A study of billing schemes in an experimental next generation network

  • Authors:

  • P. S. Barreto;G. Amvame-Nze;C. V. Silva;J. S. S. Oliveira;H. P. de Carvalho;H. Abdalla;A. M. Soares;R. Puttini

  • Affiliations:

  • Department of Electric Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brasil;Department of Electric Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brasil;Department of Electric Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brasil;Department of Electric Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brasil;Department of Electric Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brasil;Department of Electric Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brasil;Department of Electric Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brasil;Department of Electric Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, Brasil

  • Venue:
  • ICN'05 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Networking - Volume Part II
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a discussion concerning the performance of four network scenarios for billing purposes. Using the results of packet losses in an experimental platform simulating a NGN environment, we evaluate on each scenario the impact in the billing process with different traffic flows comparing the total revenue calculus for two billing schemes: (1) charging per packet and (2) reducing the value corresponding to undelivered packets. Our results show that the environments that use Differentiated Services are both convenient for costumers and service providers.