ABSTRACT
Network Congestion, Pricing and Futures
Prof. Derek McAuley, Assistant Director, Microsoft Research, Cambridge
In most Networks or Systems, users compete for a set of
limited resources. Outside the Computer Science or Telecommunication
mindset, we see the same problem occurring in other areas, but solved using
resource pricing as a fundamental ingredient. This begs the question, can
the use of a Pricing mechanism be used as a means of providing Congestion
Control and Differentiated Service in the Internet? If so, is Quality of
Service nothing more than a Futures market?
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