An analysis of multimedia services in next generation communication systems with QoS and revenue management

Author

Badia, Leonardo ; Zorzi, Michele

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria, Ferrara Univ., Italy

Volume

4

fYear

2004

fDate

17-19 May 2004

Firstpage

2012

Abstract

We present a study that takes into account the models presented in the literature to depict the QoS and the charging strategies in a generalized multimedia environment, with particular regard to 3G mobile communication systems. In particular, we consider different services for CDMA-like systems, and we discuss how it is possible to obtain an efficient allocation for all flows, by considering a mathematical description of the users´ satisfaction which integrates the constraints about quality of service. At the same time, the provider revenue is analyzed, in order to give both simple results and possibilities of improvement.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; bandwidth allocation; channel allocation; code division multiple access; costing; financial management; multimedia communication; pricing; quality of service; telecommunication network management; 3G mobile communication systems; CDMA-like systems; QoS constraints; charging strategies; efficient allocation; generalized multimedia environment; models; multimedia services; next generation communication systems; provider revenue; quality of service; revenue management; user satisfaction; Admission control; Environmental economics; Environmental management; Mathematical model; Mobile communication; Multimedia communication; Multimedia systems; Pricing; Resource management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2004. VTC 2004-Spring. 2004 IEEE 59th

ISSN

1550-2252

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8255-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2004.1390627

Filename

1390627