Pricing and QoS

Stiller, Burkhard and Barlet-Ros, Pere and Cushnie, John and Domingo-Pascual, Jordi and Hutchison, David and Lopes, Rui and Mauthe, Andreas and Popa, Mihai and Roberts, Jim and Solé-Pareta, Josep and Trcek, Denis and Veciana, Carlos (2003) Pricing and QoS. In: Quality of Future Internet Services. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2856 . Springer, pp. 263-291. ISBN 9783540201939

Abstract

In this chapter the state of the art of pricing for Internet services and its relation to Quality-of-Service (QoS) is addressed. Essential economic and technology basics, covering terms, accounting, and security are followed by a user-centered view, a content-based scheme, and a cost sharing approach.