Effect of pricing intervals on congestion-sensitivity of network prices

Telecommunication Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-99

  Yuksel, Murat ^a   Kalyanaraman, Shivkumar ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestion control; Congestion pricing; Network pricing; QoS

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

CONGESTION CONTROL; CONGESTION PRICING; NETWORK PRICING; TIME SCALE;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 22044432132     PISSN: 10184864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:TELS.0000048328.13218.70     Document Type: Article

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