The Economics of Telecommunication Services An Engineering Perspective /: An Engineering Perspective. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Pramode Verma, Fan Zhang.
• Authors: Zhang, Fan
• Other Names: Verma, Pramode
• Contents: Introduction -- Characteristics and Characterization of Information Networks -- Drivers of the Telecommunication Industry -- Graph Theoretic Characterization of Communication Networks -- Small World and Scale-free Networks -- Characterization of Telecommunication Traffic -- Bandwidth and Throughput of Networks: Circuit Switched Networks -- Bandwidth and Throughput of Networks: Packet Switched Networks -- Pricing of Telecommunication Services -- Pricing of Circuit Switched Services -- Pricing of Packet Switched Services -- Regulation -- Net Neutrality -- Game Theory and its Application to Communication Networks -- Multi-service Network Models -- Subsidy-free prices in Class-based Networks -- Market-clearing prices in Class-based Networks -- A Constant Revenue Model for Net Neutrality -- A Constant Revenue Model for Packet Switched Networks -- A Two-step Quality of Service Provisioning in Multi-class Networks -- Network of the Future -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer International Publishing Imprint: Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 621.382; Electrical engineering; Engineering economy; Computer networks; Economic policy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030338657; 3030338657
• Related ISBNs: 9783030338640; 3030338649
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