A study of ISP pricing for networks with peer-to-peer users.

Wang, Qian.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009.Includes bibliographical references (p. 71-74).Abstract also in Chinese.Abstract --- p.iAcknowledgement --- p.iiiChapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter 2 --- A Review of Pricing in Internet Industry --- p.5Chapter 2.1 --- Static Pricing --- p.6Chapter 2.1.1 --- Flat-rate Pricing --- p.6Chapter 2.1.2 --- Usage-based Pricing --- p.7Chapter 2.1.3 --- Paris Metro Pricing --- p.8Chapter 2.2 --- Dynamic Pricing --- p.9Chapter 2.2.1 --- Smart-market Pricing --- p.9Chapter 2.2.2 --- Responsive Pricing --- p.11Chapter 2.2.3 --- Edge Pricing --- p.12Chapter 2.3 --- Comparisons --- p.14Chapter 2.4 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.17Chapter 3 --- Uplink Pricing --- p.18Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.18Chapter 3.2 --- Model Description --- p.26Chapter 3.3 --- Uplink Pricing in a Competitive Market --- p.36Chapter 3.4 --- The Cooperative Strategy with Uplink Pricing --- p.40Chapter 3.4.1 --- The Cooperative Case --- p.41Chapter 3.4.2 --- The Threat Strategy --- p.45Chapter 3.5 --- Further Discussion --- p.47Chapter 3.5.1 --- Accounting Cost --- p.47Chapter 3.5.2 --- Peer-to-Peer Locality --- p.48Chapter 3.6 --- Related Works --- p.48Chapter 3.7 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.49Chapter 4 --- Viability of Paris Metro Pricing --- p.51Chapter 4.1 --- The Model --- p.52Chapter 4.2 --- Flat-rate Pricing versus Paris Metro Pricing --- p.54Chapter 4.2.1 --- One-channel Flat-rate Pricing --- p.55Chapter 4.2.2 --- Two-Channel Identical Pricing --- p.56Chapter 4.2.3 --- Flat-rate Pricing versus Two-Channel Iden-tical Pricing --- p.57Chapter 4.2.4 --- Flat-rate Pricing versus Paris Metro Pricing --- p.59Chapter 4.3 --- Case Studies --- p.60Chapter 4.4 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.62Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.63A Equation Derivation --- p.65Chapter A. --- l Proof for Lemma 3.3.2 --- p.65Bibliography --- p.7