Document Type

Article

Date

2000

Embargo Period

4-17-2012

Keywords

Internet, next-generation, quality of service, QoS, economics

Disciplines

Digital Communications and Networking

Description/Abstract

Technical and regulatory changes motivate the economics of the interconnections to be re-examined for the next-generation Internet. This paper presents a framework for the economics of market-based QoS interconnection networks. The economic model presented captures the characteristics of opportunity costs and demands and suggests strategies for QoS pricing and allocation. We use the statistical results of network simulation to present numerical examples of those market opportunity costs with respect to the contracted QoS network services. Using the model, we show the network economics of market-based QoS interconnections.

Source

local input

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