Pricing differentiated services in the GPRS environment

Authors:
Sergios Soursos;Costas Courcoubetis;George C. Polyzos
Affiliations:
Department of Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Patision 76, Athens 10434, Greece;Department of Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Patision 76, Athens 10434, Greece;Department of Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Patision 76, Athens 10434, Greece
Venue:
Wireless Networks
Year:
2003

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Abstract

The General Packet Radio Service extends the existing GSM mobile communications technology by providing packet switching and higher data rates in order to efficiently access IP-based services in the Internet. We adapt the Differentiated Services Quality-of-Service support framework and apply it over the GPRS air interface in order to provide various levels of service differentiation. We also focus on applying a charging technique so as to publish a unit price for each service class. These prices are designed to lead to the maximization of social welfare and the users' net benefit.