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Urban wireless community networks: challenges and solutions for smart city communications

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Renato Lo Cigno,

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WiMobCity '14: Proceedings of the 2014 ACM international workshop on Wireless and mobile technologies for smart cities

Pages 49 - 54

https://doi.org/10.1145/2633661.2633669

Published: 11 August 2014 Publication History

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Is a different (from the global Internet and Cellular Networks) model for urban communications and networking conceivable? Can Community Networks, now flourishing in many parts of Europe and the world, be the next 'big thing' in networking, for once considering the needs of people and urban evolution as a key element, and not as a side effect of technology or business? This paper discusses recent evolutions of Community Networks in Urban Areas, blending the technical analysis of their topology and evolution, together with grand challenges ahead and the need for a novel, trans-disciplinary science that can guide the design of the future communication space for smart cities and beyond.

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Ghiro LMaccari LCigno R(2018)Proof of networking: Can blockchains boost the next generation of distributed networks?2018 14th Annual Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services (WONS)10.23919/WONS.2018.8311658(29-32)Online publication date: Feb-2018
https://doi.org/10.23919/WONS.2018.8311658
Dimogerontakis EMeseguer RNavarro LOchoa SVeiga L(2017)Design trade-offs of crowdsourced web access in community networks2017 IEEE 21st International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD)10.1109/CSCWD.2017.8066665(24-29)Online publication date: Apr-2017
https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCWD.2017.8066665

Index Terms

Urban wireless community networks: challenges and solutions for smart city communications
1. Computer systems organization
  1. Architectures
    1. Distributed architectures
2. Networks
  1. Network architectures
  2. Network types
    1. Mobile networks
    2. Wireless access networks

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WiMobCity '14: Proceedings of the 2014 ACM international workshop on Wireless and mobile technologies for smart cities

August 2014

116 pages

ISBN:9781450330367

DOI:10.1145/2633661

General Chair:
Antonio Pescapè
University of Napoli, Italy
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University of Napoli, Italy
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Periklis Chatzimisios
Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece

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Ghiro LMaccari LCigno R(2018)Proof of networking: Can blockchains boost the next generation of distributed networks?2018 14th Annual Conference on Wireless On-demand Network Systems and Services (WONS)10.23919/WONS.2018.8311658(29-32)Online publication date: Feb-2018
https://doi.org/10.23919/WONS.2018.8311658
Dimogerontakis EMeseguer RNavarro LOchoa SVeiga L(2017)Design trade-offs of crowdsourced web access in community networks2017 IEEE 21st International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD)10.1109/CSCWD.2017.8066665(24-29)Online publication date: Apr-2017
https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCWD.2017.8066665

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