A survey of pricing schemes in wireless networks

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-145

  Gizelis, Christos A ^a   Vergados, Dimitrios D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Classification of Pricing Schemes; Interconnection; Pricing Schemes; SLA; Wireless Networks; Wireless Service Providers

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; INTERCONNECTION; MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS; NETWORK CAPACITY; NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PRICING NETWORKS; PRICING SCHEME; SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS; SLA; WIRED AND WIRELESS; WIRELESS SERVICE PROVIDERS;

BANDWIDTH; COSTS; ECONOMICS; PROFITABILITY; SPECTROSCOPY; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; WATERWORKS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 79951579544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2011.060710.00028     Document Type: Article

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