Alternative Network Deployments: Taxonomy, Characterization, Technologies, and Architectures
RFC 7962

Changed metadata: changed keywords to '['alternative network deployments', 'community networks', 'user-centric networks', 'Wireless Internet Service Providers', 'mainstream network', 'gaia', 'global access to the Internet for all']' from '[]'

Changed author "J. Saldana": changed name from "Jose Saldana" to "J. Saldana", changed is_editor from "False" to "True", cleared country (was "Spain"), changed order from "0" to "1"

Received changes through RFC Editor sync (changed abstract to 'This document presents a taxonomy of a set of "Alternative Network Deployments" that emerged in the last decade with the aim of bringing Internet connectivity to people or providing a local communication infrastructure to serve various complementary needs and objectives. They employ architectures and topologies different from those of mainstream networks and rely on alternative governance and business models.

The document also surveys the technologies deployed in these networks, and their differing architectural characteristics, including a set of definitions and shared properties.

The classification considers models such as Community Networks, Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs), networks owned by individuals but leased out to network operators who use them as a low-cost medium to reach the underserved population, networks that provide connectivity by sharing wireless resources of the users, and rural utility cooperatives.')

Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 7962, changed title to 'Alternative Network Deployments: Taxonomy, Characterization, Technologies, and Architectures', changed abstract to 'This document presents a taxonomy of a set of "Alternative Network Deployments" that emerged in the last decade with the aim of bringing Internet connectivity to people or providing a local communication infrastructure to serve various complementary needs and objectives. They employ architectures and topologies different from those of mainstream networks and rely on alternative governance and business models.', changed pages to 43, changed standardization level to Informational, changed state to RFC, added RFC published event at 2016-08-29, changed IRTF state to Published RFC)