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Support Service for Reciprocal Computational Resource Sharing in Wireless Community Networks

TitleSupport Service for Reciprocal Computational Resource Sharing in Wireless Community Networks
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsBüyükşahin, ÜCavuş, Khan, AM, Freitag, F
Conference Name5th International Workshop on Hot Topics in Mesh Networking (IEEE HotMESH 2013), within IEEE WoWMoM
PublisherIEEE
Conference LocationMadrid, Spain
Keywordscloud computing, community networks, incentive mechanisms, Wireless mesh networks
AbstractIn community networks, individuals and local organizations from a geographic area team up to create and run a community-owned IP network to satisfy the community's demand for ICT, such as facilitating Internet access and providing services of local interest. Most current community networks use wireless links for the node interconnection, applying off-the-shelf wireless equipment. While IP connectivity over the shared network infrastructure is successfully achieved, the deployment of applications in community networks is surprisingly low. To address the solution of this problem, we propose in this paper a service to incentivize the contribution of computing and storage as cloud resources to community networks, in order to stimulate the deployment of services and applications. Our final goal is the vision that in the long term, the users of community networks will not need to consume applications from the Internet, but find them within the wireless community network.
DOI10.1109/WoWMoM.2013.6583482