Study on Architecture-Oriented WiMAX Billing Model

• Main Authors: Ya-Wen Lan, 藍雅雯
• Other Authors: William S. Chao
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6g5mf4

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 資訊管理學系研究所 === 97 === On a market of free competition, when consumers select their telecommunication service provider, they will not only consider basic elements such as the installation fee, call rate, and telecommunication reliability but also whether the provider can furnish the desired customer service, which is especially important. For most consumers, an essential part of customer service is the payment service. Due to the fact that there is not much difference in the technology, communication facilities and the type of business provided by different companies in the telecommunication industry, billing system and related customer services accordingly become the key differential factor and play a indispensable role in the decision-making process of customers. Moreover, as far as the operation, management, and strategy are concerned, billing system is the key backup for telecommunication enterprises. Establishing a billing system meeting the requirement of an enterprise that can provide the desired customer services hence becomes a priority for large telecommunication companies wishing to gain the upper hand in competition. This research uses the software architecture concept to develop a set of description language for the WiMAX billing management system based on which the architecture-oriented WiMAX billing management system model, abbreviated as AOWBMSM, is formulated. AOWBMSM is an integral model of the WiMAX billing management system framework which adopts the structure behavior coalescence, abbreviated as SBC, approach. It can clearly and completely describe the WiMAX billing management system and hopefully can serve as a model with more reference value when enterprises are planning, analyzing, and designing their payment system.