Evolution of PrePaid Service towards a real-time payment system

Author

Lilge, Manfred

Author_Institution

Siemens AG, Berlin, Germany

fYear

2001

fDate

6-9 May 2001

Firstpage

195

Lastpage

198

Abstract

One of the main aims of Bell Core´s intelligent network approach in the 1980s was to offer a generic solution for the deployment of value-added voice services within circuit switched networks. Although the INAP protocol always allowed the provisioning of number translation services by controlling the call set-up and influencing the routing of voice-calls it is another class of IN services which gained more and more importance. Today, the number of services which include additional control of the voice-call charging is by far the largest in number: Freephone, Premium Rate, Friends and Family, Home Zone Billing are just a few examples, and the most popular service has become a synonym for the whole IN architecture - the PrePaid Service (PPS)

Keywords

intelligent networks; invoicing; real-time systems; telecommunication control; telephony; Bell Core; IN; INAP; PrePaid service; intelligent network; protocol; real-time payment system; telecommunication control; voice-call charging; Business; Cellular networks; Contracts; Costs; Intelligent networks; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Mobile handsets; Real time systems; Routing protocols; Switching circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Network Workshop, 2001 IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7047-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INW.2001.915313

Filename

915313