Pricing and Scheduling in Contents Delivery Networks

  • Yagi, Noriyuki (Global Information and Telecommunication Institute, Waseda University) ;
  • Takahashi, Eiji (Global Information and Telecommunication Institute, Waseda University) ;
  • Yamori, Kyoko (Global Information and Telecommunication Institute, Waseda University) ;
  • Tanaka, Yoshiaki (Global Information and Telecommunication Institute, Waseda University, Advanced Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University)
  • Published : 2002.07.01

Abstract

This paper proposes an adaptive pricing system with scheduling to balance the demand for contents and to realize an effective use of resources in contents delivery networks. In the proposed adaptive pricing system, the table of the service levels and prices (tariff) is shown to each user at the start of service and each user chooses one of the service classes. These prices are decided adaptively reflecting the congestion state of the networks. Then, by the proposed scheduling algorithm, these requests are scheduled so as to keep the service level agreements completely.

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