Accounting and Charging: Guarantees and Contracts

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Author(s): Burkhard Stiller (University of Zürich, Switzerland), David Hausheer (University of Zürich, Switzerland), Jan Gerke (University of Zürich, Switzerland), Peter Racz (University of Zürich, Switzerland), Cristian Morariu (University of Zürich, Switzerland)and Martin Waldburger (University of Zürich, Switzerland)
Copyright: 2008
Pages: 35
Source title: Handbook of Research on Ubiquitous Computing Technology for Real Time Enterprises
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Max Mühlhäuser (Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany)and Iryna Gurevych (Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-832-1.ch014

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Human Aspects of Technology / Information Science Reference / Ubiquitous & Pervasive Computing

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Charging for IP-based communications determines the overall term for metering or monitoring, accounting, pricing, charge calculation, and billing. These five actions are detailed in this chapter to provide a clear view on their interdependencies as well as their relations to distributed computing. Since an ubiquitous computing approach does require communication means between all entities involved, the provisioning of these communication channels is supported typically by commercial service providers— covering network, transport, and value-added services. Thus, the legal and contractual relationships between customers and providers as well as technological choices of protocols, mechanisms, and parameters define the area of interest here.

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