Collaborative Research: NeTS-FIND: Market-Enabling Network Architecture

Information

  • NSF Award
  • 0626738
Owner
  • Award Id
    0626738
  • Award Effective Date
    9/1/2006 - 18 years ago
  • Award Expiration Date
    8/31/2009 - 15 years ago
  • Award Amount
    $ 78,000.00
  • Award Instrument
    Continuing grant

Collaborative Research: NeTS-FIND: Market-Enabling Network Architecture

0626397, 0626738, and 0627161 Walrand et. al<br/><br/><br/><br/>This proposal studies how the network architecture can enable markets for network services and for security improvements of the network. The premise of the research is that economic incentives drive the development and deployment of technology. Such incentives exist if there is a market where suppliers and buyers can meet. In today's Internet, such a market is missing. For instance, users cannot choose different types of communication services. Also, incentives are missing for improved security measures. The research explores the potential benefits of improved user choice and of incentives for security. Such benefits depend on the network architecture, including differentiated forwarding of packets of various types and pricing stamps on packets. The study combines models of user utilities and network performance to compare the benefits of different architectures. <br/><br/>The potential broader impact of this research is a set of architectural choices that would enable the free market to drive substantial improvement of the network services and security.

  • Program Officer
    Darleen L. Fisher
  • Min Amd Letter Date
    8/28/2006 - 18 years ago
  • Max Amd Letter Date
    7/3/2008 - 16 years ago
  • ARRA Amount

Institutions

  • Name
    Lucent Technologies Bell Laboratories
  • City
    Murray Hill
  • State
    NJ
  • Country
    United States
  • Address
    600 Mountain Avenue
  • Postal Code
    079740636
  • Phone Number
    9087433985

Investigators

  • First Name
    Shyam
  • Last Name
    Parekh
  • Email Address
    sparekh@alcatel-lucent.com
  • Start Date
    8/28/2006 12:00:00 AM

FOA Information

  • Name
    Computer Science
  • Code
    912