Title :
Load characterization of a time-and volume-sensitive accounting meter
Author :
Budka, Iieimeth C. ; Jiang, Hong
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We analyze the performance of a usage metering scheme for transaction-oriented network services. Exact and approximate analytical solutions are presented characterizing the processing, storage, and transmission bandwidth required by accounting meters as a function of the number of users in the system, usage characteristics, and the meters´ tunable parameters. The results can be used to help network operators and architects property dimension network resources needed to collect and process accounting data
Keywords :
accounts data processing; approximation theory; cellular radio; computerised instrumentation; digital radio; metering; packet radio networks; telecommunication networks; telecommunication services; telecommunication traffic recording; transaction processing; CDPD networks; Cellular Digital Packet Data networks; GSM; General Packet Radio Service; accounting data collection; accounting data processing; approximate analytical solutions; exact solutions; load characterization; meter tunable parameters; network operators; network resources dimensioning; performance analysis; processing; storage; time-sensitive accounting meter; transaction-oriented network services; transmission bandwidth; usage characteristics; usage metering scheme; volume-sensitive accounting meter; Cellular networks; Costs; GSM; Ground penetrating radar; Hardware; Load modeling; Monitoring; Packet radio networks; Performance analysis; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1998. GLOBECOM 1998. The Bridge to Global Integration. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Sydney,NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4984-9
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1998.776632
