Community Networks and Sustainability: A Survey of Perceptions, Practices, and Proposed Solutions
| Autor: | Roger Baig Vias, Maria Michalis, Merkouris Karaliopoulos, Iordanis Koutsopoulos, Leandro Navarro, Panayotis Antoniadis, Dimitris Boucas, Panagiota Micholia |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Arquitectura de Computadors, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CNDS - Xarxes de Computadors i Sistemes Distribuïts |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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FOS: Computer and information sciences
Knowledge management Computer science Context (language use) Incentive mechanisms 02 engineering and technology Community networks Community networks sustainability incentive mechanisms Computer Science - Networking and Internet Architecture Ciutats digitals (Xarxes d'ordinadors) Sustainable development 11. Sustainability 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Desenvolupament sostenible Electrical and Electronic Engineering Informàtica::Arquitectura de computadors [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI) Desenvolupament humà i sostenible [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] business.industry Community network 020206 networking & telecommunications Incentive Sustainability Electronic villages (Computer networks) 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing The Internet Organizational structure Right to Internet access business |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya instname |
| ISSN: | 1553-877X |
| DOI: | 10.1109/COMST.2018.2817686 |
| Popis: | Community network (CN) initiatives have been around for roughly two decades, evangelizing a distinctly different paradigm for building, maintaining, and sharing network infrastructure but also defending the basic human right to Internet access. Over this time they have evolved into a mosaic of systems that vary widely with respect to their network technologies, their offered services, their organizational structure, and the way they position themselves in the overall telecommunications' ecosystem. Common to all these highly differentiated initiatives is the sustainability challenge. We approach sustainability as a broad term with an economical, political, and cultural context. We first review the different perceptions of the term. These vary both across and within the different types of stakeholders involved in CNs and are reflected in their motivation to join such initiatives. Then, we study the diverse ways that CN operators pursue the sustainability goal. Depending on the actual context of the term, these range all the way from mechanisms to fund their activities and synergistic approaches with commercial service providers, to organizational structures and social activities that serve as incentives to maximize the engagement of their members. Finally, we iterate and discuss theoretical concepts of incentive mechanisms that have been proposed in the literature for these networks as well as implemented tools and processes designed to set the ground for CN participation. While, theoretical mechanisms leverage game theory, reputation frameworks, and social mechanisms, implemented mechanisms focus on organizational matters, education and services, all aiming to motivate the active and sustained participation of users and other actors in the CN. 19 pages, 6 figures, 5 tables, submitted to IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials/COMST-00238-2017 (9th of June 2017) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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