Areas of future Internet research and evolution

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: August 26, 2004 6:46:06 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Areas of future Internet research and evolution
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[Note:  I'm cross posting this item from the CANARIE list.  DLH]

> From: CAnet-NEWS () canarie ca
> Date: August 25, 2004 7:09:42 AM PDT
> Subject: [news] Areas of future Internet research and evolution
>
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>
> [Here is an excellent document that discusses what ongoing research is
> needed to further the evolution of the Internet infrastructure, and 
> that
> consistent, sufficient non-commercial funding is needed to enable such
> research -- BSA]
>
>
>         Title:      IAB Concerns and Recommendations
>                     Regarding Internet Research and Evolution
>         Author(s):  R. Atkinson, Ed., S. Floyd, Ed., IAB
>         Status:     Informational
>         Date:       August 2004
>         Mailbox:    iab () iab org
>         Pages:      30
>         Characters: 78250
>         Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:    None
>
>         I-D Tag:    draft-iab-research-funding-03.txt
>
>         URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3869.txt
>
>
>
> This document is a product of the Internet Architecture Board.
>
> This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does not
> specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of this memo is
> unlimited.
>
>
>
> ..... a key issue in funding for Internet research,
>    which is that because no single organization (e.g., no single
>    government, software company, equipment vendor, or network operator)
>    has a sense of ownership of the global Internet infrastructure,
>    research on the general issues of the Internet infrastructure are
>    often not adequately funded.  In our current challenging economic
>    climate, it is not surprising that commercial funding sources are
>    more likely to fund that research that leads to a direct competitive
>    advantage.
>
>    The principal thesis of this document is that if commercial funding
>    is the main source of funding for future Internet research, the
>    future of the Internet infrastructure could be in trouble.  In
>    addition to issues about which projects are funded, the funding
>    source can also affect the content of the research, for example,
>    towards or against the development of open standards, or taking
>    varying degrees of care about the effect of the developed protocols
>    on the other traffic on the Internet.
>
>    At the same time, many significant research contributions in
>    networking have come from commercial funding.  However, for most of
>    the topics in this document, relying solely on commercially-funded
>    research would not be adequate.  Much of today's commercial funding
>    is focused on technology transition, taking results from non-
>    commercial research and putting them into shipping commercial
>    products.  We have not tried to delve into each of the research
>    issues below to discuss, for each issue, what are the potentials and
>    limitations of commercial funding for research in that area.
>
>    On a more practical note, if there was no commercial funding for
>    Internet research, then few research projects would be taken to
>    completion with implementations, deployment, and follow-up
>    evaluation.


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