Pricing for the multi-service networks

Author

Chang, Xinjie ; Petr, David W.

Author_Institution

SBC Technol. Resource Inc., Pleasanton, CA, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

103

Lastpage

108

Abstract

Congestion control is one of the key issues to be addressed for the emerging multi-service networks. However, without an appropriate mechanism to encourage end users to use the network properly, over-utilization and congestion are unavoidable. It has been widely accepted that pricing is a proper tool to manage congestion. However, how to charge for the traffic and at what price is still under study. This paper gives a review of the state of the art of the developments on various pricing policies and different charging and billing schemes that have been proposed for ATM and Internet differentiated services. Architecture and implementation issues are also discussed. Finally, some future trends are identified

Keywords

Internet; asynchronous transfer mode; costing; invoicing; packet switching; tariffs; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication services; telecommunication traffic; ATM; Internet differentiated services; billing schemes; charging schemes; congestion control; multi-service networks; network architecture; pricing policies; traffic; Costs; Diffserv networks; IP networks; Internet telephony; Network servers; Pricing; Protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Tellurium; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Performance Switching and Routing, 2001 IEEE Workshop on

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6711-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HPSR.2001.923613

Filename

923613