Pricing differentiated services in the GPRS environment
Σέργιος Σούρσος, Costas Courcoubetis, George C. Polyzos · 2001
The General Packet Radio Service extends the existing GSM mobile communications technology by providing packet switching and higher data rates in order to e#ciently access IP-based services in the Internet. We adapt the Di#erentiated Services Quality-of-Service support framework and apply it over the GPRS air interface in order to provide various levels of service di#erentiation. We also focus on applying a charging technique so as to publish a unit price for each service class. These prices are designed to lead to the maximization of Social Welfare and the users' net benefit.