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IP Billing and Accounting. IP 4 IP Networking & Mediacom2004 Workshop. Current status on IP billing. ASP (Access Service Provider) Different flat rate per month by speed Premium, Lite ISP (Internet Service Provider) Flat(All you can eat) IP/CP (Infor. Provider/Content Provider)
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IP Billing and Accounting IP 4 IP Networking & Mediacom2004 Workshop
Current status on IP billing • ASP (Access Service Provider) • Different flat rate per month by speed • Premium, Lite • ISP (Internet Service Provider) • Flat(All you can eat) • IP/CP (Infor. Provider/Content Provider) • Free, flat rate, usage rate, mixed • Internet advertisement • Use infoshop service for billing and collecting fees
Interconnection Arrangements in IP • Peer-to-peer bilateral • Hierarchical bilateral • Third-party administrator • Cooperative Arrangements
Necessity of Billing and Accounting on IP • QoS based IP traffic processing to meet diverse user requirements • Questions on continuation of flat rate charging of IP in future • Increase of IP based Services and Applications (e.g. Multimedia over IP) • Provide fairness to the user who subscribe different QoS/CoS
Understanding on IP Billing / Accounting • The charging/billing algorithms used by the network and service providers will probably remain an instrument of differentiation and competition • The basic information that needs to be collected in order to allow such charging and billing will need to be standardized.
Cooperation flow for standardza. in ITU-T Service/Application definition SG 2, SG 16, SDOs SG 12, SG 13, ETSI QoS and Traffic features • G.17x, G.IPP, G.QoSRQT • G.VoIP/VBS-island • Y.iptc, Y.1541 examine Identify relevant Data Types SG 4, ETSI, IETF • G.825 • RFC 2924, RFC 2975 • TS 101 321 examine Principles SG 3 Network capability & req. Inform. Element SG 11, SG 13, SDOs