A usage-rate based charging for QoS-free traffic in IP-VPN

Author

Lee, Hoon ; Eom, Jong-Hoon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Commun. Eng., Changwon Nat. Univ., South Korea

Volume

7

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2068

Abstract

We propose a new approach for the usage-based charging scheme in IP networks. Especially, we propose a method of determining usage charges to the QoS-free traffic for the VPN services based on the relative usage of the network resources in broadband IP networks. First, we present drawbacks of current flat-rate charging scheme for IP leased-line services which is analogous to the future IP virtual private networks. Next, we propose principles for assigning tariff to the traffic based on the relative usage of bandwidth, which determines charges to the user. Finally, via numerical experiments, we will illustrate the validity and implication of the proposed method

Keywords

Internet; broadband networks; costing; quality of service; tariffs; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; IP leased-line services; IP networks; IP virtual private networks; IP-VPN; Internet; QoS-free traffic; VPN services; bandwidth usage; broadband IP networks; flat-rate charging; network resources; numerical experiments; tariff; usage-rate based charging; Bandwidth; Charge measurement; Current measurement; Electronic mail; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Laboratories; Telecommunication traffic; Virtual private networks; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 2001. ICC 2001. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Helsinki

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7097-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2001.937023

Filename

937023