An effective network accounting model

The Cumulus Pricing Scheme (CPS) could be an important management functionality of the commercial networks in future and it is the only approach known so far defining a clear relation between different time-scales of accounting periods, measurement periods and charging periods. Prices in this scheme are based on flat fees and hence predictable and transparent. CPS is backed by the design of a generic and modular Internet Charging System. It offers a service-independent architecture and integrates economically controlled network management functions of charge calculation and pricing. In order to proof the basic ideas of CPS, a simulation model has been built up. It consists of a Traffic Data Recording (TDR) unit and Data Integrating and Analyzing (DIA) unit. The characteristics of customer are analyzed automatically in this model. The red and green Cumulus Points (CP) are used to judge the behavior of customer. For the sake of finding out a reasonable CP rule, different thresholds have been tested with this simulation model. The simulation result indicates the importance of the choosing policy of thresholds.