Re: [gaia] An Internet Draft about Community Networks. A first question

Hello Dirk, Jose,

 Yes, we have included that in the draft (section 4.1 is dedicated to
that) - where we talk about the VNO led crowdshared approaches.

Yes and architecturally they are the same.

Regards
Arjuna

On 18 June 2014 15:34, Trossen, Dirk <Dirk.Trossen@interdigital.com> wrote:
> ...a thought: if FON was a regional authority, acting as a virtual network operator, would it be included then?
>
> Point is that the 'sharing by end users' and 'managed by some entity' can have facets that reach (in terms of said entity) from a corporate entity over a social community (e.g., a cooperative formed by these users) to a regional authority (e.g., a municipality trying to foster local Internet uptake or dedicated programmes like digital education). Where would we draw the borderline, if architecturally though they're all more or less the same?
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> Dirk
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gaia [mailto:gaia-bounces@irtf.org] On Behalf Of Jose Saldana
> Sent: 18 June 2014 15:26
> To: gaia@irtf.org
> Subject: Re: [gaia] An Internet Draft about Community Networks. A first question
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> Hi,
>
> We have a first question. We had some doubts about this: should we include in the draft Networks in which Wi-Fi is shared by individuals, but they are in fact managed by a company (e.g. FON)?
>
>> >    There exist other networks, also based on sharing wireless resources
>> >    of the users, but not built upon the initiative of the users
>> >    themselves, nor owned by them.  The characterization of these
>> >    networks is not the objective of this document.
>
> As you may see, in the current version they are not included, but we have some doubts...
>
> Jose
>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: gaia [mailto:gaia-bounces@irtf.org] En nombre de Jose Saldana
>> Enviado el: miércoles, 18 de junio de 2014 16:21
>> Para: gaia@irtf.org
>> Asunto: [gaia] An Internet Draft about Community Networks
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> After some weeks, we have been able to build an Internet Draft about
>> Community Networks. At this stage we would like to hear the feedback from people in the list.
>>
>> http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-network
>> s/
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Jose
>>
>>
>> > -----Mensaje original-----
>> > De: internet-drafts@ietf.org [mailto:internet-drafts@ietf.org]
>> > Enviado
>> > el: miércoles, 18 de junio de 2014 16:18
>> > Para: Carlos Rey-Moreno; Leandro Navarro; Carlos Rey-Moreno; Andres
>> > Arcia- Moret; Marco Zennaro; Arjuna Sathiaseelan; Arjuna
>> > Sathiaseelan; Bart Braem; Leandro Navarro; Bart Braem; Jose Saldana;
>> > Ermanno Pietrosemoli; Ermanno Pietrosemoli; Jose Saldana; Marco
>> > Zennaro; Andres Arcia-Moret
>> > Asunto: New Version Notification for
>> > draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-networks-
>> > 00.txt
>> >
>> >
>> > A new version of I-D, draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-networks-00.txt
>> > has been successfully submitted by Jose Saldana and posted to the
>> > IETF repository.
>> >
>> > Name:               draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-networks
>> > Revision:   00
>> > Title:              Community Networks. Definition and taxonomy
>> > Document date:      2014-06-18
>> > Group:              Individual Submission
>> > Pages:              23
>> > URL:            http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-
>> > networks-00.txt
>> > Status:         https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-
>> > networks/
>> > Htmlized:       http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-networks-
>> 00
>> >
>> >
>> > Abstract:
>> >    Several communities have developed initiatives to build large scale,
>> >    self-organized and decentralized community wireless networks that use
>> >    wireless technologies (including long distance) due to the reduced
>> >    cost of using the unlicensed spectrum.  This can be motivated by
>> >    different causes: Sometimes the reluctance, or the impossibility, of
>> >    network operators to provide wired and cellular infrastructures to
>> >    rural/remote areas has motivated the rise of these networks.  Some
>> >    other times, they are built as a complement and an alternative to
>> >    wired Internet access.
>> >
>> >    These community wireless networks have self sustainable business
>> >    models that provide more localised communication services as well as
>> >    providing Internet backhaul support through peering agreements with
>> >    traditional network operators who see such community led networks as
>> >    a way to extend their reach to rural/remote areas at lower cost.
>> >
>> >    This document defines these networks, summarizes their technological
>> >    characteristics and classifies them, also talking about their socio-
>> >    economic sustainability models.
>> >
>> >    There exist other networks, also based on sharing wireless resources
>> >    of the users, but not built upon the initiative of the users
>> >    themselves, nor owned by them.  The characterization of these
>> >    networks is not the objective of this document.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Please note that it may take a couple of minutes from the time of
>> > submission until the htmlized version and diff are available at tools.ietf.org.
>> >
>> > The IETF Secretariat
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