It is evident that a successful implementation of a multimedia system over wireless will require a number of compromises and a very efficient use of all available resources. In addition, traditional approaches will need to be revised, and new architectures, protocols and algorithms will need to be developed. The focus of this panel will be to reveal current issues challenges and directions for how to realize the multimedia computing and networking through wireless.
Pricing has been receiving increasing interest within the research community. Most researchers take a normative approach, and investigate usage-based pricing mechanisms that will motivate the users to adopt a "social" behavior (e.g., by regulating their traffic, or by requesting lower grade of service) that improves the overall performance of the network. Service providers, on the other hand, will benefit from using a more efficient Internet, but at the same time are interested in mechanisms that first produce profit and second are more appealing to the end users than the mechanisms of their competitors.
The interface between the performance- and the market-oriented approach to pricing is one of the main factors that will define the structure of the future Internet. The goal of the panel is to bring the research and business communities at the same table and motivate a dialogue that will delineate this interface.