Abstract
In a Ubiquitous Consumer Wireless World (UCWW) environment the provision,administration and management of the authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) policies and business services are provided by third-party AAA service providers (3P-AAA-SPs) who are independent of the wireless access network providers (ANPs). In this environment the consumer can freely choose any suitable access network and teleservice under the 'always best connected and best served' (ABC&S) paradigm. This new AAA infrastructural arrangement necessitates assessing the impact and re-thinking the design, structure and location of 'charging and billing' (C&B) functions and services. This paper addresses the C&B issues in UCWW, proposing potential architectural solutions for C&B realization. Implementation approaches of these novel solutions together with a testbed for validation and performance evaluation are addressed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 136-144 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | International Journal on Communications Antenna and Propagation |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2011 |
Keywords
- Authorization and accounting (3P-AAA)
- Consumer-centric business model (CBM)
- Third-party authentication
- Third-party charging and billing (3P-C&B)
- Ubiquitous consumer wireless world (UCWW)