[mat-wg] MAT-WG proposal for WLAN measurements on RIPE Atlas

On 10.12.2014 1:59 PM, Brook Schofield wrote:
> This thread seems to have gone off track and started to talk about a
> platform for RIPE Atlas v4 hardware. While I encourage that discussion
> I'm wondering if anyone has any comments on WLAN authentication testing
> and tests being run over the /current/ Atlas platform?
> 
> Anything left out in my 5 points below?

More and more (Internet) communication is going wireless.  Therefore I
think it is natural that also the RIPE Atlas should figure out in what
way a wireless measurement infrastructure can be build.

Eduroam is a (mostly) well defined environment and therefore a very good
starting point.

> On 27 November 2014 at 17:52, Brook Schofield <schofield at terena.org
> <mailto:schofield at terena.org>> wrote:
> [...]
>     #4: The schedule for implementation will be determined by the RIPE
>     NCC R&D team
> 
>     ...but hopefully your support for this work will allow them to
>     prioritise this work while not jeopardising the other commitments
>     the team has made to the community.

>From me a strong +1.

>     #5: This proposal is inline with your understanding of "WiFi
>     measurements" on the Atlas roadmap
> 
>     I'd be particularly interested in your feedback on whether you
>     thought that the WiFi Measurements listed in the
>     http://roadmap.ripe.net/ripe-atlas/ would accomplish the above or
>     something completely different.
> 
> 
>     My feeling from the room was that the above was largely accepted.
>     I'd appreciate those that voiced their support to also do this on
>     the mailing list again. If there's any confusion I'm willing to
>     clarify further.

Cheers,
	Tim