Differentiated pruning billing algorithm used in multicast
Wen Ze-long · Journal of Changsha University of Science & Technology · 2013
A reasonable multicast billing method can not only ensure the profit of the multicast operator,but also improve the enthusiasm of the multicast users.According to the principle of overall profit and the basic theory of price discrimination in economics,this paper puts forward a differentiated pruning billing algorithm used in multicast.Through a reasonable pruning way,the algorithm adjusts the user nodes that receive multicast service,which makes not only the users in the multicast sub-tree whose bid is higher than the cost of multicast can get services,but the users with higher bid in a overall lower bid multicast sub-tree can get services as well.This paper also gives the implementations of the algorithm.Simulating results show that the differentiated pruning billing algorithm can improve the users' enthusiasm of using multicast service.