Multi-service networks: flow configuration, pricing and incentive Stackelberg strategies

Author

Dimirovski, Georgi M. ; Jing, Yuan-Wei ; Sohraby, Khosrow

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Eng., Dogus Univ., Istanbul, Turkey

Volume

2

fYear

2005

fDate

28-30 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

327

Abstract

High-speed communication networks, such as B-ISDN and Internet, allow several types of network traffic to coexist in the same transmission medium and belong to the category of multi-service networks. Several new results on flow configuration, pricing and routing are presented in addition to overviews of relevant previous works. These derived by making use of the concepts Nash equilibrium, Pareto optimality and Stackelberg strategies borrowed from game theory. These are highlighted by means of illustrative examples. It is claimed the control-theoretic view on incentives in the theory of non-cooperative games provides for tools to solve various control and management problems in high-speed communication networks hence many QoS problems too.

Keywords

B-ISDN; Internet; game theory; quality of service; telecommunication traffic; B-ISDN; Internet; Nash equilibrium; Pareto optimality; QoS; flow configuration; game theory; incentive Stackelberg strategies; multiservice networks; pricing; B-ISDN; Communication networks; Communication system control; Communication system traffic control; Electronic mail; Game theory; IP networks; Nash equilibrium; Pricing; Telecommunication control; Fairness Sharing; Incentives; Multi-Service Networks; Nash Equilibrium; Stackelberg Strategies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications in Modern Satellite, Cable and Broadcasting Services, 2005. 7th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9164-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TELSKS.2005.1572122

Filename

1572122