System architecture for billing of multi-player games in a wireless environment using GSM/UMTS and WLAN services

NetGames 2002 - Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Network and System Support for Games

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 58-64

  Fitzek, Frank ^a   Schulte, Gerrit ^a   Reisslein, Martin ^b  

^a ACTICOM GMBH   (Germany)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad Hoc; Authentication; Billing; Business case; Gaming; HOTSPOT; Multi player games; UMTS; WLAN

Indexed keywords

3G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; AUTHENTICATION; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

AD-HOC; BILLING; BUSINESS CASE; GAMING; HOT SPOT; MULTIPLAYER GAMES; WLAN;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84983722607     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/566500.566509     Document Type: Conference Paper

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