Nokia Chief Says Net Neutrality Hurts Driverless Cars - But is Wrong.
In my opinion only someone who is unreasonable or campaigning for a partisan position would suggest this, and that’s why Nokia’s chief is wrong.
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QoS standards are not going to be pushed aside by this FCC ruling because A) they are not paid B) they represent reasonable network management practices, and C) VOIP other services are not considered Broadband, all of which are some of the key exceptions based on standards to the Net Neutrality bright line rules:
The first three rules ban practices that are known to harm the Open Internet:
- No Blocking: broadband providers may not block access to legal content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices.
- No Throttling: broadband providers may not impair or degrade lawful Internet traffic on the basis of content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices.
- No Paid Prioritization: broadband providers may not favor some lawful Internet traffic over other lawful traffic in exchange for consideration of any kind--in other words, no "fast lanes." This rule also bans ISPs from prioritizing content and services of their affiliates.
The bright-line rules against blocking and throttling will prohibit harmful practices that target specific applications or classes of applications. And the ban on paid prioritization ensures that there will be no fast lanes.
The FCC rule prohibits PAID prioritization, and permits REASONABLE network management practices. Rajeev’s worry is pointless as it’s pretty obvious that best practice & future standards will call for exceptions for V2V, SCADA M2M, QoS, and other things that REQUIRE instant or near instant bursty but small communication to operate effectively. The point being that exceptions will exist across the industry, and not for singular vendors, carriers, or apps, but rather based on network management practices and standards predicated on security and actual operational requirements.
From Phillip at IEEE Spectrum:
The head of Nokia says a policy of net neutrality would deprive self-driving cars of the near-instantaneous data that they need.
“There are some services that simply require a different level of connectivity,” said Rajeev Suri at the World Mobile Congress, in Barcelona, on Sunday. “You need this differentiated quality of service.”
Autonomous cars use exquisitely detailed maps to refresh their onboard memory of the roads, and it greatly helps if they can enrich that data with just-in reports from other cars and the infrastructure itself. Such vehicle-to-other, or V2X, communication can serve as a kind of auxiliary sensory organ. Nokia’s navigation business, Here, provides such services.
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