Thank you very much for this, J Pan. Very much appreciated! All the best, Frank Frantisek (Frank) Borsik https://www.linkedin.com/in/frantisekborsik Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp: +421919416714 iMessage, mobile: +420775230885 Skype: casioa5302ca frantisek.borsik@gmail.com On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM J Pan wrote: > Thanks Frantisek: glad to see dave's brother's blessing on naming the > testbed after dave, and i will follow up with them there. more people > taking networking for granted shall know dave and his stories as well > -- > J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), Pan@UVic.CA, > Web.UVic.CA/~pan > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM Frantisek Borsik > wrote: > > > > Hey J Pan, > > > > Dave's colleague from LibreQoS here, we will absolutely ask right away. > > Forwarding this email to Dave's brother and girlfriend with you on CC. > > > > Thank you very much for this kind offer. Much appreciated. > > > > All the best, > > > > Frank > > > > Frantisek (Frank) Borsik > > > > > > > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/frantisekborsik > > > > Signal, Telegram, WhatsApp: +421919416714 > > > > iMessage, mobile: +420775230885 > > > > Skype: casioa5302ca > > > > frantisek.borsik@gmail.com > > > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM J Pan via Starlink < > starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote: > >> > >> our testbed is approved today and will be named after dave in his > >> honor (a global computer network needs a global people network of > >> collaborators) if his family ok's. can anyone help? > >> -- > >> J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), Pan@UVic.CA, > Web.UVic.CA/~pan > >> > >> On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 11:23 PM J Pan wrote: > >> > > >> > Hello All: we are putting together a proposal for a leo-sat-net > >> > testbed in canada (node locations due to funding constraints) but open > >> > to the research community worldwide. are you interested in using such > >> > a platform? your experience, feedback and comments are welcome too. > >> > cheers. -j > >> > > >> > "2nd-generation low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite networks (LSNs), > >> > exemplified by SpaceX’s Starlink, Eutelsat’s OneWeb, Amazon’s Project > >> > Kuiper and Telesat (Canada)’s Lightspeed, promise to revolutionize the > >> > Internet access around the world on all Earth surface and above. Thus > >> > the research community has an urgent need to understand them > >> > specifically and further improve LSNs in general. However, many > >> > researchers are limited by the access to such systems due to > >> > availability, location, financial and expertise constraints. With a > >> > team of researchers across Canada specialized in computer networks, > >> > distributed systems, satellite communications, security and privacy, > >> > and cloud computing, this proposal builds a coast-to-coast-to-coast > >> > LSN testbed for Canada, leveraging the team’s experience particularly > >> > in building individual LSN test nodes and federating through remote > >> > access, bootstrapping the team’s research in LSN performance, > >> > reliability and security, and fostering collaboration in the research > >> > community and with industry across Canada and beyond. Specifically, > >> > the testbed will deploy at least one LSN testbed node in each province > >> > and territory of Canada, ideally in north, remote and indigenous > >> > regions, given the geo-diversity needed for LSN research. The testbed > >> > nodes also provide Internet access to the hosts and their local > >> > communities if needed, given the separate virtual local area networks > >> > and end-to-end encryption without compromising user privacy, for at > >> > least one year supported by the proposal with following years > >> > supported by local initiatives through the economic development > >> > enabled by the Internet access and external sponsorship. The testbed > >> > will be remotely and centrally managed through the regional and > >> > national centers hosted by the team, maximizing the uptime and utility > >> > of all testbed nodes, and scheduling and prioritizing measurement and > >> > test tasks submitted by researchers and collaborators within or beyond > >> > the team, similar to what Planetlab contributed to the distributed > >> > systems research in early 2000s. The testbed code and measurement data > >> > will be open sourced and released to the research community, enabling > >> > trace-driven simulation and statistical analysis worldwide, liberating > >> > Internet access in general and specifically LSN research traditionally > >> > limited to population centers and financially viable institutions. > >> > With Canadian users at priority, the testbed will also federate with > >> > other similar ones in the US and around the world, e.g., LEOScope led > >> > by the University of Surrey, to have a true global coverage while > >> > allowing international users to explore Canadian geographic and > >> > demographic features, including those in arctic regions. The testbed > >> > strives for self-sustainability after initial investment by providing > >> > a leveled test range for LSN service providers to compete, a training > >> > ground for highly qualified personnel for Canadian industry, and a > >> > playground to attract K-12 and particularly indigenous kids to have a > >> > technical career." > >> > -- > >> > J Pan, UVic CSc, ECS566, 250-472-5796 (NO VM), Pan@UVic.CA, > Web.UVic.CA/~pan > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Starlink mailing list > >> Starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net > >> https://lists.bufferbloat.net/listinfo/starlink >