picked up by the Computing Review, by a couple of ietfers = (e.g., Jouni Korhonen, J=C3=B6rg Ott, Jon Crowcroft)

http://www.computingreviews.com/Browse/Browse_titles2.cfm?jour= nal_id=3D6052

Bridging the gap between Internet standardization and networking research
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ACM Computing Review
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Bridging the gap between the network research community and Internet=20 standards is an important topic. Most network research has not been=20 turned into an Internet standard, while some research comes a long way=20 in order to become an Internet standard. Very few studies investigate=20 this issue because it extends beyond purely technical concerns.

The authors have an advantage in investigating this issue since they have=20 tightly collaborated on projects with academic researchers and=20 industrial professionals. They thoroughly present their observations and share their experiences in this paper. The challenges for this gap are=20 defined in two parts: technical challenges and nontechnical challenges. A good point is that the authors share the nontechnical challenges that=20 might be ignored by researchers and industrial professionals. The=20 authors, aware of the gap, also find two major opportunities that can=20 extend research works to standardization contributions, which is=20 encouraging to networking researchers.

Based on their past=20 experiences, the authors share two concrete case studies: mobile traffic offloading and Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) transition=20 technologies. The mobile traffic offloading case shows substantial=20 scientific results, but it also shows an under-performing=20 standardization effort. This case proves that the proposal, which does=20 not fit in an existing mindset, is usually a failure. On the other hand, the case of IPv6 transition technologies shows good results in both=20 academia and industry, because the research proposal has extensibility=20 and minimum impact on the existing infrastructure. The authors then=20 share their lessons and suggestions to bridge the gap. These are honest=20 and useful to both academia and industry. Readers will see the potential for comprehensive collaboration between networking research and=20 Internet standardization.
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ACM SIGCOMM CCR chief editor:

"Its focus is to identify ways to bridge the gap between the networkin= g=20 community and the Internet standardization bodies. The authors, from=20 Broadcom, Nokia, University of Cambridge, Aalto University and=20 University of Helsinki, are describing the differences and similarities=20 between how the two communities operate. They further provide=20 interesting data on the participation of academic and industrial=20 researchers in standardization bodies. They discuss ways to minimize the friction that may exist as a particular technology is making the leap=20 from the scientific community into the industry."

Two cents,
Aaron=C2=A0

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