Accounting, billing

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Accounting, billing paymentSupport for
financial exploitation of network-based services

• Henk Jonkers
• Telematica Instituut
• Enschede, the Netherlands
• jonkers_at_telin.nl

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Outline

• Context TI research, GigaPort, GigaABP
• Roles interacting with FinEx system
• Functional reference model
• Multi-level and inter-domain accounting
• From service model to charging model
• Example Video-over-IP

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Telematica Instituut research areas
Economic and societal relevance
Information retrieval
Business
Collaboration
Telematics applications
Telematics services
Middle- ware
Telematics systems
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GigaPort project organisation
Next generation Internet in the Netherlands
Knowledge advancement
GigaPort-Network infrastructure
GigaPort-Applications applications
Pilot projects
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Context ABP in TI / GigaPort projects
Emphasis on network- level accounting
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Roles interaction system
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Decomposition
Receiving back-end provider
Paying back-end provider
FinEx System
Payment
Billing
Charging
Front-end service provider
Acct. Data
Pricing
User
Acquisition
Information provisioning
Accounting
External FinEx system
Authentication authorisation server
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Our picture vs. AAAARCH picture
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Functional reference model
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Functional reference modelaccounting data
acquisition
Accounting data
acquisition
Metering
Collecting
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Functional reference model billing
Billing
Bill
Bill
preparation
presentment
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Functional reference model accounting
Accounting
Access
control
Acquisition
management
Session
management
Archive
management
timing
Account
management
Configuration
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ABP at several levels
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Intra-domain accounting
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Outsourcing - multiple owners
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Brokerage and inter-domain accounting
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Service behaviour model
Fixed telephone service
Remove
Remove
Request
Request
Obtain
Obtain
Usage network
Unsubscribe
Unsubscribe
connection
connection
connection
connection
connection
connection
Access
Termination
Hook
Hook
Unhook
Unhook
Usage call
phone
phone
phone
phone
Access to network
Termination
No dial tone
Usage network
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From service model to charging model Charging
trees
metering requirements
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Example Video-over-IP (VIP)
Asset Management
End-users
Metadata
Media Distribution
Digitising
Indexing
Search Retrieval
Metadata
Content Provider
Billing Accounting
Media Management
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VIP roles
Video and
Video
Added Value
Producer
Provider
Video Store Portal
End User
Provider
Advert.
Advert.
Producer
Provider
Deployment
Provider
Service provisioning level
Service exploitation level
Payment
Accounting, Charging Billing Service Provider
Provider
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VIP ACB service - design
End-Userinteractionhandler
Profiling service
End-user
Offer Generatingservice
Deployment provider
VideoChargerstreaming service
Pricing Engineservice
VPP
Charging service
ACB serviceSession manager
Event loggingservice
Billing service
Info Provisioningservice
ACB serviceprovider
Payment
Provider
Provider
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Output from interactive viewing
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VIP service behaviour model
Obtain login
Video on Demand
Termination
service usage
Access
VideoStore
Video serviceusage session
Authent.
Login
Logout
Termination
Access control
Video on Demand
service usage
Term.
Access
UsageContent viewing
Search retrieval
service
No success
Video service usage session
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Charging tree for streaming video service
Legend
Video Store
f
p
v
service unit
content unit
Video store services
Reg. fee
Monthly subscription
charge type
p
f
v
v
description
parameters
Content streaming service
Search retrieval service
v
v
Special VCR functions
Minimal VCR functions
Max. price per session
Metadata
v
v
price per item
Rew.
Pause
FF
Play
f
f
f
v
Movie slice
Price per function call
Commercial
v
f
Usage history
User profile
Price in contract
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Simulation model of Jalda application