TITLE:
A Note Regarding Prioritization on Congestible Networks
AUTHORS:
Samuel Raisanen
KEYWORDS:
Congestible Networks, Net Neutrality, Regulation
JOURNAL NAME:
Theoretical Economics Letters,
Vol.5 No.5,
September
30,
2015
ABSTRACT: This paper examines the
effect of allowing prioritization of traffic on a congestible network under
three demand scenarios. First, it is shown that when prioritization does not
affect usage, average congestion on the network increases. Second, this result
is shown to hold when there is demand shifting toward the prioritized network
service but no impact on total network traffic. Finally, it is proven that for
prioritization to reduce average congestion on a network it must reduce the
total traffic on the network.