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Network Economics for Next Generation Networks

6th International Workshop on Internet Charging and QoS Technologies, ICQT 2009, Aachen, Germany, May 11-15, 2009, Proceedings

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 5539)

Part of the book sub series: Computer Communication Networks and Telecommunications (LNCCN)

Conference series link(s): ICQT: International Workshop on Internet Charging and QoS Technologies

Conference proceedings info: ICQT 2009.

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Table of contents (10 papers)

  1. Front Matter

  2. Session 2: Pricing Mechanisms

    1. Design and Evaluation of a Combinatorial Double Auction for Resource Allocations in Grids

      • Li Li, Yuanan Liu, David Hausheer, Burkhard Stiller
      Pages 36-47
    2. A User-Influenced Pricing Mechanism for Internet Access

      • Gergely Biczók, Tuan Anh Trinh
      Pages 48-60
    3. Price Setting in Two-Sided Markets for Internet Connectivity

      • Thorsten Hau, Walter Brenner
      Pages 61-71
  3. Session 3: Economics of Inter-domain Traffic

    1. Online Charging for IMS-Based Inter-domain Composite Services

      • Minh van Le, Frens Jan Rumph, George B. Huitema, Bert Jan van Beijnum, L. J. M. (Bart) Nieuwenhuis
      Pages 72-84
    2. A New Bilateral Arrangement between Interconnected Providers

      • Ruzana Davoyan, Jörn Altmann, Wolfgang Effelsberg
      Pages 85-96
    3. Improvement of BitTorrent Performance and Inter-domain Traffic by Inserting ISP-Owned Peers

      • Ioanna Papafili, Sergios Soursos, George D. Stamoulis
      Pages 97-108
  4. Back Matter

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  1. Network Economics for Next Generation Networks

About this book

Starting with the imminent roll-out of the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and fourth-Generation networking technology, Next Generation Networks (NGN) are gradually becoming reality, with charging and Quality-of-Service (QoS) issues as two of the key drivers for the evolution toward the convergent all-IP network of the future. Therefore, the 6th International Workshop on Internet Charging and QoS Technology (ICQT 2009) was devoted to discussing the most recent approaches, models, and mechanisms in this highly interesting and important research area. The present volume of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series includes those papers presented at ICQT 2009—collocated this year with the IFIP Networking 2009 conference—taking place on May 15, 2009, in Aachen, Germany and hosted by the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH Aachen). For the commercial success of future QoS-enabled communication services, the emergence of viable business models, pricing schemes, and charging and accounting mechanisms is of paramount importance. Problems in this domain can only be addressed through a broad interdisciplinary approach linking together a variety of technical and economic perspectives, which are constantly driving a plethora of relevant research t- ics for application developers, business architects, network providers, service providers, and customers. Within the current trend toward a convergent NGN architecture, compe- tion modeling, pricing mechanisms, and the economics of inter-domain traffic are of specific importance and urgency. Thus, they determined—in the form of three technical sessions—the core of the ICQT 2009 program.

Keywords

  • AAC
  • BitTorrent
  • DOM
  • Internet
  • QoS
  • Quality of Service
  • Quality of Service (QoS)
  • business case analysis
  • cellular networks
  • competition
  • composite services
  • inter-domain
  • interconnection arrangement
  • internet auctions
  • internet charging

Editors and Affiliations

  • Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien, FTW,, Wien, Austria

    Peter Reichl

  • Communication Systems Group, CSG, Department of Informatics, IFI, University of Zürich, UZH,, Zürich, Switzerland

    Burkhard Stiller

  • INRIA Rennes, Bretagne Atlantique, Rennes Cedex, France

    Bruno Tuffin

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