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  \begin{abstract}
-- Widespread deployment of private home \wifi{} access points (APs) can
-- result in uncoordinated and overlapping wireless networks that compete with
-- each other for limited bandwidth. We expect this suboptimal arrangement to
-- only get worse, particularly in the dense urban environments that house
-- an increasing fraction of the world's population. Broadband penetration and
-- the demand for high-speed \wifi{} throughout the home will lead to more
-- private APs, which will generate more interference for neighboring
-- networks, resulting in even more private APs and additional interference,
-- and so on.
++Widespread deployment of private home \wifi{} access points (APs) can
++result in uncoordinated and overlapping wireless networks that compete with
++each other for limited bandwidth. We expect this suboptimal arrangement to
++only get worse, particularly in the dense urban environments that house
++an increasing fraction of the world's population. Broadband penetration and
++the demand for high-speed \wifi{} throughout the home will lead to more
++private APs, which will generate more interference for neighboring
++networks, resulting in even more private APs and additional interference,
++and so on.
-- In this paper we investigate whether we can prevent this vicious cycle by
-- using \textit{reciprocal \wifi{} sharing} to make better use of existing
-- private home APs. We define reciprocal \wifi{} sharing as cases where two
-- users both improve their network performance by connecting to each other's
-- overlapping private \wifi{} networks. Compared to previous approaches that
-- attempted to use private APs to create large-scale open-access \wifi{}
-- networks, reciprocal \wifi{} sharing relationships more closely mirror
-- existing human relationships and can be maintained without elaborate
-- reputation mechanisms.
--
-- To evaluate the potential for reciprocal \wifi{} sharing, we analyze 21~M
-- \wifi{} scans collected from 254~smartphones over 5~months. Our results
-- show that even in a sparsely-populated suburban area, reciprocal \wifi{}
-- sharing can be beneficial. And surprisingly, we detected several reciprocal
-- \wifi{} sharing opportunities even within our tiny user sample. Motivated
-- by these results, we present the design of \wisefi{}, a system enabling
-- reciprocal \wifi{} sharing.
++In this paper we investigate whether we can prevent this vicious cycle by
++using \textit{reciprocal \wifi{} sharing} to make better use of existing
++private home APs. We define reciprocal \wifi{} sharing as cases where two
++users both improve their network performance by connecting to each other's
++overlapping private \wifi{} networks. Compared to previous approaches that
++attempted to use private APs to create large-scale open-access \wifi{}
++networks, reciprocal \wifi{} sharing relationships more closely mirror
++existing human relationships and can be maintained without elaborate
++reputation mechanisms.
++
++To evaluate the potential for reciprocal \wifi{} sharing, we analyze 21~M
++\wifi{} scans collected from 254~smartphones over 5~months. Our results
++show that even in a sparsely-populated suburban area, reciprocal \wifi{}
++sharing can be beneficial. And surprisingly, we detected several reciprocal
++\wifi{} sharing opportunities even within our tiny user sample. Motivated
++by these results, we present the design of \wisefi{}, a system enabling
++reciprocal \wifi{} sharing.
  \end{abstract}