Title :
Internet pricing with multiple demands for quality of service option
Author :
Zhang, Geng ; Liu, Zhenyu
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage., Xiamen Univ.
Abstract :
Price and quality differentiation are valuable tools that can provide higher revenues and increase utilization of a network. This paper discuses the pricing strategy in Internet with different demands for quality service option. We provide a pricing model based on profit maximal problem of Internet service provider (ISP). Compared with flat-rate pricing, the result of an example shows that ISP would receive more surpluses of consumers from differential pricing strategy
Keywords :
DP management; Internet; pricing; quality of service; Internet pricing; Internet service provider; flat-rate pricing; profit maximal problem; quality differentiation; quality of service; Costs; Delay effects; Electronic mail; IP networks; Internet telephony; Pricing; Quality management; Quality of service; Transportation; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
e-Business Engineering, 2005. ICEBE 2005. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2430-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICEBE.2005.80
