Internet is becoming an integrated services network, and enhancing the classic IP Best Effort Service is a pressing need. At the same time, flat-rate pricing model, commonly applied today by Internet Service Providers to charge subscribers for the connectivity, will become inadequate soon. This paper presents usage-based tariff models to charge added value services, and the relevant accounting framework to support charging by means of a per-usage approach. The network architecture we consider is the one of the IST SUITED project, that aims at providing different degrees of QoS guarantees in a broadband terrestrial/satellite mobile Internet infrastructure. Therefore, the paper faces also the issue of pricing management in a mobile scenario.
Charging IP Network Services in a Multi-Segment Infrastructure Supporting QoS and Mobility
FEMMINELLA, Mauro;REALI, Gianluca
2001
Abstract
Internet is becoming an integrated services network, and enhancing the classic IP Best Effort Service is a pressing need. At the same time, flat-rate pricing model, commonly applied today by Internet Service Providers to charge subscribers for the connectivity, will become inadequate soon. This paper presents usage-based tariff models to charge added value services, and the relevant accounting framework to support charging by means of a per-usage approach. The network architecture we consider is the one of the IST SUITED project, that aims at providing different degrees of QoS guarantees in a broadband terrestrial/satellite mobile Internet infrastructure. Therefore, the paper faces also the issue of pricing management in a mobile scenario.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
