Title :
Creating a successful payment architecture [mobile data services]
Author :
Longman, T.R. ; Roberts, T.
Author_Institution :
Nortel Networks, Nepean, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
The introduction of GPRS and UMTS data services for mobile operators greatly increases the complexity of payment solutions since services can no longer be charged on simple duration basis but have to be tailored to the value of service being offered. At the same time, payment schemes need to be affordable and easy to understand for commercial success. The paper describes Nortel Networks´ view of the problem domain, where 3GPP IMS (IP multimedia core network subsystem) and OSA (open service access) models provide support (or not) and explains its approach to addressing these problems through a modular, but integrated, solution.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; costing; economics; invoicing; mobile radio; packet radio networks; tariffs; 3GPP IMS; 3GPP OSA; GPRS data services; IP multimedia core network subsystem; Nortel Networks; UMTS data services; billing models; integrated solution; modular solution; open service access; payment architecture; payment schemes; tariff models; value of service;
Conference_Titel :
3G Mobile Communication Technologies, 2002. Third International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 489)
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-749-7
DOI :
10.1049/cp:20020423