為了因應網際網路多樣的應用程式與服務品質需求，設計一份服務等級協議的內容，讓使用者可以彈性地設定服務品質需求。使用者可以根據不同的時段要求不同的頻寬配置量，在本論文中，提供渴望頻寬值（最高頻寬配置量）與需求頻寬值（最低頻寬配置量）兩個服務品質參數讓使用者設定，已簽訂完成的服務等級協議將保障至少有需求頻寬值的頻寬配置。
以頻寬配置值、服務品質參數值與網路負載程度為計費參數之一，讓使用者付出的費用可以反映出使用者的網路使用量並負擔造成的網路壅塞情況。論文中針對服務等級協議提出一套新的靜態定價與收費方式，將網路負載列入考量，希望提供給使用者設定符合其需求的服務品質參數值的適當誘因。

如同一般的服務品質管理，論文中透過允入處理來維護與管理服務等級協議，不同的是為了在兼顧使用者滿意度的情況下達成管理者營收最大化的目標，提出允入策略應視使用者行為與網路負載情況有所更動的想法。

允入策略的基本想法是：服務等級協議持續時間內的所有時段剩餘頻寬足夠的情況下，盡量分配最高的頻寬量予新的服務等級協議，由於配置頻寬值亦為計費參數之一，如此作法亦會提高管理者的營收。但當剩餘頻寬不足時，則經由適當地選擇已簽訂完成的服務等級協議來降低其服務品質（配置頻寬量）至需求頻寬值，獲取更多的頻寬資源，以便配置給新的服務等級協議。這樣的允入處理設計，不僅嚴謹地保障簽訂成功的服務等級協議至少擁有需求頻寬值，並且有機會可以獲得最高的頻寬配置值。雖然服務品質降級的觀念並不是新的，但本論文中提出為未來可能的服務等級協議簽訂要求適當地預留頻寬的作法，並經由實驗結果證明有助於降低服務品質降級的機率。

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