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Re: IAB and INT Area Workshop on "Interconnecting Smart Objects with the Internet"

2011-01-11 09:43:21
What are the IPR constraints here?



On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 2:08 AM, Hannes Tschofenig <
hannes(_dot_)tschofenig(_at_)gmx(_dot_)net> wrote:

The Internet Architecture Board and the IETF Internet Area will hold a
workshop on the Friday, 25th March 2011 in Prague on the topic:

            "Interconnecting Smart Objects with the Internet"

Attached to this workshop is a tutorial day on the same topic on Saturday,
26th March 2011. Please find more information about it at:
http://www.iab.org/about/workshops/smartobjects/tutorial.html

- Background

Today's Internet is experienced by users as a set of applications, such as
email, instant messaging, and social networks. While these applications do
not require users to be present at the time of service execution in many
cases they are. There are also substantial differences in performance
between the various end devices, but in general end devices participating in
the Internet are considered to have high performance.

As we move forward with the interconnection of all kinds of devices via the
Internet, these characteristics will change. The term "Internet of Things"
denotes a trend where a large number of devices benefit from communication
services that use Internet protocols. Many of these devices are not directly
operated by humans, but exist as components in buildings, vehicles, and the
environment. There will be a lot of variation in the computing power,
available memory, and communications bandwidth between different types of
devices.

Many of these devices provide new services or provide more value for
previously unconnected devices. Some devices have been connected in various
legacy ways in the past but are now migrating to the use of the Internet
Protocol, sharing the same communications medium between all applications
and enabling rich communications services.

Much of this development can simply run on existing Internet protocols. For
instance, home entertainment and monitoring systems often offer a web
interface to the end user. In many cases the new, constrained environments
can benefit from additional protocols that help optimize the communications
and lower the computational requirements. Examples of standardization
efforts targeted for these environments include the "Constrained RESTful
Environments (CoRE)", IPv6 over Low power WPAN (6LoWPAN)", and Routing Over
Low power and Lossy networks (ROLL)" working groups at the IETF.

This workshop aims to explore the experience and approaches taken by
researchers and developers of Internet technology, when considering the
characteristics of constrained devices. Engineers know that many design
considerations need to be taken into account when developing protocols and
architecture. Balancing between the conflicting goals of computing
performance, code size, economical incentives, and security is often
difficult, as illustrated by Clark, et al. in "Tussle in Cyberspace:
Defining Tomorrow's Internet", see
http://groups.csail.mit.edu/ana/Publications/PubPDFs/Tussle2002.pdf

This workshop aims to discuss the experience and approaches taken when
designing protocols and architectures for interconnecting smart objects to
the Internet. To frame the discussion we suggest, as examples, to
investigate the area of integration in the following categories:
* Scalability
* Power efficiency
* Interworking between different technologies and network domains
* Usability and manageability
* Security and Privacy

The goal of the IETF is "to make the Internet work better" and the workshop
organizers are interested in receiving contributions that support this goal.
Results may lead to guidelines and recommendations, proposals for new
standards development, start of new research activities, and the
documentation of best current practices regarding implementation and
configuration.

- Workshop Style

The workshop’s main focus will be on the discussions of technical topics.
(This is not a mini-conference where every author just briefly talks about
their papers.)

In order to keep the group at a manageable size, participants are required
to submit a position paper as an expression of interest. Submitters of
accepted position papers will be invited to attend the workshop. Active
participation will be expected.

The workshop will be structured as a series of working sessions punctuated
by invited speakers who will present relevant background information or
controversial ideas that help participants reach a deeper understanding of
the subject. The organizing committee may ask submitters of particularly
salient papers to present their ideas and experiences at the workshop. For
each slot, there will be one or two invited controversial speakers, and
group work on the problem that’s identified, hopefully reaching either a
deeper understanding of the problem or some means of approaching it.

- Important Dates

Position papers must be submitted at latest February, 11th, 2011. Note: An
early submission allows us to provide you feedback!

Submitted position papers will be reviewed immediately by the program
organizers and an invitation to the workshop will be sent to one of the
paper authors. At the latest, invitations will be distributed by February,
25th.

This one-day workshop will take place on Friday, 25th March, 2011, right
before the 80th IETF meeting in Prague, which starts on Sunday, 27th March.
Independent of this workshop but relevant for the participants, are tutorial
events on Saturday, 26th March 2011. These tutorials will focus on ongoing
IETF efforts related to the IETF CoRE, ROLL, and 6LoWPAN working groups.
More details can be found at:

- Position Paper Requirements

Interested parties must submit a brief contribution describing their work
or approach, as it relates to the workshop theme. We welcome visionary ideas
for how to tackle the integration of constrained devices, as well as
write-ups of deployment experience, and lessons-learned from successful or
failed attempts at integrating these constrained devices with the Internet.
Contributions are not required to be original in content.

We solicit brief write-ups with 1 to 3 pages, formatted in HTML, PDF, or
plain text (for example as a submitted Internet Draft). We encourage paper
authors to limit themselves on the most important challenge. A focused
message will be key! Accepted position papers will be published (in addition
to meeting minutes, slides, and a workshop report).

Please send your position paper to 
iot-workshop-prep(_at_)lists(_dot_)i1b(_dot_)org.

- Venue

The planned date and location for the workshop is Friday, March 25th, in
Prague. Details about the meeting venue will be provided to the invited
workshop participants. During the breaks coffee and tea will be served.

There are no plans for remote participation.  Minutes of discussions will
be available, and offers to organize audio recording would be gladly
appreciated.

- Workshop Organizers

We look forward to your input. The workshop organizers are Jari Arkko
(Internet Area Director), Hannes Tschofenig (IAB), Bernard Aboba (IAB),
Carsten Bormann (CoRE and 6LoWPAN WG Chair), David Culler (ROLL WG Chair),
Lars Eggert (Transport Area Director, and upcoming IRTF Chair), JP Vasseur
(ROLL WG Chair), Stewart Bryant (Routing Area Director), Adrian Farrel
(Routing Area Director), Ralph Droms (Internet Area Director), Geoffrey
Mulligan (6LoWPAN WG Chair), Alexey Melnikov  (Applications Area Director),
Peter Saint-Andre (Applications Area Director), Marcelo Bagnulo (IAB), Zach
Shelby (Smart Power Directorate), Isidro Ballesteros Laso (European
Commission), Fred Baker (Member of the Smart Power Directorate and liaison
to the US Smart Grid Interoperability Panel - SGIP).

Up-to-date information about the workshop is available at:
http://www.iab.org/about/workshops/smartobjects/

Feel free to contact us at iot-workshop-prep(_at_)lists(_dot_)i1b(_dot_)org.
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