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Pricing Decisions to Control Quality-of-Service in Integrated Voice/Data Mobile Communication System

음성/데이터 통합 이동통신시스템에서의 서비스 품질을 고려한 가격결정모델

  • 김환선 (명지대학교 정보통신경영대학원)
  • Published : 2004.10.01
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Abstract

This paper presents a pricing model for maximizing a service provider's profit, taking into account consumers' quality-of-service dependent willingness to pay, in integrated voice/data mobile services. For the voice and the data services, time-sensitive pricing and volume-sensitive pricing mechanism will be applied, respectively, as in the case of Korea's mobile service market. Assuming that consumers are very sensitive to call interruption during handoff moments, the model presented here considers reserving guard channels exclusively for handoff traffic, in the process of frequency channels allocation, as well as guaranteeing consumers quality of service regarding call interruption rate. Ultimately, this model proposes a means to guarantee the quality of service in the short term, through pricing strategies as well as channel allocation policies, and the simulation results show that without expanding system resources, there exists a trade-off between profit and quality-of-service guarantee.

본 연구논문에서는 소비자의 서비스 품질에 따른 지불의사를 고려하여 음성/데이터 통합 이동통신서비스 제공업자의 수익을 극대화시키는 최적 가격을 결정하는 모델을 제시한다. 특히 고려되는 음성서비스 및 데이터서비스의 가격방식은 현재 우리나라 이동통신서비스의 회선요금제와 패킷요금제를 각각 적용한다. 이 모델은 소비자들이 핸드오프도중 발생하는 통화단절에 매우 민감하게 반응한다는 가정하에, 기지국이 무선채널을 할당함에 있어서 핸드오프 트래픽만이 독점사용할 수 있는 가드채널을 할당하는 방안을 고려하며, 더불어 서비스제공업자가 통화단절율의 서비스 품질을 소비자군에게 보장하는 경우를 고려한다. 궁극적으로 이 모델은 단기적으로 가격전략 및 무선채널 할당정책에 의존하여 서비스 품질을 개선$.$보장할 수 있는 방안을 제시하며, 그 결과 시스템자원의 확충없이는 수익과 서비스 품질의 개선$.$보장간에 상충관계가 존재함을 보여준다.

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