Design and implementation of an integrated accounting architecture for distributed UMTS and WLAN networks

International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 275-287

  Racz, Peter ^a   Förster, Volker ^b   Stiller, Burkhard ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Deutsche Bundeswehr   (Germany)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Charging; Diameter protocol; Distributed accounting; Multidomain environments; UMTS; Universal mobile telecommunications system; Wireless local area networks; WLAN

Indexed keywords

3G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CHARGING (FURNACE); INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

DIAMETER PROTOCOL; DISTRIBUTED ACCOUNTING; MULTIDOMAIN ENVIRONMENT; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS; WLAN;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 70449438832     PISSN: 17411084     EISSN: 17411092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWMC.2007.016721     Document Type: Article

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