TY - GEN
T1 - Towards a real time charging framework for complex applications in 3GPP IP multimedia system (IMS) environment
AU - Oumina, Hanane
AU - Ranc, Daniel
PY - 2007/12/1
Y1 - 2007/12/1
N2 - Real time charging is crucial to telecom operators who base their return on investment on this type of billing that still seems both attractive and fair to customers. In the context of the shift of network technology to the all-IP paradigm under the IMS umbrella, and the consequent revolution in terms of services, the concept of real-time charging evolved as well to tackle the challenges of multimedia services and packet switching technologies. However, IMS adds the notion of service composition by the service session concept that adds further complexity to the charging task. In order to handle this complexity, the present contribution suggests a framework to model applications and real-time charging policies according to involved services and their characteristics. Also, it introduces the concept of multi-definition of the single service in IMS charging paradigm.
AB - Real time charging is crucial to telecom operators who base their return on investment on this type of billing that still seems both attractive and fair to customers. In the context of the shift of network technology to the all-IP paradigm under the IMS umbrella, and the consequent revolution in terms of services, the concept of real-time charging evolved as well to tackle the challenges of multimedia services and packet switching technologies. However, IMS adds the notion of service composition by the service session concept that adds further complexity to the charging task. In order to handle this complexity, the present contribution suggests a framework to model applications and real-time charging policies according to involved services and their characteristics. Also, it introduces the concept of multi-definition of the single service in IMS charging paradigm.
U2 - 10.1109/NGMAST.2007.4343413
DO - 10.1109/NGMAST.2007.4343413
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:47849108771
SN - 0769528783
SN - 9780769528786
T3 - NGMAST 2007 - The 2007 International Conference on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies, Proceedings
SP - 145
EP - 150
BT - NGMAST 2007 - The 2007 International Conference on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies, Proceedings
T2 - NGMAST 2007 - 2007 International Conference on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services and Technologies
Y2 - 12 September 2007 through 14 September 2007
ER -