Title :
Network capacity planning on a competitive business environment
Author :
Waldman, Helio ; Bortoletto, Rodrigo C. ; Pavani, Gustavo S.
Author_Institution :
Fed. Univ. of ABC, Santa Adelia, Brazil
Abstract :
The paper discusses the dimensioning strategies of two network providers that supply wavelength channels to the same population of users in a competitive environment. Users are assumed to compete for best service, while operators wish to maximize their profits. This setting gives rise to a users game that determines the partition of primary traffic between operators; and a two-stage game between operators. These games are modelled and discussed.
Keywords :
channel capacity; game theory; telecommunication network planning; telecommunication traffic; competitive business environment; network capacity planning; network providers; primary traffic partition; two-stage game; wavelength channels; Capacity planning; Computational modeling; Games; Investments; Nash equilibrium; Optical fiber networks; Profitability; Nash equilibrium; duopoly; game theory; network dimensioning;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Stockholm
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0881-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-2056
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2011.5970935
