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Differentiated service
About: Differentiated service is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 5539 publications have been published within this topic receiving 105225 citations.
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01 Jan 2000
TL;DR: A policy-based billing architecture that allows a service provider to define policies for configuring various processes of a billing system based on the charging and pricing schemes used for individual services is proposed.
Abstract: The Differentiated Services architecture allows a service provider to configure new services dynamically using a policy protocol. This benefit, however, may not be fully realized if the service provider need a high effort to update its billing system to charge for the services. Thus, there is a real need for a flexible billing architecture. To meet this need, a policy-based billing architecture is proposed in this paper. This architecture allows a service provider to define policies for configuring various processes of a billing system based on the charging and pricing schemes used for individual services. Definitions of policies for various charging and pricing schemes are discussed and the potential complexity of each of them is analyzed. Based on the complexity analysis four classes of services, which utilize the least complex charging schemes and require the minimum traffic metering effort, are recommended for meeting different application requirements.
33 citations
TL;DR: SSE concepts and methodologies are applied across various SSE stages to describe an intelligent emergency transportation system and a near real-time dynamic Smart Grid service system.
33 citations
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27 Apr 2004
TL;DR: In this paper, a system and method for managing requests for services, in particular via the use of the Internet, is presented, where the system maintains a information concerning capabilities and availabilities of a plurality of service providers such as repair technicians, temporary employees, in-home health care providers (e.g., nurses), and the like, which information is viewable by service requestors.
Abstract: A system and method for managing requests for services, in particular via the use of the Internet. The system maintains a information concerning capabilities and availabilities of a plurality of service providers such as repair technicians, temporary employees, in-home health care providers (e.g., nurses), and the like, which information is viewable by service requestors. In response to the receipt of a service request from a service requestor, a work order is created and routed to one or more of the service providers for the purpose of having one or more of the selected service providers indicate an acceptance of the work order. The service providers may be automatically selected using the information maintained within the system or may be manually selected, for example, by the service requestor.
33 citations
29 Nov 2006
TL;DR: This work presents an approach for supporting SOA governance activities with an extensible model for describing service metadata of arbitrary service types, the concept of service proposals for the process of service specification and service creation, a service browser for service reuse, and support for service evolution through information about service versioning, service dependencies and service installations.
Abstract: Organizations are moving rapidly towards Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs). Benefits include cost reduction through reuse, better integration through standardization, and new business opportunities through agility. The successful implementation of an SOA requires not only protocols and technologies like SOAP and WSDL but also support for the processes of creating, validating and managing services in an enterprise. Tools for SOA governance and management are evolving to be the heart of enterprise SOAs. We present an approach for supporting SOA governance activities. Notable aspects of our approach are an extensible model for describing service metadata of arbitrary service types (not only Web services), the concept of service proposals for the process of service specification and service creation, a service browser for service reuse, and support for service evolution through information about service versioning, service dependencies and service installations.
33 citations
17 Sep 2007
TL;DR: The compatibility of service license is analyzed by describing a matchmaking algorithm and the composability of service licenses is illustrated by creating a composite service license, that is compatible with the licenses being composed.
Abstract: Services enable the transformation of the World Wide Web as distributed interoperable systems interacting beyond organizational boundaries. Service licensing enables broader usage of services and a means for designing business strategies and relationships. A service license describes the terms and conditions for the use and access of the service in a machine interpretable way that services could be able to understand. Service-based applications are largely grounded on composition of independent services. In that scenario, license compatibility is a complex issue, requiring careful attention before attempting to merge licenses. The permissions and the prohibitions imposed by the licenses of services would deeply impact the composition. Thus, service licensing requires a comprehensive analysis on composition of these rights and requirements conforming to the nature of operations performed and compensation of services used in composition. In this paper, we analyze the compatibility of service license by describing a matchmaking algorithm. Further, we illustrate the composability of service licenses by creating a composite service license, that is compatible with the licenses being composed.
33 citations