Pricing and brokering services over interconnected IP networks

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 249-283

  Di Sorte, D ^a,b,c,d   Reali, G ^a,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b IST projects SUITED   (Italy)

^c WHYLESSCOM   (Italy)

^d FIFTH ^*  (Netherlands)

^e European IST projects SUITED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brokering; Business model; Inter domain routing; Network commodity; QoS; Usage based charging

Indexed keywords

BROKERING; BUSINESS MODEL; INTER-DOMAIN ROUTING; NETWORK COMMODITY; USAGE-BASED CHARGING;

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; ROUTERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS;

EID: 33644542433     PISSN: 10848045     EISSN: 10958592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnca.2004.07.002     Document Type: Article

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