ADDED script,lightning.txt Index: script,lightning.txt ================================================================== --- script,lightning.txt +++ script,lightning.txt @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +#+title: Community-Lab: Exploring the Future Internet on Community Networks + +* Introduction +Hello, I'm (Speaker) from (organization), I work at the CONFINE project and +I'm going to talk you about Community-Lab, a community networking testbed for +the future Internet. *##* + +** Community networks +- Infrastructure deployed by organized groups of people for self-provision of + broadband networking that works and grows according to their own interests. +- Based on open participation, open and transparent management, distributed + ownership (a big step beyond private and state-owned infrastructures). +- These translate into open, free (as in freedom) and neutral networks, values + akin to the Free software movement. +- The EU in its Digital Agenda regards CNs as fundamental for the + universalization of broadband networking. *##* + +** The CONFINE project +- EU-financed project with several partners: CNs, research institutions and + supporting NGOs. +- Mission: support the sustainable growth of CNs by providing the means to + conduct experimentally driven research. +- Supports other projects advancing or extending CNs via financed Open Calls + (now closed). +- Provides a testbed and associated tools and knowledge for researchers to + 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 + + +- All Community-Lab's software and documentation is “free as in freedom” so + people can use it to setup their own CONFINE testbed. *##* + +# Local Variables: +# mode: org +# End: Index: slides,lightning.txt ================================================================== --- slides,lightning.txt +++ slides,lightning.txt @@ -1,29 +1,45 @@ % Community-Lab: Exploring the Future Internet on Community Networks % Ivan Vilata-i-Balaguer (Pangea/CONFINE project) % FOSDEM 2014 -# Community networks +# Community networks (CNs) -- What? -- Features and principles (comp. Free/Libre Software) -- Why so important? Private vs. public vs. community. -- CNs and the Future Internet (Digital Agenda) +- Broadband self-provision +- Open participation & management, distributed ownership +- Open, Free and neutral networks + +- Key for EU's Digital Agenda # The CONFINE project -- Mission (technical and non-technical) -- Members -- What is a testbed? -- Challenges +- Partners: + - CNs: guifi.net, Funkfeuer, AWMN + - Research: UPC, FKIE, iMinds + - NGOs: Pangea, OPLAN + +- Support sustainable growth of CNs via research +- Help other projects boost CNs (Open Calls) + +- Provide a testbed for research on CNs: Community-Lab # Community-Lab -- What? -- What does it allow? -- What not? -- What does it not allow? +- A testbed built on community networks +- Like PlanetLab: + - Global-scale + - Best effort + - Experiments sharing resources +- Heavily customized for CNs: XXXX + - 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) # Community-Lab as community infrastructure - CONFINE extends CNs with Community-Lab nodes - Community-Lab for hosting services