[Battlemesh] Alternative Network Deployments: Taxonomy, Characterization, Technologies, and Architectures

[Mitar]

Hi!

RFC has been published:

https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/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."


Mitar

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