• DocumentCode
    1110219
  • Title

    airConn: A framework for tiered services in public wireless LAN hot spots

  • Author

    Acharya, Arup ; Bisdikian, Chatschik ; Misra, Archan ; Ko, Young-Bae

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    124
  • Lastpage
    132
  • Abstract
    Access to the data services via wireless LANs at private and public hot spot sites is becoming commonplace. The goal of the airConn project is to define an architecture and a prototype implementation that enable the provision of premium and non-premium service tiers for both transient and nontransient users of wireless hot spots. airConn provides for dynamic renegotiation of service tiers and facilitates various billing modes. Thus, it enables service providers to increase their revenue opportunities via multiple flexibility manageable service offerings.
  • Keywords
    Internet; telecommunication services; wireless LAN; airConn project; billing modes; local area network; multiple flexibility manageable service offerings; public wireless LAN hot spots; Bluetooth; Communication system traffic control; Local area networks; Roaming; Space technology; Wireless LAN;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0163-6804
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCOM.2004.1336728
  • Filename
    1336728