Nash equilibria of a generic networking game with applications to circuit-switched networks

Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1242-1249

  Jin, Youngmi ^a   Kesidis, George ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE INCREASE AND MULTIPLICATIVE DECREASE; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; BANDWIDTH RESOURCE; BASIC RESULTS; CIRCUIT-SWITCHED NETWORKS; DIFFERENTIATED SERVICES; END USERS; GENERIC MECHANISM; NASH EQUILIBRIA; NETWORK RESOURCE; NETWORKING GAMES; TCP CONGESTION CONTROL; TRANSMISSION RATE CONTROL; USER DEMANDS;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

EID: 0042515320     PISSN: 0743166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INFCOM.2003.1208960     Document Type: Conference Paper

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