A simple distributed mechanism for accounting system self-configuration in next-generation charging and billing

Ralph Kuehne; George Huitema; Georg Carle

doi:10.1016/j.comcom.2010.10.012

A simple distributed mechanism for accounting system self-configuration in next-generation charging and billing

Ralph Kuehne^*, George Huitema, Georg Carle

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FEB Research Institute

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Abstract

Modern communication systems are becoming increasingly dynamic and complex. In this article a novel mechanism for next generation charging and billing is presented that enables self-configurability for accounting systems consisting of heterogeneous components. The mechanism is required to be simple, effective, efficient, scalable and fault-tolerant. Based on simulation results it is shown that the proposed simple distributed mechanism is competitive with usual cost-based or random mechanisms under realistic assumptions and up to non-extreme workload situations as well as fulfilling the posed requirements. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	898-920
Number of pages	23
Journal	Computer Communications
Volume	34
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2010.10.012
Publication status	Published - 16-May-2011

Keywords

Charging
Billing
Accounting
Self-configuration
Communication systems
ARCHITECTURE
NETWORKS
AAA

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