A Reconfigurable Based Solution for Charging in 4G Mobile Networks

Author

Letaifa, Asma Ben ; Tabbane, Sami

Author_Institution

Unite de Rech. MEDIATRON Ecole Super. des Commun. de Tunis, Tunis

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The introduction of open and more flexible business models in 4G mobile networks, as well as the integration of UMTS with WLAN increases the overall overhead and complexity for the dynamic management between heterogeneous networks. To cope with such complexity and enable the seamless provision of value added services the introduction of an integrated platform for at least charging accounting and billing is required. This paper summarizes existing platforms and proposes one which let the charging operations transparent to the end users.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; 4G mobile communication; telecommunication network management; wireless LAN; 4G mobile network; UMTS; WLAN; dynamic heterogeneous network management; reconfigurable based charging solution; 3G mobile communication; Business communication; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Mobile communication; Monitoring; Network servers; Next generation networking; Web and internet services; Wireless LAN; 4G mobile networks; Charging; reconfigurable systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, 2008. ICTTA 2008. 3rd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Damascus

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1751-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1752-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTTA.2008.4530169

Filename

4530169