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Subscription management and charging for value added services in UMTS networks

Koutsopoulou et al., 2001

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6502213779534935505
Author
Koutsopoulou M
Farmakis C
Gazis E
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE VTS 53rd Vehicular Technology Conference, Spring 2001. Proceedings (Cat. No. 01CH37202)

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We propose a novel architecture for value added services provision in UMTS networks. The key idea is to introduce a model which is capable of handling efficiently subscription management, as well as charging, billing and accounting for value added services that are …
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