A survey of smart data pricing: Past proposals, current plans, and future trends

S Sen, C Joe-Wong, S Ha, M Chiang - Acm computing surveys (csur), 2013 - dl.acm.org
Traditionally, network operators have used simple flat-rate broadband data plans for both
wired and wireless network access. But today, with the popularity of mobile devices and …

An overview of pricing concepts for broadband IP networks

M Falkner, M Devetsikiotis… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article we provide an overview of pricing concepts for broadband multiservice
networks. We review the notions of flat pricing, priority pricing, Paris-Metro pricing, smart …

Responsive pricing in the Internet

JK MacKie-Mason, L Murphy, J Murphy - 1997 - direct.mit.edu
The Internet continues to evolve as it reaches out to a wider user population. The recent
introduction of user-friendly navigation and retrieval tools for the World Wide Web has …

Pricing in computer networks: Reshaping the research agenda

S Shenker, D Clark, D Estrin, S Herzog - ACM SIGCOMM Computer …, 1996 - dl.acm.org
As the Internet makes the transition from research testbed to commercial enterprise, the topic
of pricing in computer networks has suddenly attracted great attention. Much of the …

Pricing for QoS-enabled networks: A survey

LA DaSilva - IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A complete solution to the problem of providing adequate quality of service (QoS) to
heterogeneous users must take into account the issue of pricing. By adopting an appropriate …

Economic FAQs about the internet

JK MacKie-Mason, H Varian - Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1994 - aeaweb.org
This is a set for frequently asked questions (and answers) about the economic, institutional,
and technological structure of the Internet. The authors describe the current state of the …

Utility-based intelligent network selection in beyond 3G systems

O Ormond, J Murphy… - 2006 IEEE international …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Development in wireless access technologies and multihomed personal user devices is
driving the way towards a heterogeneous wireless access network environment. Success in …

Computer network with microeconomic flow control

EW Fulp, M Ott, D Reininger - US Patent 6,055,571, 2000 - Google Patents
There is disclosed a decentralized? ow control technique based on microeconomics. In this
framework, there are three important entities: switches, network brokers and users. Switches …

[PDF][PDF] Smart data pricing (SDP): Economic solutions to network congestion

S Sen, C Joe-Wong, S Ha, M Chiang - Recent advances in networking, 2013 - cl.cam.ac.uk
Advances in Internet technologies have resulted in an unprecedented growth in demand for
data. In particular, the demand in the mobile Internet sector is doubling every year [1]. Given …

Some FAQs about usage-based pricing

JK MacKie-Mason, HR Varian - Computer Networks and ISDN systems, 1995 - Elsevier
Some FAQs about usage-based pricing ’ Page 1 ELSEVIER Computer Networks and ISDN
Systems 28 (1995) 257-265 Some FAQs about usage-based pricing ’ Jeffrey IS. Mac&e-Mason …