Resource Pricing for Fair and Efficient Link Sharing with a Finite Data Model

Kuri, Joy and Roy, Sharmili (2006) Resource Pricing for Fair and Efficient Link Sharing with a Finite Data Model. In: 2006 IFIP International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, Bangalore.

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Abstract

The literature on pricing implicitly assumes an "infinite data" model, in which sources can sustain any data rate indefinitely. We assume a more realistic "finite data" model, in which sources occasionally run out of data. Further, we assume that users have contracts with the service provider, specifying the rates at which they can inject traffic into the network. Our objective is to study how prices can be set such that a single link can be shared efficiently and fairly among users in a dynamically changing scenario where a subset of users occasionally has little data to send. We obtain simple necessary and sufficient conditions on prices such that efficient and fair link sharing is possible. We illustrate the ideas using a simple example

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Publisher:	IEEE
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Department/Centre:	Division of Electrical Sciences > Electronic Systems Engineering (Formerly Centre for Electronic Design & Technology)
Date Deposited:	10 Nov 2011 06:39
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2011 07:34
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/41952

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