caa a22 4500 445296755 CHVBK 20180317142544.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20100401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12243-009-0149-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12243-009-0149-3 An economic model for pricing tiered network services [Elektronische Daten] [Qian Lv, George Rouskas] 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 from three perspectives: one that considers the users' interests only, one that considers only the service provider's interests, and one that considers both simultaneously, i.e., the interests of society as a whole. We also present an approximate yet accurate and efficient solution approach for tackling these nonlinear programming problems. 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, as well as a practical toolset for network providers to develop customized menus of service offerings. Our results also indicate that tiering solutions currently adopted by ISPs perform poorly both for the providers and society overall. Institut TELECOM and Springer-Verlag, 2009 Tiered services nationallicence Price structure nationallicence Economic model nationallicence Lv Qian Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, 27695-8206, Raleigh, NC, USA aut Rouskas George Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, 27695-8206, Raleigh, NC, USA aut annals of telecommunications - annales des télécommunications Springer-Verlag 65/3-4(2010-04-01), 147-161 0003-4347 65:3-4<147 2010 65 12243 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-009-0149-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12243-009-0149-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lv Qian Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, 27695-8206, Raleigh, NC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rouskas George Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University, 27695-8206, Raleigh, NC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- annals of telecommunications - annales des télécommunications Springer-Verlag 65/3-4(2010-04-01), 147-161 0003-4347 65:3-4<147 2010 65 12243 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer