Community-Lab introduction

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    26     26     supporting NGOs) OPLAN Foundation, Pangea. *##*
    27     27   - Objective: Provide a testbed and associated tools and knowledge for
    28     28     researchers to experiment on real community networks. *##*
    29     29   
    30     30   ** Testbed?
    31     31   - Environment built with real hardware for realistic experimental research on
    32     32     network technologies. *##*
    33         -# Axel: Insert headline "Examples of existing testbeds".
    34     33   - Some wireless testbeds, both indoor and outdoor.
    35     34     - Problems: their limited local scale, their unrealistic controlled
    36     35       environment, experiments can't share resources simultaneously.
    37     36   - Internet: PlanetLab, planet-scale testbed with resource sharing on nodes.
    38     37     Main inspiration for Community-Lab. *##*
    39     38   
    40     39   ** Community-Lab: a testbed for community networks
    41     40   - Community-Lab is the testbed developed by CONFINE.
    42     41   - Integrates and extends the participating community networks.
    43     42   - Using the FEDERICA research backbone for interconnection. *##*
    44     43   - All Community-Lab's software and documentation is “free as in freedom” so
    45     44     people can use it to setup their own CONFINE testbed.
    46     45   
    47         -# Axel: Headline: for what?
    48     46   * Requirements and challenges
    49     47   A testbed has requirements that are challenged by the unique characteristics
    50     48   of CNs.  For instance, how to *##*
    51     49   
    52     50   ** Simple management vs. Distributed node ownership
    53     51   - manage devices belonging to diverse owners? *##*
    54     52