Incentives, overlays, and economic traffic control

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Economic perspectives in network management have garnered significant attention recently. The Third Workshop on Economic Traffic Management (ETM 2010) continued the success of previous events held at the University of Zürich in 2008 and 2009. ETM 2010 aimed to provide scientists, researchers, and operators a platform to present innovative research on ETM mechanisms, discuss new ideas, and enhance collaboration in the economics-technology interplay. Co-located with the International Teletraffic Congress (ITC22), this event united a rapidly growing scientific community. The concept of ETM has arisen from the presence of various stakeholders active in the Internet, each with distinct incentives and interests, whether competing or complementing one another in the service provider value chain. To create a win-win scenario for all parties involved—including end users, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), telecommunications operators, and service providers—new incentive-based approaches have been developed, tested, and even commercially implemented under the umbrella of Economic Traffic Management. ETM mechanisms focus on enhancing network efficiency, such as cost reduction, while simultaneously improving the Quality of Experience (QoE) for end users and applications.