[Cz-computers] Locality of networks

[Howard C. Berkowitz]

I have a draft article at [[locality of networks]
(http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Locality_of_networks)], which reviews common
usage among telecommunications carriers, although I have extended it to
include some newer technologies where there are choices among physical
standards.  Comment would be appreciated. As far as one reviewed
publication, I can mention Chapter 7, "The Provider Edge: Layer 1, Layer 2,
and the PSTN" in my book, Building Service Provider Networks (Wiley, 2002);
I'm trying to find a single spot where this material may reside on the Web
or see if I can get permission to post an updated version of the chapter.
At the time I wrote that, personal area and femtocell networks were not yet
coined.

 

We don't have articles yet for [[personal area network]], [[local area
network]], [[campus area network]], [[metropolitan area network]], [[wide
area network]], etc. The "interplanetary Internet" is not at all a joke, but
a thought experiment originally presented, I believe, by Vint Cerf. Avri
Doria has consciously used Interplanetary Internet techniques for nomadic
reindeer herders in Scandinavia; the project, being done at Lulea University
of Technology, deals with situations in which the herders may have access
every few weeks.

 

Before going out and developing articles for some of these more
controversial definitions, I thought I'd throw it out for comment. 

 

Incidentally, I should quote David Thorne's presentation to the IEEE
Ethernet in the First Mile Group: "Calling an access system Ethernet does
not automatically make it successful or cheaper."

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