Performability Has Its Price: 5th International Workshop on Internet Charging and Qos Technologies, Icqt 2006, St. Malo, France, June 27, 2006, Procee (Paperback, 2006)

Keynote.- Cooperation and QoS in Fast Packet Networks: The View from the Edge.- Session 1: Economy-Driven Modeling.- How Many Parallel TCP Sessions to Open: A Pricing Perspective.- Performance Modeling on the Interaction of ISPs.- Session 2: Auctions.- A Random Walk Model for Studying Allocation Patterns in Auction-Based Resource Allocation.- A Simulation-Based Approach to Bidding Strategies for Network Resources in Competitive Wireless Networks.- Session 3: Peer-to-Peer.- Charging in Peer-to-Peer Systems Based on a Token Accounting System.- A Market-Managed Topology Formation Algorithm for Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Networks.- Session 4: Secure Billing.- Adapting a Captive Portal to Enable SMS-Based Micropayment for Wireless Internet Access.- Secure Billing for Ubiquitous Service Delivery.