Pricing and admission control for QoS-enabled Internet

Computer Networks

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-110

  Li, Tianshu ^a   Iraqi, Youssef ^a   Boutaba, Raouf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Admission control; DiffServ; Economic; Internet; Pricing; QoS enabled

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

ADMISSION CONTROL; DIFFERENTIATED SERVICES (DIFFSERV); DIFFSERV; PRICING; QOS-ENABLED INTERNET;

INTERNET;

EID: 3242696850     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2004.03.020     Document Type: Article

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