Community-Lab introduction

  supporting NGOs) OPLAN Foundation, Pangea. *##*
- Objective: Provide a testbed and associated tools and knowledge for
  researchers to experiment on real community networks. *##*

** Testbed?
- Environment built with real hardware for realistic experimental research on
  network technologies. *##*
# Axel: Insert headline "Examples of existing testbeds".
- Some wireless testbeds, both indoor and outdoor.
  - Problems: their limited local scale, their unrealistic controlled
    environment, experiments can't share resources simultaneously.
- Internet: PlanetLab, planet-scale testbed with resource sharing on nodes.
  Main inspiration for Community-Lab. *##*

** Community-Lab: a testbed for community networks
- Community-Lab is the testbed developed by CONFINE.
- Integrates and extends the participating community networks.
- Using the FEDERICA research backbone for interconnection. *##*
- All Community-Lab's software and documentation is “free as in freedom” so
  people can use it to setup their own CONFINE testbed.

# Axel: Headline: for what?
* Requirements and challenges
A testbed has requirements that are challenged by the unique characteristics
of CNs.  For instance, how to *##*

** Simple management vs. Distributed node ownership
- manage devices belonging to diverse owners? *##*

  supporting NGOs) OPLAN Foundation, Pangea. *##*
- Objective: Provide a testbed and associated tools and knowledge for
  researchers to experiment on real community networks. *##*

** Testbed?
- Environment built with real hardware for realistic experimental research on
  network technologies. *##*

- Some wireless testbeds, both indoor and outdoor.
  - Problems: their limited local scale, their unrealistic controlled
    environment, experiments can't share resources simultaneously.
- Internet: PlanetLab, planet-scale testbed with resource sharing on nodes.
  Main inspiration for Community-Lab. *##*

** Community-Lab: a testbed for community networks
- Community-Lab is the testbed developed by CONFINE.
- Integrates and extends the participating community networks.
- Using the FEDERICA research backbone for interconnection. *##*
- All Community-Lab's software and documentation is “free as in freedom” so
  people can use it to setup their own CONFINE testbed.


* Requirements and challenges
A testbed has requirements that are challenged by the unique characteristics
of CNs.  For instance, how to *##*

** Simple management vs. Distributed node ownership
- manage devices belonging to diverse owners? *##*