Charging factors and charging architecture study in M2M communication

• Main Authors: Tsai, Wan-Du, 蔡萬都
• Other Authors: Lin, Fuchun Joseph
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/78920876659986344161

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 網路工程研究所 === 104 === The widespread application of M2M communications is obvious. There are already many useful services enabled by M2M communications such as video surveillance, smart grid, smart home, connected vehicle, industry automation and smart city. These services are different from traditional Internet services such as e-mail, web browsing and video watching. As a result, we need to understand new charging factors beyond those defined in the past such as amount of data transfer, number of short messages and duration of voice communication. To adapt these new charging factor into the current 3GPP LTE architecture, we need to research how to collect the charging information for new charging factors and send these information to the charging server. In this thesis, we identify new charging factors for M2M communications and analyze their differences with traditional voice and Internet networks. Based on the results of our analysis, new charging models specific to M2M communications are proposed to enable smart data pricing that creates a win-win situation for operators and users. In this thesis, we also introduce the design of an M2M charging architecture including the initial analysis of how to collect charging events required for M2M pricing.