An integrated accounting and charging architecture for mobile grids

2006 3rd International Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks and Systems, BROADNETS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Morariu, Cristian ^a   Waldburger, Martin ^a   Stiller, Burkhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

A4C; Accounting; Business grid; Charging; IP based grid services; Mobile grid; Virtual organization

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; MIDDLEWARE; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

A4C; ACCOUNTING; BUSINESS GRID; CHARGING; IP-BASED GRID SERVICES; MOBILE GRID; VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

EID: 51749116007     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BROADNETS.2006.4374430     Document Type: Conference Paper

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