Congestion-dependent pricing for a service provider

A service provider who provides users access· to a communication network is constrained in the system by the limited amount of bandwidth that can be offered to users. We will discuss congestion-dependent pricing, a method of pricing connection access to the network that accounts for this bandwidth constraint. Different models for the system are analyzed and simulated. The case of multiple classes of users as well as the case of a probabilistic demand function are analyzed in detail. The dynamic congestion-dependent pricing policy that maximizes performance will be determined using dynamic programming. The steady state revenue generated for the service provider will be used as the measure of system performance. Additionally, approximation and estimation techniques to simplify analysis and implementation of different systems are analyzed.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

1999

Author dc:creator

• Bharti, Piyush, 1976-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• John N. Tsitsiklis.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9456

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/9456