Title :
A QoS index for IP services to effectively support usage-based charging
Author :
Di Sorte, Dario ; Femminella, Mauro ; Reali, Gianluca
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ingegneria Elettronica e dell´´Informazione, Univ. of Perugia, Italy
Abstract :
The goal of this letter is to present a model to compute a quality-of-service (QoS) index to characterize IP services. Then, we show how such a score may be used in a clear and flexible way for defining advanced usage-based tariff criteria to charge QoS guaranteed network services to address the dynamics of the expected future telecommunications scenario.
Keywords :
IP networks; Internet; quality of service; tariffs; telecommunication traffic; IP services; QoS index; guaranteed network services; quality-of-service; usage-based tariff charging; Admission control; IP networks; Numerical analysis; Pricing; Propagation delay; Quality of service; Telecommunication computing; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Web and internet services; 65; Guaranteed IP service; numerical analysis; usage-based tariff;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2004.837661
