Network economics and the allocation of savings : a model of peering in the voice-over-IP telecommunications market / Philipp Servatius.
"This book provides a game theoretic model of interaction among Vo IP telecommunications providers regarding their willingness to enter peering agreements with one another. The author shows that the incentive to peer is generally based on savings from otherwise payable long distance fees. At th...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Heidelberg ; New York :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
c2012.
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| Series: | Lecture notes in economics and mathematical systems ;
653. |
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | "This book provides a game theoretic model of interaction among Vo IP telecommunications providers regarding their willingness to enter peering agreements with one another. The author shows that the incentive to peer is generally based on savings from otherwise payable long distance fees. At the same time, termination fees can have a countering and dominant effect, resulting in an environment in which Vo IP firms decide against peering. Various scenarios of peering and rules for allocation of the savings are considered. The first part covers the relevant aspects of game theory and network theory, trying to give an overview of the concepts required in the subsequent application. The second part of the book introduces first a model of how the savings from peering can be calculated and then turns to the actual formation of peering relationships between Vo IP firms. The conditions under which firms are willing to peer are then described, considering the possible influence of a regulatory body."--Publisher's website. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic document (xv, 297 p.: ill.). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p.291-297) |
| ISBN: | 1283449218 3642210961 9781283449212 9783642210969 |
| ISSN: | 0075-8442 ; |