Index: script,lightning.txt ================================================================== --- script,lightning.txt +++ script,lightning.txt @@ -26,18 +26,16 @@ experiment on real CNs. *##* ** Community-Lab - CONFINE's testbed: an environment built with real hardware taking part in real community networks to allow realistic experimental research on network - technologies. -- Mostly like PlanetLab: global-scale, best effort, with experiments - sharing resources. -- Supporting the distributed ownership, diversity, flexibility, fairness (and - instability!) of CNs: XXXX - - + technologies and services. +- Mostly like PlanetLab: global scale, with experiments sharing resources on a + best effort basis, and as few hardwired management mechanisms as possible. +- Supporting the peculiarities of CNs: distributed ownership, fairness between + users, diversity but also instability. - All Community-Lab's software and documentation is “free as in freedom” so - people can use it to setup their own CONFINE testbed. *##* + you can use it to setup your own CONFINE testbed. *##* # Local Variables: # mode: org # End: Index: slides,lightning.txt ================================================================== --- slides,lightning.txt +++ slides,lightning.txt @@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ % FOSDEM 2014 # Community networks (CNs) - Broadband self-provision -- Open participation & management, distributed ownership -- Open, Free and neutral networks +- Open participation & management, + distributed ownership +- Open, Free, neutral networks - Key for EU's Digital Agenda # The CONFINE project @@ -15,31 +16,30 @@ - Partners: - CNs: guifi.net, Funkfeuer, AWMN - Research: UPC, FKIE, iMinds - NGOs: Pangea, OPLAN -- Support sustainable growth of CNs via research +- Support sustainable growth of CNs via research + (technologies & services) - Help other projects boost CNs (Open Calls) -- Provide a testbed for research on CNs: Community-Lab +- Provide a testbed for CNs: Community-Lab # Community-Lab - A testbed built on community networks - Like PlanetLab: - - Global-scale - - Best effort + - Global scale - Experiments sharing resources -- Heavily customized for CNs: XXXX + - Best effort + - Unbundled management +- Heavily customized for CNs: - Some decentralization - - No low-level, disruptive experiments - - No spying - -XXXX - -- Plays nice with other users and admins -- I.e. no disrupting low-level experiments (generally) + - Fair to other users + (no low-level, disruptive experiments, no spying) + - Simple, tolerant to network failures +- Free software: build your own testbed! # Community-Lab as community infrastructure - CONFINE extends CNs with Community-Lab nodes - Community-Lab for hosting services @@ -71,11 +71,16 @@ # Future - Stabilization, maintainability, usability - Federation with other testbeds + - PlanetLab & others (SFA) + - CONFINE / CONFINE - Open Community-Lab to external users + - Community members + - Networking developers + - Internship students… # Thank you! Meet us at the CONFINE stand in the K building!