Title :
Telecommunications billing interfaces
Author :
Kang, Oh-Young ; Tang, Adrian
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Korea Third Mil. Acad., South Korea
Abstract :
This paper defines an end-to-end billing process model. The processes in this model are mapped to the Telecommunication Management Network (TMN) model. Two interfaces in this process model have been defined, Usage Accounting Interface (UAI) and Usage Metering Interface (UMI). Usage Accounting Interface is for between Service Providers (SP) and Network Providers (NP). It is designed in the protocol-independent manner. TINA-C´s tools such as Object Definition Language (ODL) are used in the interface specification usage metering interface is for between Network Providers (NP) and Equipment Providers (EP). And it is designed for the B-ICI (Broadband ISDN Inter-Carrier Interface) environment where multiple carriers using ATM as underlying technology provide broadband services
Keywords :
ISDN; invoicing; protocols; telecommunication network management; Broadband ISDN; Object Definition Language; Usage Accounting Interface; Usage Metering Interface; broadband services; end-to-end billing process model; metering interface; telecommunication management network model; telecommunications billing interfaces; Asynchronous transfer mode; Automation; Cities and towns; Computer network management; Computer science; Laboratories; Military communication; Military computing; Network servers; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Network Operations and Management Symposium, 1998. NOMS 98., IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4351-4
DOI :
10.1109/NOMS.1998.654475
