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Bridging the gap between internet standardization and networking research

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Jouni Korhonen,

Teemu Savolainen,

Jon CrowcroftAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, Volume 44, Issue 1

Pages 56 - 62

https://doi.org/10.1145/2567561.2567572

Published: 31 December 2013 Publication History

Abstract

The participation of the network research community in the Internet Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) has been relatively low over the recent years, and this has drawn attention from both academics and industry due to its possible negative impact. The reasons for this gap are complex and extend beyond the purely technical. In this editorial we share our views on this challenge, based on the experience we have obtained from joint projects with universities and companies. We highlight the lessons learned, covering both successful and under-performing cases, and suggest viable approaches to bridge the gap between networking research and Internet standardization, aiming to promote and maximize the outcome of such collaborative endeavours.

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cover image ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review

ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review Volume 44, Issue 1

January 2014

61 pages

ISSN:0146-4833

DOI:10.1145/2567561

Editors:
Konstantina Papagiannaki
Telefonica Research, Barcelona, Spain
,
Sharad Agarwal
Microsoft Research, USA
,
Katerina Argyraki
EPFL, Switzerland
,
Hitesh Ballani
Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK
,
Fabián Bustamante
Northwestern University, USA
,
Joseph Camp
SMU, USA
,
Augustin Chaintreau
Columbia University, USA
,
Nikolaos Laoutaris
Telefonica Research, Spain
,
Marco Mellia
Politecnico di Torino, Italy
,
Bhaskaran Raman
IIT Bombay, India
,
Renata Teixeira
LIP6, France
,
Jia Wang
AT&T Research, USA
,
Matteo Varvello
Bell Labs/Alcatel Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA

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