[P2P-F] Fwd: Primavera hits the headlines ;-)

Tue Jan 7 06:50:06 CET 2014

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Subject: Primavera hits the headlines ;-)
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*It's Time to Take Mesh Networks Seriously (and Not Just for the Reasons
You Think)*
*Wired News (01/02/14) Primavera De Filippi*

Emergency "mesh" networks that wirelessly connect computers and devices
directly to each other have existed for some time and offer numerous
benefits, but are not yet widely used, writes Primavera De Filippi, a
research fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law
School. Ad hoc network infrastructures automatically reconfigure themselves
according to the availability and proximity of bandwidth, storage, and
other factors, making them resilient in the face of interference such as
disasters. Packets can use multiple routes to navigate the network due to
dynamic connections between nodes. Mesh networks can only be taken down
when every node is shut down, unlike more centralized network
architectures. Mesh networks have been deployed for their resilience during
political upheavals and natural disasters, but also as an inexpensive,
basic connectivity infrastructure in poor neighborhoods and underserved
areas. Furthermore, privacy concerns are reduced with mesh networks, which
do not have a central regulating authority and therefore maintain the
confidentiality of online communications. Socially, mesh networks offer an
alternative to traditional governance models by enabling people to
self-organize into communities that share resources and control the
infrastructure of communication. Although mesh networks offer many
advantages, they are currently limited by technical obstacles, the
perception that they are emergency tools, and political factors due to
concerns about the lack of third-party regulation.
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From: ACM TechNews, Monday, January 6, 2014

Nigel

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Professor Nigel Gilbert, ScD, FREng, AcSS, Professor of Sociology,
University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK. +44 (0)1483 689173

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