Title :
Billing service based on TINA concepts for the next generation network
Author :
Chen, C.-Y. ; Hanrahan, H.E.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Telecommun. Access & Services, Univ. of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Abstract :
Service and network resources used on the next generation network (NGN) are billable. This paper presents the use of the TINA retailer and accounting management architecture as the basis for usage accounting in the NGN. Three computational objects, namely the accountable object, the metering manager and the accounting policy manager, are used. A CORBA-based distributed processing environment (DPE) enables the TINA components to be deployed in a non-TINA NGN environment. Service components and computational objects used in the TINA accounting management are described. The implementation of the billing service, using TINA concepts is presented
Keywords :
Internet; distributed object management; economics; invoicing; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network management; CORBA-based distributed processing environment; Internet; TINA concepts; accountable object; accounting management architecture; accounting policy manager; billable services; billing service; computational objects; metering manager; network resources; next generation network; usage accounting; Africa; Application software; Computer architecture; Electrical capacitance tomography; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Next generation networking; Protocols; Resource management; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Network Workshop, 2001 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7047-3
DOI :
10.1109/INW.2001.915327
