Media delivery competition with edge cloud, remote cloud and networking

Xinyi Hu (), George Kesidis (), Behdad Heidarpour () and Zbigniew Dziong ()
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Xinyi Hu: Pennsylvania State University
George Kesidis: Pennsylvania State University
Behdad Heidarpour: École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS)
Zbigniew Dziong: École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS)

Netnomics, 2020, vol. 21, issue 1, 17-36

Abstract: Abstract We describe a marketplace for content (digital media) distribution, specifically stored-video streaming, involving both edge cloud (fog) and remote cloud-computing and storage resources. Three different types of competing participants are considered: providers that are affiliated with the remote cloud, those that are affiliated with the ISP/edge, and those affiliated with neither. For a simple model, we explore the existence of a Nash equilibrium. Furthermore, we formulate a leader-follower game involving a market regulator maximizing social welfare and study its Stackelberg equilibrium. For a market regulator seeking to limit prices charged by an edge-cloud entrant, we show an interesting trade-off between “moderate” edge-cloud prices and the existence of a follower (Nash) equilibrium.

Keywords: Content distribution; Edge cloud; Fog; Nash equilibrium; Stackelberg game (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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