Research Article
Engineering pricing incentives for efficient bandwidth utilization in LambdaGrids
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1145/1185373.1185411, author={Sumit Naiksatam and Stephen A. Chiappari and Silvia Figueira }, title={Engineering pricing incentives for efficient bandwidth utilization in LambdaGrids}, proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Quality of Service in Heterogeneous Wired/Wireless Networks}, publisher={ACM}, proceedings_a={QSHINE}, year={2006}, month={8}, keywords={}, doi={10.1145/1185373.1185411} }- Sumit Naiksatam
Stephen A. Chiappari
Silvia Figueira
Year: 2006
Engineering pricing incentives for efficient bandwidth utilization in LambdaGrids
QSHINE
ACM
DOI: 10.1145/1185373.1185411
Abstract
The ability to reserve network bandwidth is a critical factor for the success of high-performance grid applications. Reservation of lightpaths in dynamically switched optical networks facilitates guaranteed bandwidth. However, reservation of bandwidth can often lead to bandwidth fragmentation which significantly reduces system utilization and increases the blocking probability of requests. An interesting approach to mitigating this problem is to induce quasi-flexibility in the user requests. A smart scheduling strategy can then exploit this quasi-flexibility and optimize bandwidth utilization. However, there has to be an incentive for flexibility from the user's perspective as well. In this paper, we explore how the Network Service Provider (NSP) can influence user flexibility by dynamically engineering pricing incentives. Ultimately, user flexibility will lead to efficient network utilization, reduce the price for the users, and increase the revenue for the NSP.