A study of priority pricing in multiple service class networks
SIGCOMM '91 Proceedings of the conference on Communications architecture & protocols
Public access to the Internet
Pricing in computer networks: reshaping the research agenda
ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review
Congestion Pricing: Paying Your Way in Communication Networks
IEEE Internet Computing
Delay Bounds in a Network with Aggregate Scheduling
QofIS '00 Proceedings of the First COST 263 International Workshop on Quality of Future Internet Services
Measurement-Based Usage Charges in Comminucations Networks
Operations Research
Network calculus: a theory of deterministic queuing systems for the internet
Network calculus: a theory of deterministic queuing systems for the internet
Pricing for QoS-enabled networks: A survey
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
An overview of pricing concepts for broadband IP networks
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
A market managed multi-service Internet (M3I)
Computer Communications
Pricing of risk for loss guaranteed intra-domain internet service contracts
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
Resource allocation in cellular networks based on marketing preferences
Wireless Networks
Customer oriented resource allocation framework in cognitive radio
Computers and Industrial Engineering
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The availability of high-speed transmission media and networking equipment in contemporary networks, as well as the evolution of quality-demanding applications has focused research interest on the provision of advanced qualitative services in addition to the traditional best-effort model of the Internet. A number of alternatives for service differentiation and QoS provisioning have been proposed and standardized, but in the case of backbone, transport networks the DiffServ architecture has prevailed, due to its scalability and deployment feasibility. The provisioning of services according to the DiffServ framework has in turn raised the requirements for interdependent, controlled resource allocation and service pricing, with particular needs for pricing mechanisms that preserve the potential and flexibility of DiffServ. At the same time, such mechanisms should reflect resource usage, allocate resources efficiently, reimburse costs or maximize service provision profits and lead customers to requesting services that will maximize their revenue. In this work, after reviewing related research, the principles that a pricing scheme for DiffServ-based services should follow are presented, stressing the differences form traditional Internet pricing. Based on these principles, an analytical approach to pricing a particular class of DiffServ-based services and a methodology for applying this approach in a real network are proposed and evaluated.