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Performance of service-node-based mobile prepaid service

Chang et al., 2002

Document ID
4069905216842592068
Author
Chang M
Yang W
Lin Y
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE Transactions on vehicular technology

External Links

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The mobile prepaid service has become an important mobile application with rapid growth of subscription rate. The most widely deployed prepaid solution today is the service node approach that deducts and updates the prepaid credit during a phone call. Implementation …
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