A case for end system multicast (keynote address)
Proceedings of the 2000 ACM SIGMETRICS international conference on Measurement and modeling of computer systems
SOSP '01 Proceedings of the eighteenth ACM symposium on Operating systems principles
Journal of the ACM (JACM)
Tussle in cyberspace: defining tomorrow's internet
Proceedings of the 2002 conference on Applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computer communications
On selfish routing in internet-like environments
Proceedings of the 2003 conference on Applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computer communications
NIRA: a new Internet routing architecture
FDNA '03 Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Future directions in network architecture
Capacity Management in Decentralized Networks
Management Science
Decoupling policy from mechanism in Internet routing
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
On the benefits and feasibility of incentive based routing infrastructure
Proceedings of the ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Practice and theory of incentives in networked systems
Towards an evolvable internet architecture
Proceedings of the 2005 conference on Applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computer communications
Source selectable path diversity via routing deflections
Proceedings of the 2006 conference on Applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computer communications
MIRO: multi-path interdomain routing
Proceedings of the 2006 conference on Applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computer communications
Network monitors and contracting systems: competition and innovation
Proceedings of the 2006 conference on Applications, technologies, architectures, and protocols for computer communications
Can ISPS and P2P users cooperate for improved performance?
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
Towards Robust Multi-Layer Traffic Engineering: Optimization of Congestion Control and Routing
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Efficient Two Dimensional-IP routing: An incremental deployment design
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
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User-directed routing technologies - that is, systems in which users choose their own routes through a communications network - have generated considerable interest in recent years. Despite their numerous theoretical advantages, ISPs have so far resisted these technologies, even as users have learned to capture some routing power through overlay networks. This study responds to this disconnect between theory and practice by asking how user-directed routing would affect three prominent objectives of network operators: maintaining control over the network, earning profits, and keeping inner details of the network secret. Contrary to the modern theme in routing proposals, we argue that user-directed routing is not fundamentally incompatible with ISP-control, as long as a flexible pricing system is in place. Instead - and under surprisingly general assumptions - an ISP can use prices on the open market to induce any feasible traffic pattern. Moreover, we argue that the market-based approach maximizes welfare for any given traffic pattern. In general, our model does not guarantee whether an ISP will earn more money under user-directed routing. Nevertheless, we provide some intuition to suggest why a typical ISP may expect higher profits. Finally, we suggest that giving routing power to users conflicts with an ISP's desire for secrecy. At the same time, widespread adoption of user-directed routing, perhaps promoted through regulation, may facilitate a transparent and civil industry, to the benefit of many ISPs.