A knowledge plane as a pricing mechanism for aggregate, user-centric utility maximization
Vladimir Marbukh · ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review · 2004
This paper proposes pricing user centric requirements as a potential role for the Knowledge Plane. Assuming elastic users capable of modifying their behavior in response to the pricing signals, this approach may result in optimal resource allocation without necessity for the users to acquire detailed information on the network state as well as advanced knowledge of the user requirements by the network.