Charging for Mobile All-IP Telecommunications

This book provides comprehensive and practical aspects of online and offline charging based on mobile operator's experiences and the latest efforts undertaken by the UMTS specifications. It presents a complete overview of telecom charging system, including the evolution from 2G to 3G and all-IP network charging frameworks, and all management aspects related to charging and billing processes. Specifically, this book describes the IP-based online charging system, protocol details and recent trends in charging for mobile telecom industry.The book covers: Telecommunication Networks, Telecommunication Services, GPRS Tunneling Protocol Extension, Mobile Charging Protocols, UMTS R5 Charging Management, UMTS R6 Online Charging System, Billing for VoIP Services, Content-based Charging

Professor Yi-Bing Lin, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan
Yi-Bing Lin is chair professor of the Department of Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan. He also served as vice president of the Office of Research and Development (2004-2007), and Dean of the College of Computer Science (2007 — present). Dr. Lin is a senior technical editor of IEEE Network, an editor of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, an editor of IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, and of ACM Wireless Networks. He is co-author of the Wireless and Mobile Network Architecture (Wiley) and Wireless and Mobile All-IP Network (Wiley).

Sok-Ian Sou, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan
Ms Sok-Ian Sou received the B.S.CSIE. and M.S.CSIE degrees from National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Taiwan, in 1997 and 2004, respectively. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate of the Department of Computer Science, NCTU. Her current research interests include design and analysis of personal communications services networks, mobile computing and performance modeling.

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Introduction
Telecommunications Networks
Telecommunications Services
GPRS Tunneling Protocol Extension
Mobile Charging Protocols
UMTS CS/PS Charging Management
IMS and MMS Offline Charging Management
UMTS Online Charging
Service Data Flow-based Charging
Billing for VoIP Services
Connection Failure Detection for GTP
Charging for Integrated Prepaid VoIP and Messaging Services
Modeling Credit Reservation for OCS
Reducing Credit Re-authorization Cost
Credit Redistribution for UMTS Prepaid Service through CAMEL
An Example of IMS Charging Application Server
Non-IP-Based Prepaid Phone Service
Performance of Service Node Based Mobile Prepaid Service
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