| Abstract: |
Current charging mechanisms in the Internet are restricted mainly to volume and time of day. Links or network clouds can have weights which may be dynamic, e.g., based on the congestion
level. The weight information must travel from the sender to the receiver. We provide a mechanism, which sends a message down the multicast tree for collecting the necessary information. This
information can be used in the edges and the core of the network for charging. We also discuss how charging could be implemented by using these weights along links or network clouds from edge to
edge. |
