TY - GEN
T1 - How not to IETF
T2 - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events, PerCom Workshops 2023
AU - Welzl, Michael
AU - Ott, Jorg
AU - Perkins, Colin
AU - Islam, Safiqul
AU - Kutscher, Dirk
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Protocol standards work is an interesting mixture of technical, political, financial, and human factors. Standardization processes require stamina as they may be lengthy, and they demand frustration resistance as they may hold surprises at all stages. While this certainly bears some similarity to academic endeavors, the need to build broader consensus and the potential of far reaching industry impact, among other factors, lead to different incentives and value systems. Peer review perspectives may also differ notably. In this paper, we discuss issues we came across in the past when trying to develop and advance technologies in the IETF or push presumed solid technology solutions towards standardization. We summarize our personal perspectives on the lessons learned.
AB - Protocol standards work is an interesting mixture of technical, political, financial, and human factors. Standardization processes require stamina as they may be lengthy, and they demand frustration resistance as they may hold surprises at all stages. While this certainly bears some similarity to academic endeavors, the need to build broader consensus and the potential of far reaching industry impact, among other factors, lead to different incentives and value systems. Peer review perspectives may also differ notably. In this paper, we discuss issues we came across in the past when trying to develop and advance technologies in the IETF or push presumed solid technology solutions towards standardization. We summarize our personal perspectives on the lessons learned.
KW - Internet
KW - Standardization
KW - Standards
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85164203424&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/PerComWorkshops56833.2023.10150250
DO - 10.1109/PerComWorkshops56833.2023.10150250
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85164203424
T3 - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events, PerCom Workshops 2023
SP - 427
EP - 432
BT - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops and other Affiliated Events, PerCom Workshops 2023
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 13 March 2023 through 17 March 2023
ER -