Title :
Building an accounting infrastructure for the Internet
Author_Institution :
Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
This paper explores the issues involved in providing of an accounting infrastructure for the Internet. It first argues that accounting, absent in the current Internet architecture, is crucial to the success of the Internet in the future. Then it focuses mainly on the design issues involved in such provision. Finally, it provides a possible scheme in implementing such an accounting infrastructure
Keywords :
Internet; finance; telecommunication traffic; Internet architecture; accounting infrastructure; design issues; traffic profiles measurement; usage based accounting; Bandwidth; Government; IP networks; Intserv networks; Pricing; Resource management; Sufficient conditions; Telecommunication traffic; Telephony; Web and internet services;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1996. GLOBECOM '96. 'Communications: The Key to Global Prosperity
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3336-5
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1996.586138
