Internet Tiered Services Theory, Economics, and Quality of Service /

• Main Author: Rouskas, George N. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer communication systems.; Electrical engineering.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Computer Communication Networks.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.

Internet Tiered Services: Theory, Economics, and Quality of Service (QoS) presents a theoretical framework for reasoning about and pricing Internet tiered services, and develops a practical algorithmic toolset for network providers to develop customized menus of service offerings. The material inclu...

Table of Contents:

• Theory
• The Directional p-Median Problem: Definition and Applications
• Bandwidth Tiered Service: Deterministic Demands
• Bandwidth Tiered Service: TDM Emulation
• Bandwidth Tiered Service: Stochastic Demands
• Economics
• Tiered Structures for Multiple Services
• Economic Model for Bandwidth Tiered Service
• Service Tiering As A Market Segmentation Strategy
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Tiered Service Bundling Under Budget Constraints
• Packet Scheduling
• Tiered-Service Fair Queueing (TSFQ).