DocumentCode :
1781036
Title :
Dynamic internet pricing and bandwidth guarantees with nash equilibrium
Author :
Tripathi, Rajeev ; Barua, Gautam
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol. Guwahati, Guwahati, India
fYear :
2014
fDate :
17-19 Sept. 2014
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
4
Abstract :
The decrease in price of internet access has brought clients´ focus on a good internet service. Clients now demand guarantees for the bandwidth promised. We present a scheme in which clients are assured connection and bandwidth and if assured service is not provided, service providers pay penalty to them. The use of multi-SIM handheld devices such as mobiles and tablets have enabled clients to make a “choice” between multiple service providers for communication services. With competition, a client will prefer to connect to that provider who is providing the lowest price with guarantees. In this paper, we present a scenario of dynamic pricing and guarantees with penalties and providers have to decide on pricing strategies which will maximize their income. We present a solution among two service providers which achieves a Nash equilibrium with the maximizing of the expected income being the decision criterion.
Keywords :
Internet; decision theory; game theory; mobile computing; mobile handsets; notebook computers; pricing; telecommunication network management; Internet access; Internet service; Nash equilibrium; bandwidth guarantees; communication services; decision criterion; dynamic Internet pricing; multiSIM handheld devices; pricing strategies; Bandwidth; Bismuth; Internet; Nash equilibrium; Pricing; Quality of service; Steady-state;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS), 2014 16th Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Hsinchu
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/APNOMS.2014.6996519
Filename :
6996519
Link To Document :
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