Event
M.S. Thesis Defense: Ramy ElDelgawy
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
2:30 p.m.
AVW 2168
Maria Hoo
301 405 3681
mch@umd.edu
ANNOUNCEMENT: M.S. Thesis Defense
Name: Ramy ElDelgawy
Committee:
Professor Richard J. La, Advisor/Chair
Professor Mark A. Shayman
Professor Michael C. Rotkowitz
Date/Time: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at 2:30pm-4pm
Location: AVW 2168
Title: Interaction Between a Service Provider and Content Providers and Social Efficiency
Abstract: It is unclear how the introduction of ``fast lanes'' would affect the evolution of the Internet. While this is with no doubt an important issue, we do not aim to address this question. Instead, in this work we study the interaction between an internet service provider and one or more content providers. Each entity is considered a player in a game, and it is assumed that these players are both rational and selfish, i.e., they aim to maximize their own gains. Clearly, their incentives are different and so are their bargaining powers. We examine how they may reach an agreement and how their interaction affects the resulting quality-of-service on the fast lanes. To get a better understanding of the kind of contract these entities are willing to sign we look at two cases: (i) a monopoly market that has one internet service provider and one content provider and (ii) one where an extra content provider enters the market.
Our findings show that in the case of a monopoly market an efficient contract can be reached that benefits both players as well as society as a whole, on the other hand, when an other content provider enters the market, the entity with the strongest bargaining power chooses a strategy that is in agreement with that of a social player.
