Third-Party AAA, Charging and Billing for Future Consumer-Oriented Wireless Communications

Abstract

In this paper**This publication has emanated from research conducted with the financial support of the Bulgarian National Science Fund (BNSF) under the Grant No. KP-06-IP-CHINA/I (K∏-06-N∏-KNTAN/1)., proposals for the realization of the infrastructural re-think on the way Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) service and Charging and Billing (C&B) service are supplied within the ubiquitous consumer wireless world (UCWW) are set out. Proposals envisage these being owned and organized by trusted third parties (TTPs) and utilizing new globally standardized protocols and infrastructural entity interfaces. Their implementation will effect a successful realization of the UCWW's consumer-based techno-business infrastructure, complementing or replacing the present legacy network-centric, subscriber-based one. The approach enables a loose dynamic, or even casual, consumer-type association between consumers (mobile users) and network/service providers, and opens the door to the multifaceted benefits for consumers, for new providers, and for other new UCWW business entities.