This document specifies an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) mechanism for authentication and session key distribution using the GSM Subscriber Identity Module (SIM). Haverinen Expires in six months [Page 1] Internet Draft EAP SIM Authentication November 2001

In this paper we consider the pricing of point-to-point bandwidth leasing contracts and options. The underlying asset of these contracts is a point-to-point telecommunications connection. Due to the network structure the network capacity prices depend nonlinearly on each other. A leasing contract on a point-to-point connection can be seen as an option because the seller of the connection select...

We will be concerned here with efficiencies of point-to-point and multidrop links. Directly or indirectly, these efficiencies translate to dollars. For instance, a point-to-point link often takes the form of a leased high-quality telephone line, which may be very expensive. In the case of a multidrop link, the line may be owned rather than leased, but if its efficiency is too small, its users w...