Re: Where at IETF is done: cloud computing, small cells, base station?

Alex,

let me select cloud computing.

It is a marketing term that does not immediately relate to any specific 
technology as such. When you look at some service offerings that claim 
to offer cloud computing functionality then you will see that it is 
mostly Web-related stuff. So, all the good stuff the IETF had done on 
HTTP, TLS, TCP, OAuth, etc. is relevant.
Having said that there will be other folks who have a different 
understanding of cloud computing and then other IETF protocols will be 
relevant.
So, it really depends what you have in mind (which is also what Alper 
asks).
The IAB regularly gets similar questions in liaison statements from the 
ITU-T, and similiar organizations and we are in general a hard time to 
answer them.
Ciao
Hannes

Am 15.11.13 20:50, schrieb Alper Yegin:
> On Nov 15, 2013, at 9:23 PM, Michael Richardson wrote:
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> > Alexandru Petrescu <alexandru(_dot_)petrescu(_at_)gmail(_dot_)com> wrote:
> > > Where at IETF is done: cloud  computing, small cells, base station?
> > > Hello IETFers,
> > > I am trying to identify where at IETF are works related to cloud
> > > computing, small cells, base stations?
> > Cloud Computing:
> >       http://ogf.org/
> >
> > OGF, as I recall, started a group of high-energy physics people who wanted
> > computing, but felt that the IETF didn't need to participate.  I recall they
> > came to a meeting and basically said, "do you mind if we use RFC2026 and your
> > formats in another body", and they went and did that.
> >
> > Small Cells:
> >       layer one/two issue.
> >       We do layer three :-)
> Implications of small cells on IETF protocols is what we can discuss in 
> relevant WGs.
> Alex, do you have specific items in mind?
>
> Alper
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> > Base stations:
> >      layer two issue.
> >
> > You shouldn't assume that the IETF does everything.
> > The IETF is not the SDO to rule them all...
> >
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