Defensa Tesis Doctoral: The Role of Topology and Contracts in Internet Content Delivery
The Internet depends on economic relationships between ASes (Autonomous Systems), which come in different shapes and sizes - transit, content, and access networks. CDNs (Content delivery networks) are also a pivotal part of the Internet ecosystem and construct their overlays for faster content delivery.


The rapid growth of wireless mobile devices has led to saturation and congestion of wireless channels – a well-known fact.