Jonny Martin did a nice little lightning talk on the topic at APNIC 29: <http://meetings.apnic.net/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/19020/Lightning-Talk_09_Jonny-Martin-APRICOT2010-wifi-network.pdf> On Dec 29, 2010, at 10:57 AM, Ole Jacobsen wrote: > > Dave, > > I think you will find that our NOC people have a great deal of > experience and perhaps even a list of do's and don'ts for this type of > design. In the end, this technology will not scale without bonds if > we're talking about n-thousand people sitting in a plenary hall, but > there are obviously a lot that can be done with a distribution of > multiple lower-powered (configured as such) units that don't use > overlapping channels, use of various 802.11 flavors (a, n, etc) and > more SSIDs, all in the name of load sharing. > > While there may not be a document, and I agree that it would be useful > to have one, there is certainly a collective body of knowledge on this > topic (including a "never again use base stations from xxxx.."). > > Ole > > Ole J. Jacobsen > Editor and Publisher, The Internet Protocol Journal > Cisco Systems > Tel: +1 408-527-8972 Mobile: +1 415-370-4628 > E-mail: ole@xxxxxxxxx URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj > > > > On Wed, 29 Dec 2010, Dave CROCKER wrote: > >> Time for a BCP? >> >> >> >> <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/technology/29wifi.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha25> >> >>> The problem is that Wi-Fi was never intended for large halls and >>> thousands of people, many of them bristling with an arsenal of >>> laptops, >> >> >> I don't recall seeing a document on this and the IETF track record has been >> quite good. >> >> We should share the joy. >> >> d/ >> -- >> >> Dave Crocker >> Brandenburg InternetWorking >> bbiw.net >> _______________________________________________ >> Ietf mailing list >> Ietf@xxxxxxxx >> https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf >> > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf