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 …

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 …

This paper addresses the issues of charging, rate control and routing for a communication
network carrying elastic traffic, such as an ATM network offering an available bit rate service …

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 …

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 …

Personalized content is provided over a communications network such as the Internet.
Providing personalized content includes both generating content which depends on the …

Capabilities are being added to IP networks to support quality of service (QoS) guarantees.
These guarantees are needed for many applications, such as voice and video transmission …

We consider a mechanism design problem for the joint flow control and multipath routing in
informationally decentralized networks with strategic agents. Based on a surrogate …

We propose a novel model of resource sharing schemes that provide each user with a fixed
minimum and a random extra amount of bandwidth and buffer. Allocations and prices are …

We present an approach to the admission control and resource allocation problem in
connection-oriented networks that offer multiple services to users. users' preferences are …