Modeling and Accomplishing the BEREC Network Neutrality Policy
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2021-07-01
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Ciências Exatas e da Terra
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Barreto, David S.
Reale, Rafael F.
Martins, Joberto S. B.
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Network neutrality (NN) is a principle of equal treatment of data in network infrastructures with fairness and universality being the primary outcomes of the NN
management practice. For networks, the accomplishment of NN management practice
is essential to deal with heterogeneous user requirements and the ever-increasing
data traffic. Current tools and methods address the NN problem by detecting network
neutrality violations and detecting traffic differentiation. This paper proposes
the NN-PCM (Network Neutrality Policy Conformance Module) that deploys the
BEREC network neutrality policy using a bandwidth allocation model (BAM). The
NN-PCM new approach allocates bandwidth to network users and accomplishes the
BEREC NN policy concomitantly. Network neutrality is achieved by grouping users
with similar traffic requirements in classes and leveraging the bandwidth allocation
model’s characteristics. The conceptual analysis and simulation results indicate that
NN-PCM allocates bandwidth to users and accomplishes BEREC network neutrality
conformance by design with transparent, non-discriminatory, exceptional, and
proportional management practices.
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Network Neutrality, BEREC, Network Neutrality Policy, Network Neutrality by Design, Bandwidth Allocation Model, OpenFlow