Pricing congestible network resources.

Pricing congestible network resources.

We describe the basic economic theory of pricing a congestible resource such as an FTP server, a router, a Web site, etc. In particular, we examine the implications of ?congestion pricing? as a way to encourage efficient use of network resources. We explore the implications of flat pricing and conge...

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Pubblicato in:IEEE Journal on selected areas in communications 13, 7 (1995).
Autore principale: MacKie-Mason, J.K
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
Soggetti:
FTP server.
Internet.
Web site.
Capacity expansion.
Centrally planned environments.
Competitive environments.
Congestible network resources.
Congestion pricing.
Economic theory.
Flat pricing.
Monopolistic environments.
Pricing.
Router.