Network Neutrality in Brazil:

Ecosystem & Proposal for an Observatory

Authors

  • Letícia M. Peres Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
  • Ligia Setenareski Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Luis C.E. Bona Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Elias P. Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8916-3302

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.2316-9451.2023v11n2p114-134

Keywords:

Network neutrality, Internet observatories, Traffic differentiation

Abstract

Network Neutrality (NN) ensures an open Internet, in which individual users and organizations have their freedom and rights assured. According to NN rules, Internet service providers cannot block, throttle, or prioritize content on their networks. NN guarantees fairplay and represents an incentive to innovation. The debate around NN has been long and controversial. It is a fact, however, that the most diverse types of NN violations have been identified around the planet. This work presents the ecosystem of agents involved with NN in Brazil and introduces the Network Neutrality Observatory as a social control tool to monitor NN violations and ensure network rights.

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Author Biography

Elias P., Federal University of Paraná (UFPR)

Elias P. Duarte Jr. is a Full Professor at Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil, where he is the leader of the Computer Networks and Distributed Systems Lab (LaRSis). His research interests include Computer Networks and Distributed Systems, their Dependability, Management, and Algorithms. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewer papers and has supervised more than 130 students both on the graduate and undergraduate levels.  Prof. Duarte is currently Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, and has served as chair of more than 20 conferences and workshops in his fields of interest.  He received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, 1997, M.Sc.  degree in Telecommunications from the Polytechnical University of Madrid, Spain, 1991, and both BSc and MSc degrees in Computer Science from Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1987 and 1991, respectively. He chaired the Special Interest Group on Fault Tolerant Computing of the Brazilian Computing Society (2005-2007); the Graduate Program in Computer Science of UFPR (2006-2008); and the Brazilian National Laboratory on Computer Networks (2012-2016). He is a member of the Brazilian Computing Society and a Senior Member of the IEEE.

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Published

2023-11-13

How to Cite

PERES, Letícia M.; SETENARESKI, Ligia; BONA, Luis C.E.; ELIAS P. Network Neutrality in Brazil:: Ecosystem & Proposal for an Observatory. Abakós, Belo Horizonte, v. 11, n. 2, p. 114–134, 2023. DOI: 10.5752/P.2316-9451.2023v11n2p114-134. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/abakos/article/view/28910. Acesso em: 10 sep. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2023)

Section

Comunicações / Communications

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