Stackelberg approach for pricing differentiated services

VALUETOOLS 2007 - 2nd International ICST Conference on Performance Evaluation Methodologies and Tools

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Altman, Eitan ^a   Marquez, Richard ^b   El Azouzi, Rachid ^c   Ros, David ^d   Tuffin, Bruno ^e  

^a INRIA   (France)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVIGNON   (France)

^d ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

^e CAMPUS DE BEAULIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Buffer Management; Pricing; RED AQM; Stackelberg equilibrium; TCP

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TOOLS; TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL;

BUFFER MANAGEMENT; DIFFERENTIATED SERVICES; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; RED/AQM; STACKELBERG EQUILIBRIUM; TCP; TCP CONGESTION CONTROL;

COSTS;

EID: 84896910012     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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