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Media delivery competition with edge cloud, remote cloud and networking

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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))

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.

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  • Xinyi Hu & George Kesidis & Behdad Heidarpour & Zbigniew Dziong, 2020. "Media delivery competition with edge cloud, remote cloud and networking," Netnomics, Springer, vol. 21(1), pages 17-36, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:netnom:v:21:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1007_s11066-020-09139-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s11066-020-09139-3
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