TY - GEN
T1 - RemIX: A Distributed Internet Exchange for Remote and Rural Networks
AU - Waites, William
AU - Sweet, James
AU - Baig, Roger
AU - Buneman, Peter
AU - Fayed, Marwan
AU - Hughes, Gordon
AU - Fourman, Michael
AU - Simmons, Richard
PY - 2016/8/1
Y1 - 2016/8/1
N2 - The concept of the IXP, an Ethernet fabric central to the structure of the global Internet, is largely absent from the development of community-driven collaborative network infrastructure. The reasons for this are two-fold. IXPs exist in central, typically urban, environments where strong network infrastructure ensures high levels of connectivity. Between rural and remote regions, where networks are separated by distance and terrain, no such infrastructure exists. In this paper we present RemIX a distributed IXPs architecture designed for the community network environment. We examine this praxis using an implementation in Scotland, with suggestions for future development and research.
AB - The concept of the IXP, an Ethernet fabric central to the structure of the global Internet, is largely absent from the development of community-driven collaborative network infrastructure. The reasons for this are two-fold. IXPs exist in central, typically urban, environments where strong network infrastructure ensures high levels of connectivity. Between rural and remote regions, where networks are separated by distance and terrain, no such infrastructure exists. In this paper we present RemIX a distributed IXPs architecture designed for the community network environment. We examine this praxis using an implementation in Scotland, with suggestions for future development and research.
KW - cs.NI
U2 - 10.1145/2940157.2940162
DO - 10.1145/2940157.2940162
M3 - Conference contribution
BT - GAIA '16: Proceedings of the 2016 workshop on Global Access to the Internet for All
PB - ACM
ER -
