Management of differentiated services usage by the Cumulus pricing scheme and a generic Internet charging system

2001 7th IEEE/IFIP International Symposium on Integrated Network Management Proceedings: Integrated Management Strategies for the New Millennium

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 93-106

  Stiller, B ^a   Gerke, J ^a   Reichl, P ^a   Flury, P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Computer architecture; Computer networks; Diffserv networks; Electronic mail; IP networks; Laboratories; Pricing; Spine; Technology management; Web and internet services

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COSTS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; INTERNET; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; LABORATORIES; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; QUALITY OF SERVICE; ROUTERS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

DIFFSERV NETWORKS; INTERNET SERVICES; IP NETWORKS; SPINE; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENTS;

NETWORK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84952322797     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/INM.2001.918013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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