What are the IPR constraints here?
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:08 AM, Hannes Tschofenig < [email protected]> wrote: > The Internet Architecture Board and the IETF Internet Area will hold a > workshop on the Friday, 25th March 2011 in Prague on the topic: > > "Interconnecting Smart Objects with the Internet" > > Attached to this workshop is a tutorial day on the same topic on Saturday, > 26th March 2011. Please find more information about it at: > http://www.iab.org/about/workshops/smartobjects/tutorial.html > > - Background > > Today's Internet is experienced by users as a set of applications, such as > email, instant messaging, and social networks. While these applications do > not require users to be present at the time of service execution in many > cases they are. There are also substantial differences in performance > between the various end devices, but in general end devices participating in > the Internet are considered to have high performance. > > As we move forward with the interconnection of all kinds of devices via the > Internet, these characteristics will change. The term "Internet of Things" > denotes a trend where a large number of devices benefit from communication > services that use Internet protocols. Many of these devices are not directly > operated by humans, but exist as components in buildings, vehicles, and the > environment. There will be a lot of variation in the computing power, > available memory, and communications bandwidth between different types of > devices. > > Many of these devices provide new services or provide more value for > previously unconnected devices. Some devices have been connected in various > legacy ways in the past but are now migrating to the use of the Internet > Protocol, sharing the same communications medium between all applications > and enabling rich communications services. > > Much of this development can simply run on existing Internet protocols. For > instance, home entertainment and monitoring systems often offer a web > interface to the end user. In many cases the new, constrained environments > can benefit from additional protocols that help optimize the communications > and lower the computational requirements. Examples of standardization > efforts targeted for these environments include the "Constrained RESTful > Environments (CoRE)", IPv6 over Low power WPAN (6LoWPAN)", and Routing Over > Low power and Lossy networks (ROLL)" working groups at the IETF. > > This workshop aims to explore the experience and approaches taken by > researchers and developers of Internet technology, when considering the > characteristics of constrained devices. Engineers know that many design > considerations need to be taken into account when developing protocols and > architecture. Balancing between the conflicting goals of computing > performance, code size, economical incentives, and security is often > difficult, as illustrated by Clark, et al. in "Tussle in Cyberspace: > Defining Tomorrow's Internet", see > http://groups.csail.mit.edu/ana/Publications/PubPDFs/Tussle2002.pdf > > This workshop aims to discuss the experience and approaches taken when > designing protocols and architectures for interconnecting smart objects to > the Internet. To frame the discussion we suggest, as examples, to > investigate the area of integration in the following categories: > * Scalability > * Power efficiency > * Interworking between different technologies and network domains > * Usability and manageability > * Security and Privacy > > The goal of the IETF is "to make the Internet work better" and the workshop > organizers are interested in receiving contributions that support this goal. > Results may lead to guidelines and recommendations, proposals for new > standards development, start of new research activities, and the > documentation of best current practices regarding implementation and > configuration. > > - Workshop Style > > The workshop’s main focus will be on the discussions of technical topics. > (This is not a mini-conference where every author just briefly talks about > their papers.) > > In order to keep the group at a manageable size, participants are required > to submit a position paper as an expression of interest. Submitters of > accepted position papers will be invited to attend the workshop. Active > participation will be expected. > > The workshop will be structured as a series of working sessions punctuated > by invited speakers who will present relevant background information or > controversial ideas that help participants reach a deeper understanding of > the subject. The organizing committee may ask submitters of particularly > salient papers to present their ideas and experiences at the workshop. For > each slot, there will be one or two invited controversial speakers, and > group work on the problem that’s identified, hopefully reaching either a > deeper understanding of the problem or some means of approaching it. > > - Important Dates > > Position papers must be submitted at latest February, 11th, 2011. Note: An > early submission allows us to provide you feedback! > > Submitted position papers will be reviewed immediately by the program > organizers and an invitation to the workshop will be sent to one of the > paper authors. At the latest, invitations will be distributed by February, > 25th. > > This one-day workshop will take place on Friday, 25th March, 2011, right > before the 80th IETF meeting in Prague, which starts on Sunday, 27th March. > Independent of this workshop but relevant for the participants, are tutorial > events on Saturday, 26th March 2011. These tutorials will focus on ongoing > IETF efforts related to the IETF CoRE, ROLL, and 6LoWPAN working groups. > More details can be found at: > > - Position Paper Requirements > > Interested parties must submit a brief contribution describing their work > or approach, as it relates to the workshop theme. We welcome visionary ideas > for how to tackle the integration of constrained devices, as well as > write-ups of deployment experience, and lessons-learned from successful or > failed attempts at integrating these constrained devices with the Internet. > Contributions are not required to be original in content. > > We solicit brief write-ups with 1 to 3 pages, formatted in HTML, PDF, or > plain text (for example as a submitted Internet Draft). We encourage paper > authors to limit themselves on the most important challenge. A focused > message will be key! Accepted position papers will be published (in addition > to meeting minutes, slides, and a workshop report). > > Please send your position paper to [email protected]. > > - Venue > > The planned date and location for the workshop is Friday, March 25th, in > Prague. Details about the meeting venue will be provided to the invited > workshop participants. During the breaks coffee and tea will be served. > > There are no plans for remote participation. Minutes of discussions will > be available, and offers to organize audio recording would be gladly > appreciated. > > - Workshop Organizers > > We look forward to your input. The workshop organizers are Jari Arkko > (Internet Area Director), Hannes Tschofenig (IAB), Bernard Aboba (IAB), > Carsten Bormann (CoRE and 6LoWPAN WG Chair), David Culler (ROLL WG Chair), > Lars Eggert (Transport Area Director, and upcoming IRTF Chair), JP Vasseur > (ROLL WG Chair), Stewart Bryant (Routing Area Director), Adrian Farrel > (Routing Area Director), Ralph Droms (Internet Area Director), Geoffrey > Mulligan (6LoWPAN WG Chair), Alexey Melnikov (Applications Area Director), > Peter Saint-Andre (Applications Area Director), Marcelo Bagnulo (IAB), Zach > Shelby (Smart Power Directorate), Isidro Ballesteros Laso (European > Commission), Fred Baker (Member of the Smart Power Directorate and liaison > to the US Smart Grid Interoperability Panel - SGIP). > > Up-to-date information about the workshop is available at: > http://www.iab.org/about/workshops/smartobjects/ > > Feel free to contact us at [email protected]. > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > -- Website: http://hallambaker.com/
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