Open AccessTransparent settlement model between mobile network operator and mobile voice over Internet protocol operator
Author(s) -
Mfupe Luzango Pangani,
Mzyece Mjumo,
Kurien Anish Mathew
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the journal of engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2051-3305
DOI - 10.1049/joe.2014.0242
Subject(s) - computer science , computer network , cellular network , throughput , operator (biology) , the internet , mobile network operator , network packet , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , public land mobile network , mobile telephony , telecommunications , mobile radio , wireless , world wide web , biochemistry , chemistry , repressor , transcription factor , gene
Advances in technology have enabled network‐less mobile voice over internet protocol operator (MVoIPO) to offer data services (i.e. voice, text and video) to mobile network operator's (MNO's) subscribers through an application enabled on subscriber's user equipment using MNO's packet‐based cellular network infrastructure. However, this raises the problem of how to handle interconnection settlements between the two types of operators, particularly how to deal with users who now have the ability to make ‘free’ on‐net MVoIP calls among themselves within the MNO's network. This study proposes a service level agreement‐based transparent settlement model (TSM) to solve this problem. The model is based on concepts of achievement and reward, not violation and punishment. The TSM calculates the MVoIPO's throughput distribution by monitoring the variations of peaks and troughs at the edge of a network. This facilitates the determination of conformance and non‐conformance levels to the pre‐set throughput thresholds and, subsequently, the issuing of compensation to the MVoIPO by the MNO as a result of generating an economically acceptable volume of data traffic.