Internet economics
Paris metro pricing for the internet
Proceedings of the 1st ACM conference on Electronic commerce
A mathematical model of the Paris metro pricing scheme for charging packet networks
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking - Special issue: Internet economics: Pricing and policies
Fundamental design issues for the future Internet
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Internet service tiering as a market segmentation strategy
GLOBECOM'09 Proceedings of the 28th IEEE conference on Global telecommunications
Optimal pricing and capacity partitioning for tiered access service in virtual networks
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
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We consider networks offering tiered services and corresponding price structures, a model that has become prevalent in practice.We develop an economic model for such networks and make contributions in two important areas. First, we formulate the problem of selecting the service tiers and present an approximate yet accurate and efficient solution approach for tackling this nonlinear programming problem. Given the set of (near-) optimal service tiers, we then employ game-theoretic techniques to find an optimal price for each service tier that strikes a balance between the conflicting objectives of users and service provider. This work provides a theoretical framework for reasoning about and pricing Internet tiered services. Our results also indicate that tiering solutions currently adopted by ISPs do not perform well.