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Reexamining Net Neutrality in a Queuing Model

대기모형을 이용한 망중립성 효과 분석

  • Jeong-Yoo Kim (Department of Economics, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Seung J. Noh (Department of Business, Myongji University)
  • 김정유 (경희대학교 경제학과) ;
  • 노승종 (명지대학교 경영학과)
  • Received : 2024.06.23
  • Accepted : 2024.07.26
  • Published : 2024.09.30
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Abstract

In an influential paper, Choi and Kim (2010) derived waiting times in an M/M/1 queuing model under net neurality and under prioritization. In this short paper, we argue that the waiting times of content transmission that Choi and Kim (2010) derived by using the M/M/1 gueuing model under the non-preemptive priority rule are miscalculated. We provide corrected waiting times in the M/M/1 queuing model in the prioritization case. We also show that this correction does not affect their main results on the delay time and the incentive to invest in the network capacity qualitatively.

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Acknowledgement

Jeong-Yoo Kim gratefully acknowledges the financial support from the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2022S1A5A2A0304932311).

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