Charging communication networks : from theory to practice /
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1999. |
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| Description: | xiv, 229 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3962423 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Charging in communication networks
- 1.1. Multiservice networks
- 1.2. Internet
- 1.3. ATM
- 1.4. Requirements for charging schemes
- 1.5. The CA$hMAN Project
- 2. The abc scheme
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Models for charging schemes
- 2.3. A general mechanism for usage-sensitive charging
- 2.4. A numerical example
- 2.5. Charging policies
- 2.6. Implementation and user issues
- 3. Design and Implementation Concepts
- 3.1. Overview
- 3.2. Business model
- 3.3. Accounting management service
- 3.4. Service provision and charging - the common framework
- 3.5. Interfaces and information flow
- 3.6. User and network intelligent agents
- 3.7. Performance considerations
- 4. The CA$hMAN charging and accounting system
- 4.1. Overview
- 4.2. Motivation and objectives of the system
- 4.3. Service provision and accounting management
- 4.4. Architectural framework
- 4.5. The CA$hMAN charging unit
- 4.6. Integration and deployment of the system
- 4.7. User interface design
- 4.8. Operational scenario
- 4.9. Conclusion
- 5. Agents
- 5.1. A user agent for ABR connections
- 5.2. Experiments with the ABR agent
- 5.3. Automated tariff renegotiation
- 5.4. Automated traffic contract renegotiation
- 6. Open issues
- 6.1. Service-level charging
- 6.2. Interconnect charging
- 6.3. Relative prices of services
- 6.4. Standards activities
- 6.5. IP charging
- A. Pricing for guaranteed services
- A.1. Overview
- A.2. Effective bandwidth
- A.3. A simple charging mechanism
- A.4. Charges that are linear in general measurements
- A.5. Accuracy and fairness
- A.6. Charging and acceptance control
- B. Pricing for elastic services
- B.1. Overview
- B.2. Proportionally fair pricing
- B.3. Dynamic pricing for ABR services
- B.4. Sharing effective usage
- C. CA$hMAN participants
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
