{"product_id":"charging-for-mobile-allip-telecommunications-9780470775653","title":"Charging for Mobile AllIP Telecommunications","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides a complete and comprehensive overview of 3G UMTS charging services    Evolving from offline billing of traditional telecommunications, charging for IP services in mobile networks is challenging; charging convergence is one of the major trends in the telecom industry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Introduction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Charging for Mobile All-IP Networks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Online Charging.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Telecommunications Networks.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Public Switched Telephone Network.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Global System for Mobile Communications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 IP Multimedia Core Network Subsystem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 WLAN and Cellular Interworking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.8 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3: Telecommunications Services.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Automated Attendant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Charging Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Routing Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Dialing Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Screening Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Interrupt Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Mass Call.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Universal Personal Telecommunications Number.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 Interactive Voice Response Techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.10 Other Telephone Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.11 Mobile Telecommunications Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.12 Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.13 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.14 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4: GPRS Tunneling Protocol Extension.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 The GTP' Protocol.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Connection Setup Procedure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 CDR Transfer Procedure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Prepaid Quota Management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Prepaid Quota Management Procedure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.8 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5: Mobile Charging Protocols.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Customized Application for the Mobile Network Enhanced Logic (CAMEL).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Remote Access Dial In User Service (RADIUS).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Diameter.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Diameter-based Offline Charging.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Diameter-based Online Charging.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Session Initiation Protocol: IMS Charging Headers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.9 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6: UMTS CS\/PS Charging Management.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Circuit Switched Service Domain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Packet Switched Service Domain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Review Questions .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7: IMS and MMS Offline Charging Management.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Offline Charging for IMS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 IMS Charging Correlation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Multimedia Messaging Service Domain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Mediation Device.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8: UMTS Online Charging.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 UMTS Charging Architecture (Release 6).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Online Charging Scenarios.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9: Service Data Flow-based Charging.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Online Flow Based Charging Architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Content-based Service for Online TPF\/GPRS.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Online IMS Flow-based Charging.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Policy and Charging Control Integration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10: Billing for VoIP Services.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 A VoIP Network Architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Call Detail Record Generation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Deriving Call Holding Time Distributions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Observations form the Call Holding Time Statistics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.5 Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.6 Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.7 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix A. Connection Failure Detection for GTP'.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.1 GTP' Failure Detection.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.2 Numerical Examples.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.3 Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.4 Notation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA.5 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix B. Charging for Integrated Prepaid VoIP and Messaging Services.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.1 Prepaid Application Server of SIP-based Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.2 Charging Integration for Prepaid Calls and Instant Messaging.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.2.1 Prepaid IMS-to-PSTN Call Setup and Release.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.2.2 Prepaid Instant Messaging Delivery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.2.3 Charging Policy of the Prepaid Application Server.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.3 Performance for the PAS Charging Policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.4 Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.5 Notation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB.6 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix C. Modeling Credit Reservation for OCS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.1 Recharge Threshold-based Credit Reservation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.2 Numerical Examples and Conclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.3 Notation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC.4 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix D. Reducing Credit Re-authorization Cost.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.1 Credit Re-authorization Procedure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.2 The Threshold-based Scheme.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.3 Numerical Examples.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.4 Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.5 Notation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eD.6 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix E. Credit Redistribution for UMTS Prepaid Service through CAMEL.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eE.1 The IN Approach for the UMTS Prepaid Service.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eE.2 The Prepaid Charging Message Flow .\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eE.3 The Prepaid Credit Reclaim (PCR) Mechanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eE.4 Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eE.5 Notation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eE.6 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix F. An Example of IMS Charging Application Server.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF.1 Rf\/Ro Interface and Session Initialization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF.2 Creating Rf\/Ro Requests.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF.3 Receiving Answers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF.4 Error\/Timeout Handling and Debugging.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eF.5 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix G. Non-IP-Based Prepaid Phone Service.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.1 Non-IP-based Mobile Prepaid Services.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.2 Wireless Intelligent Network Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.2.1 WIN Call Origination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.2.2 WIN Call Termination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.2.3 WIN Prepaid Recharging.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.3 Service Node Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.4 Hot Billing Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.4.1 Hot Billing Initialization and Call Origination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.4.2 Hot Billing Customer Query and Recharging.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.5 Handset-Based Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.5.1 SIM Card Issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.5.2 Handset-Based Call Origination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.5.3 Handset-Based Prepaid Recharging.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.6 Comparison of the Prepaid Solutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.6.1 Roaming to other networks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.6.2 Scalability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.6.3 Fraud Risk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.6.4 Initial System Setup.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.6.5 Service Features.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.6.6 Real-Time Rating.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.7 Business Issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.8 Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.9. Review Questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eG.10. References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix H. Performance of Service Node Based Mobile Prepaid Service.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eH.1 The Service Node Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eH.2 Numeric Examples.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eH.2.1 Effects of the Variation of Call Charges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eH.2.2 Effect of I on E[BL*]\/I.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eH.2.3 The Cost Function.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eH.3 Concluding Remarks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eH.4 Notation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eH.5 References.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402429473111,"sku":"9780470775653","price":95.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470775653.jpg?v=1730480374","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/charging-for-mobile-allip-telecommunications-9780470775653","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}