Paying for QoS: An optimal distributed algorithm for pricing network resources

1998 6th International Workshop on Quality of Service, IWQoS 1998

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages 75-84

  Fulp, E W ^a,b   Ott, M ^a   Reininger, D ^a   Reeves, D S ^b  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMMERCE; COSTS; FLOW CONTROL; PARETO PRINCIPLE;

COMPETITIVE MARKETS; COMPRESSED VIDEO; FLOW CONTROL METHODS; FLOW CONTROL TECHNIQUES; HIGH UTILIZATIONS; INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE; NETWORK APPLICATIONS; SUPPLY AND DEMAND;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EID: 84949891922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWQOS.1998.675223     Document Type: Conference Paper

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