Evaluating the performance of NRENs in deploying IoT in Africa: the case for TTN
Marco Zennaro , Cristel Pelsser , Franck Albinet and Pietro Manzoni
This 2020 international conference paper, by Marco Zennaro and 3 coauthors, was presented at 2020 IEEE 17th Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC). Topics covered include probes, europe, education, africa, logic gates, loss measurement, and internet.
Full author list: Marco Zennaro, Cristel Pelsser, Franck Albinet, and Pietro Manzoni.
Abstract
The growth of the Internet worldwide has been fuelled by the development of the “National Research and Education Networks” (NRENs), i.e., networks of academic and educational institutions. In Africa the establishment of NRENs is more recent. In this paper we analyse the readiness of African NRENs to be part of “The Things Network” (TTN), a network of IoT gateways that has fostered the growth of IoT in Europe by adopting a community network model. We analyse RTT and packet loss toward the nearest TTN network server, in African countries where RIPE Atlas (RIPE - “Réseaux IP Européens”, French for “European IP Networks”) probes are hosted both in academic and commercial networks. Our conclusion is that NRENs and commercial ISPs are on an equal foot in hosting TTN gateways in most countries we considered.
Publication Details
- Publication Type
- Conference Paper
- Publication Date
- January 2020
- Published In
- 2020 IEEE 17th Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC)
- Pages
- 1–4
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Location
- Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1109/CCNC46108.2020.9045213
- External Link
- http://icube-publis.unistra.fr/4-ZPAM20
Suggested citation
Marco Zennaro, Cristel Pelsser, Franck Albinet, and Pietro Manzoni. 2020. Evaluating the performance of NRENs in deploying IoT in Africa: the case for TTN. In 2020 IEEE 17th Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC). IEEE, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1109/CCNC46108.2020.9045213
BibTeX Citation
BibTeX Citation
@inproceedings{Zennaro2020,
title = {Evaluating the performance of NRENs in deploying IoT in Africa: the case for TTN},
author = {Marco Zennaro and Cristel Pelsser and Franck Albinet and Pietro Manzoni},
year = 2020,
month = jan,
journal = {2020 IEEE 17th Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC)},
booktitle = {2020 IEEE 17th Annual Consumer Communications & Networking Conference (CCNC)},
location = {Las Vegas, NV, USA},
publisher = {IEEE},
address = {Las Vegas, NV, USA},
pages = {1--4},
doi = {10.1109/CCNC46108.2020.9045213},
isbn = {978-1-7281-3894-7},
issn = {2331-9852},
url = {http://icube-publis.unistra.fr/4-ZPAM20},
organization = {IEE},
abstract = {The growth of the Internet worldwide has been fuelled by the development of the “National Research and Education Networks” (NRENs), i.e., networks of academic and educational institutions. In Africa the establishment of NRENs is more recent. In this paper we analyse the readiness of African NRENs to be part of “The Things Network” (TTN), a network of IoT gateways that has fostered the growth of IoT in Europe by adopting a community network model. We analyse RTT and packet loss toward the nearest TTN network server, in African countries where RIPE Atlas (RIPE - “Réseaux IP Européens”, French for “European IP Networks”) probes are hosted both in academic and commercial networks. Our conclusion is that NRENs and commercial ISPs are on an equal foot in hosting TTN gateways in most countries we considered.},
bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org},
biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/ccnc/ZennaroPAM20.bib},
eventdate = {10-13 Jan. 2020},
eventtitleaddon = {Las Vegas, NV, USA},
file = {:Zennaro2020 - Evaluating the Performance of NRENs in Deploying IoT in Africa_ the Case for TTN.pdf:PDF},
groups = {International Conferences},
keywords = {Probes, Europe, Education, Africa, Logic gates, Loss measurement, Internet},
numpages = 4,
x-international-audience = {Yes},
x-language = {EN}
}
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