Open interfaces and databases of a modular Internet charge calculation and accounting system

Author

Stiller, Burkhard ; Gerke, Jan ; San, Ha ; Reichl, Peter ; Flury, Placi

Author_Institution

Comput. Eng. & Networks Lab. TIK, Eidgenossische Tech. Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2440

Abstract

While differentiated services (DiffServ) offer a suitable technology support for quality-of-service (QoS) in multi-service networks, there is a lack of appropriate and technically feasible pricing schemes which would mainly provide an incentive for customers to choose efficiently among various service classes. This paper presents the basics of an implementation of recent developments in the area of charging differentiated services, in detail an Internet charge calculation and accounting system (ICCAS), including its modular architecture, components, open interfaces and databases. Finally, the explicit application of the newly developed cumulus pricing scheme (CPS) onto the ICCAS and DiffServ is discussed as a suitable example use

Keywords

Internet; accounting; costing; database management systems; open systems; quality of service; tariffs; DiffServ; Internet; QoS; cumulus pricing scheme; databases; differentiated services; modular accounting system; modular architecture; modular charge calculation system; multi-service networks; open interfaces; pricing schemes; quality-of-service; Appropriate technology; Control systems; Databases; Diffserv networks; IP networks; Laboratories; Pricing; Quality of service; Space technology; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2001. GLOBECOM '01. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7206-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2001.966215

Filename

966215