On the Economic Viability of Network Architectures.

This was a joint project with Prof. Kartik Hosanagar from the Wharton Business School and Profs. Andrew Odlyzko and Zhi-Li Zhang from the University of Minnesota.
The project had three main thrust areas aimed at assessing the economic viability of new network architectures:

1. Investigate and quantify the potential benefits of key proposed architectural features such as virtualization, integration, and diversity;
2. Explore when and why the existence of a formidable incumbent (today’s Internet) can affect the emergence of new technologies;
3. Develop models that account for how the openness and flexibility of a network architecture can foster the adoption of new technology, and its ultimate success.

Penn Contributors

• Roch Guerin
• Kartik Hosanagar
• Youngmi Jin
• Soumya Sen
• Kristin Yamauchi

Publications

• Y. Jin, S. Sen, R. Guerin, K. Hosanagar, and Z.-L. Zhang, “Dynamics of Competition between Incumbent and Emerging Network Technologies.” In Proc. ACM NetEcon’08, Seattle, WA, August 2008.
• S. Sen, Y. Jin, R. Guerin, and K. Hosanagar, “Modeling the Dynamics of Network Technology Adoption and the Role of Converters.” Technical Report, University of Pennsylvania, June 2009.
• S. Sen, R. Guerin, and K. Hosanagar, “Shared Versus Separate Networks – The Impact of Reprovisioning.” In Proc. ACM ReArch’09 Workshop, Rome, Italy, December 2009.
• Z.-L. Zhang, P. Nabipay, A. Odlyzko, and R. Guerin, “Interactions, Competition and Innovation in a Service-Oriented Internet: An Economic Model.” In Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2010 Mini-conference, San Diego, CA, March 2010.
• S. Sen, Y. Jin, R. Guerin, and K. Hosanagar, “Modeling the Dynamics of Network Technology Adoption and the Role of Converters,” IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 1793-1805, December 2010
• R. Guerin and K. Hosanagar, “Fostering IPv6 Migration Through Network Quality Differentials.” ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, Vol. 40, No. 3, July 2010, pp. 17-25.
• S. Sen, K. Yamauchi, R. Guerin, and K. Hosanagar, “The Impact of Reprovisioning on the Choice of Shared versus Dedicated Networks.” In Proc. Ninth Workshop on E-Business (WEB 2010), December 11, 2010. Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
• S. Sen, R. Guerin, and K. Hosanagar, “Functionality-rich Versus Minimalist Platforms: A Two-sided Market Analysis.” ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, Vol. 41, No. 5, October 2011, pp. 36-43.
• Roch Guerin, Kartik Hosanagar, Xinxin Li, and Soumya Sen “Shared or Dedicated Infrastructures: On the Impact of Reprovisioning Ability” MIS Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 4, December 2019, DOI: 10.25300/MISQ/2019/14857.