Optimal pricing for multiple services in telecommunications networks offering quality-of-service guarantees

We consider pricing for multiple services offered over a single telecommunications network. Each service has quality-of-service (QoS) requirements that are guaranteed to users. Service classes may be defined by the type of service, such as voice, video, or data, as well as the origin and destination...

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Published in:	IEEE/ACM transactions on networking Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 66 - 80
Main Authors:	Keon, N.J., Anandalingam, G.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York IEEE 01-02-2003 The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:	Bandwidth Channel allocation Communication networks Communications networks Economies of scale Intelligent networks Mathematical model Pricing Quality of service Resource management Telecommunication traffic
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Summary:	We consider pricing for multiple services offered over a single telecommunications network. Each service has quality-of-service (QoS) requirements that are guaranteed to users. Service classes may be defined by the type of service, such as voice, video, or data, as well as the origin and destination of the connection provided to the user. We formulate the optimal pricing problem as a nonlinear integer expected revenue optimization problem. We simultaneously solve for prices and the resource allocations necessary to provide connections with guaranteed QoS. We derive optimality conditions and a solution method for this class of problems, and apply to a realistic model of a multiservice communications network.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23
ISSN:	1063-6692 1558-2566
DOI:	10.1109/TNET.2002.808409