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http://dx.doi.org/10.7840/kics.2015.40.4.678

A Study on Interconnection Regime: Core Issues and Alternatives  

Kim, Il-Jung (Hanyang University Management Information Systems (MIS), Graduate School)
Shin, Minsoo (Hanyang University School of Business)
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The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences / v.40, no.4, 2015 , pp. 678-691 More about this Journal
Abstract
Internet and mobile traffic continues to surge exponentially in recent years due to popularization of smart devices, the appearance of various internet services carrying large amount of traffic from richer content and applications. This phenomenon leaded to various network problems such as the congestion delay, the non-balanced traffic ratio between ISPs, the continuous network investment cost and the Internet access problems. In light of changed data-driven communication ecosystem, There are growing concerns by both academia and industry that settlement-free peering and full transit regime have the limitations such as not only difficulties in maintaining mutual benefits but also difficulties in securing investment incentives for upgrading network performance and quality. Thus, it becomes more necessary for introducing the evolved internet interconnection regime which can fulfill the All-IP network environment. This study derives core issues regarding internet interconnection regime in Korea and suggest new evolved alternatives based on three point of view(traffic optimization, cost optimization, network investment optimization) through the empirical analysis.
Keywords
Internet Interconnection Regime; Traffic Optimization; Cost Optimization; Network Investment Optimization;
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