rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org> wrote:

> A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
>
>
>         RFC 7962
>
>         Title:      Alternative Network Deployments: Taxonomy,
>                     Characterization, Technologies, and Architectures
>         Author:     J. Saldana, Ed.,
>                     A. Arcia-Moret, B. Braem,
>                     E. Pietrosemoli, A. Sathiaseelan,
>                     M. Zennaro
>         Status:     Informational
>         Stream:     IRTF
>         Date:       August 2016
>         Mailbox:    jsaldana@unizar.es,
>                     andres.arcia@cl.cam.ac.uk,
>                     bart.braem@iminds.be,
>                     ermanno@ictp.it,
>                     arjuna.sathiaseelan@cl.cam.ac.uk,
>                     mzennaro@ictp.it
>         Pages:      43
>         Characters: 97574
>         Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None
>
>         I-D Tag:    draft-irtf-gaia-alternative-network-deployments-08.txt
>
>         URL:        https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7962
>
>         DOI:        http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7962
>
> This document presents a taxonomy of a set of "Alternative Network
> Deployments" that emerged in the last decade with the aim of bringing
> Internet connectivity to people or providing a local communication
> infrastructure to serve various complementary needs and objectives.
> They employ architectures and topologies different from those of
> mainstream networks and rely on alternative governance and business
> models.
>
> The document also surveys the technologies deployed in these
> networks, and their differing architectural characteristics,
> including a set of definitions and shared properties.
>
> The classification considers models such as Community Networks,
> Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs), networks owned by
> individuals but leased out to network operators who use them as a
> low-cost medium to reach the underserved population, networks that
> provide connectivity by sharing wireless resources of the users, and
> rural utility cooperatives.
>
> This document is a product of the Global Access to the Internet for All
> Research Group of the IRTF.
>
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