Title :
Introducing QoS Profiles in the Pricing of 3G Services
Author :
Ozianyi, Vitalis G. ; Ventura, Neco ; Golovins, Eugene
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Cape Town Univ., Rondebosch
Abstract :
The deployment of pricing schemes for communication services is driven by the network technologies. QoS is a major factor that affects the choice of a pricing scheme for a given network. In this paper, we explore a pricing scheme that uses service profiles, which define the QoS received from accessing a common resource pool. Through resource sharing between the profiles, maximisation of network resource utilisation is achieved. In this paper, the mathematical model of the proposed pricing scheme is presented, together with QoS evaluation results
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; pricing; quality of service; 3G service pricing; QoS evaluation; QoS profile; communication service; mathematical model; network resource utilisation; network technology; pricing scheme; quality of service; service profile resource sharing; Africa; Costs; Diffserv networks; Portable media players; Pricing; Quality of service; Resource management; Scalability; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Pricing; Profiles; Quality of service (QoS);
Conference_Titel :
Services Computing, 2006. SCC '06. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2670-5
DOI :
10.1109/SCC.2006.60
