[NNagain] Verizon, T-Mobile, Nokia get noisy on network slicing and net neutrality (LightReading)

[Robert McMahon]

What is DSRC?


DSRC (Dedicated Short-Range Communications) is a wireless communication technology that enables vehicles to communicate with each other and other road users directly, without involving cellular or other infrastructure. DSRC is based on WiFi technology



⁣https://auto-talks.com/technology/dsrc-technology/#:~:text=What%20is%20DSRC%3F,involving%20cellular%20or%20other%20infrastructure.

On Mar 9, 2024, 12:42 PM, at 12:42 PM, Dick Roy via Nnagain <nnagain at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
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>As expected this technique is designed to allow exactly what NN was
>designed
>to prohibit (treating packets differentially in the internet based on
>economic considerations*)... this is IMHO why instead of calling a
>spade a
>spade mobile carriers avoid describing this in a useful way, as it is
>exactly about prioritisation... IMHO that will back fire, and a better
>avenue would be to be open about what it enables and propose a method
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>restrict the potential issues. E.g. (I am making this up on the fly, so
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>will likely not hold up to any degree of scrutiny) by self limiting to
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>commit more than X% of a cell's capacity to slicing, IFF the cell is
>used
>for normal end user service at all. So admit that there is some
>trade-off
>here, limit the fall-out, and then describe why we as a society should
>embrace that trade-off. I am a bit sceptical about the whole car 2 car
>communication thing (that is cars talk to cars, not people n cars talk
>to
>people on cars ;) ), but if a Carrier believes there is value in that
>for
>e.g. accident avoidance, then tell how this requires the stricter
>network
>guarantees that (only?) slicing can deliver.
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>[RR] V2X communications for saving lives will NEVER go through ANY
>carrier’s
>network in spite of what you hear.  There is simply no way anyone is
>going
>to pay to have BSMs broadcast 10 times a second to prevent accidents,
>and NO
>CARRIER is going to give that capacity away for free, even if they had
>enough to carry the traffic, which they do not by many orders of
>magnitude!!!  More importantly, the information being exchanged does
>NOT
>require a network to get where it needs to go!  The 5G hype you hear
>from
>various carriers and equipment suppliers related to V2X communications
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>all powerpoint BS (to make shareholders happy). And there is a ton of
>it out
>there! :-):-)
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