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Impatience in mobile networks and its application to data pricing

Networking and Internet Architecture 2014-12-22 v2

Abstract

We consider in this paper an import Quality of Experience (QoE) indicator in mobile networks that is reneging of users due to impatience. We specifically consider a cell under heavy load conditions and compute the reneging probability by using a fluid limit analysis. By solving the fixed point equation, we obtain a new QoE perturbation metric quantifying the impact of reneging on the performance of the system. This metric is then used to devise a new pricing scheme accounting of reneging. We specifically propose several flavors of this pricing around the idea of having a flat rate for accessing the network and an elastic price related to the level of QoE perturbation induced by communications.

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@article{arxiv.1411.2102,
  title  = {Impatience in mobile networks and its application to data pricing},
  author = {Salah Eddine Elayoubi and Christine Fricker and Fabrice Guillemin and Philippe Robert and Bruno Sericola},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.2102},
  year   = {2014}
}
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