Research Article
Net Neutrality and Quality of Service
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-30373-9_10, author={Eitan Altman and Julio Rojas and Sulan Wong and Manjesh Hanawal and Yuedong Xu}, title={Net Neutrality and Quality of Service}, proceedings={Game Theory for Networks. 2nd International ICST Conference, GAMENETS 2011, Shanghai, China, April 16-18, 2011, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={GAMENETS}, year={2012}, month={10}, keywords={}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-30373-9_10} }- Eitan Altman
Julio Rojas
Sulan Wong
Manjesh Hanawal
Yuedong Xu
Year: 2012
Net Neutrality and Quality of Service
GAMENETS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-30373-9_10
Abstract
2010 has witnessed many public consultations around the world concerning Net neutrality. A second legislative phase that may follow, could involve various structural changes in the Internet. The status that the Internet access has in Europe as a universal service evolves as the level of quality of service (QoS) to be offered improves. If guarantees on QoS are to be imposed, as requested by several economic actors, it would require introducing new indicators of quality of services, as well as regulation legislation and monitoring of the offered levels of QoS. This tendency in Europe may change the nature of the Internet from a best effort network to, perhaps, a more expensive one, that offers guaranteed performance. This paper presents an overview of the above issues as well as an overview of recent research on net-neutrality, with an emphasis on game theoretical approaches.
