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Title : Alternative Network Deployments. Taxonomy and characterization
Authors : Jose Saldana
Andres Arcia-Moret
Bart Braem
Leandro Navarro
Ermanno Pietrosemoli
Carlos Rey-Moreno
Arjuna Sathiaseelan
Marco Zennaro
Filename : draft-manyfolks-gaia-community-networks-01.txt
Pages : 27
Date : 2014-10-06
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 models emerged in the last
decades with the aim of bringing Internet connectivity to people,
following topological, architectural and business models different
from the so-called "traditional" ones, where a company deploys the
infrastructure connecting the households of the users, who pay for
it.
Several initiatives throughout the World have built large scale
networks that use wireless technologies (including long distance) due
to the reduced cost of using the unlicensed spectrum. Others rely on
wired technologies. Some of these networks are self-organized and
decentralized, other ones are based on sharing wireless resources of
the users. The emergence of these networks 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. In these cases, the 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. Some other
times, they are built as a complement and an alternative to
commercial Internet access provided by "traditional" network
operators.
The classification considers different existing network models as
e.g., community networks, open wireless services, user-extensible
services, traditional local 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 network characteristics related
to architecture, organization, etc.
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