Re: [gaia] New Version Notification for draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-networks-02.txt

[Matthew Ford <[e-mail]>]

We're probably at the point where it makes sense to consider adoption of this work as an RG document.

Is there any objection to that? Please share your opinion on the list by Friday 20th Feb.

Personally (co-chair hat off) I have some comments which I plan to send along to the list shortly, but I don't have any objection to adopting this work.

Mat

> On 21 Jan 2015, at 17:21, Jose Saldana <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> We have just updated (and uploaded) a new version of the "Manyfolks draft": Alternative Network Deployments. Taxonomy and characterization.
> 
> URL:            http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-networks-02.txt
> Status:         https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-networks/
> Htmlized:       http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-networks-02
> Diff:           http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-networks-02
> 
> The structure has been modified, and many parts have been improved. In addition, it includes a number of new references.
> 
> If you want to have a look to it and send your comments, it would be fine.
> 
> Thanks a lot to the contributors (some of them new)!
> 
> Jose
> 
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]]
>> Enviado el: miércoles, 21 de enero de 2015 18:17
>> Para: Carlos Rey-Moreno; Leandro Navarro; Carlos Rey-Moreno; Andres Arcia-
>> Moret; Ermanno Pietrosemoli; Arjuna Sathiaseelan; Arjuna Sathiaseelan; Bart
>> Braem; Leandro Navarro; Ermanno Pietrosemoli; Bart Braem; Jose Saldana; Marco
>> Zennaro; Jose Saldana; Marco Zennaro; Andres Arcia-Moret
>> Asunto: New Version Notification for draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-networks-
>> 02.txt
>> 
>> 
>> A new version of I-D, draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-networks-02.txt
>> has been successfully submitted by Jose Saldana and posted to the IETF
>> repository.
>> 
>> Name:		draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-networks
>> Revision:	02
>> Title:		Alternative Network Deployments. Taxonomy and characterization
>> Document date:	2015-01-21
>> Group:		Individual Submission
>> Pages:		33
>> URL:            http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-
>> networks-02.txt
>> Status:         https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-
>> networks/
>> Htmlized:       http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-networks-02
>> Diff:           http://www.ietf.org/rfcdiff?url2=draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-
>> networks-02
>> 
>> Abstract:
>>   This document presents a taxonomy of "Alternative Network
>>   deployments", and a set of definitions and shared characteristics.
>>   This term includes a set of network access models emerged in the last
>>   decade with the aim of bringing Internet connectivity to people,
>>   using topological, architectural and business models different from
>>   the so-called "traditional" ones, where a company deploys the network
>>   infrastructure for connecting the users, who pay for it.
>> 
>>   Several initiatives throughout the world have built large scale
>>   networks that are alternative to the traditional network operator
>>   deployments using predominately wireless technologies (including long
>>   distance) due to the reduced cost of using the unlicensed spectrum.
>>   Wired technologies such as Fiber are also used in some of these
>>   alternate networks.  There are several types of such alternate
>>   network: networks such as community networks are self-organized and
>>   decentralized networks wholly owned by the community; networks owned
>>   by individuals who act as wireless internet service providers
>>   (WISPs), networks owned by individuals but leased out to network
>>   operators who use such networks as a low-cost medium to reach the
>>   underserved population and finally there are networks that provide
>>   connectivity by sharing wireless resources of the users.
>> 
>>   The emergence of these networks can be motivated by different causes
>>   such as the reluctance, or the impossibility, of network operators to
>>   provide wired and cellular infrastructures to rural/remote areas.  In
>>   these cases, the networks have self sustainable business models that
>>   provide more localised communication services as well as Internet
>>   backhaul support through peering agreements with traditional network
>>   operators.  Some other times, networks are built as a complement and
>>   an alternative to commercial Internet access provided by
>>   "traditional" network operators.
>> 
>>   The present classification considers different existing network
>>   models such as Community Networks, open wireless services, user-
>>   extensible services, traditional local Internet Service Providers
>>   (ISPs), new global ISPs, etc.  Different criteria are used in order
>>   to build a classification as e.g., the ownership of the equipment,
>>   the way the network is organized, the participatory model, the
>>   extensibility, if they are driven by a community, a company or a
>>   local (public or private) stakeholder, etc.
>> 
>>   According to the developed taxonomy, a characterization of each kind
>>   of network is presented, in terms of specific network characteristics
>>   related to architecture, organization, etc.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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