Bandwidth Allocation By Pricing In ATM Networks
John Murphy, Liam Murphy · 1994
this paper the resources are the capacities of the ATM connections. The bandwidth allocated to a user is considered to be a commodity whichissoldby the network to the user [27], [28]. We view the users as placing a benefit, or willingness--to-- pay, on the bandwidth they are allocated. Given a price per unit of bandwidth, a user's benefit function completely determines that user's traffic input. Users are assumed to act in their own best interests and to be capable of responding to changes in the price for bandwidth