Accounting Examples Henk Jonkers Telematica Instituut Enschede, the Netherlands IRTF AAAARCH WG Meeting 50th IETF, Minneapolis, March 22, 2001

Business models User Service provider Service delivery Money flow User Service provider Service provider User Service provider Service provider User Service provider 1 User Service provider 2

Streaming video business model User Video provider User VPP DP outsourcing of deployment User VPP DP ACBP outsourcing of accounting, charging and billing service delivery money flow

ASM Deployment provider Streaming service Metering user ASM AC&B provider Event logging Charging Acct. DB AAA ASM Video portal provider Portal service Metering Chrg. DB Bill. DB AAA Payment provider Payment Billing AAA Streaming video AAA structure

Streaming video AAA scenario Streaming service user ASM AC&B service AAA Portal service Req. 1 Ack. 1 Video (Ack. 2) Req. 2 Ack. 2, Meter req. Ack. 2 Acct. req. Meter data Meter data AAA ASM Req. 1 results in start of main session Req. 2 starts a subsession

User RM proc store User RM proc store broker Grid computing business model User RM proc store User RM proc store local broker User RM proc store User RM proc store local broker global broker

AAA ASM Resource manager Resource assignment Metering Accounting Acct. DB users processing resources storage resources AAA ASM Broker Resource brokerage Accounting Acct. DB AAA ASM RM RA Acct. Meter users proc. store Clearinghouse/Biller Clearing Billing Grid computing AAA structure

AAA user Resource manager Broker Resource manager Proc.Store Proc.Store Req. Ack. ASM Ack. AAA ASM meter data Grid computing AAA scenario