Solution to Charging and Billing in 4G Network

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SPECIAL TOPIC SEMINAR ON

SOLUTION TO CHARGING AND BILLING OF CONVERGENT ARCHITECTURE IN 4G NETWORK

PREPARED BY:-
VINITA BHANDWAD
READING ME(EXTC) SEM III(13113A0003)
VIT, WADALA
 CONTENTS:

Introduction to Generations.
Various Generations.
Limitations and Drawbacks of 3G Network.
Leap towards 4G.
4G Technology.
Features of 4G Technology.
Challenges in 4G.
Applications in 4G.
4G Architecture.
Advantages and Disadvantages of 4G.
Billing Issue in 4G.
Proposed Solution to Billing issue.
Simulation Results.
Literature Survey.
References.
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 Introduction to Generations

G stands basically for Generation.

As we are progressing towards the Telecommunication and wireless
industry we are moving towards the future generations.
G basically defines about the data speeds used for Internet etc.

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 Various Generations.

1G
2G
2.5G
3G
4G
Future Generation 5G

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1G refers to the first generation of wireless telephone technology, mobile

telecommunications which was first introduced in 1980s and completed in
early 1990s.
It's Speed was upto 2.4kbps.
It allows the voice calls in 1 country.
1G network use Analog Signal.
AMPS was first launched in USA in 1G mobile systems
Key ideas:
Exclusively analog
Geographical area divided into cells (typically 10-25km)
Cells are small: Frequency reuse exploited in nearby (not adjacent) cells
As compared to IMTS, could use 5 to 10 times more users in same area
by using frequency re-use (divide area into cells)
Smaller cells also required less powerful, cheaper, smaller devices

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Drawbacks of 1G:

Poor Voice Quality

Poor Battery Life
Large Phone Size
No Security
Limited Capacity
Poor Handoff Reliability

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2G technology refers to the 2nd generation which is based on GSM.

It was launched in Finland in the year 1991.
2G network use digital signals.
Its data speed was upto 64kbps.

Features Includes:

It enables services such as text messages, picture messages and

MMS (multi media message).
It provides better quality and capacity .

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Drawbacks of 2G:

2G requires strong digital signals to help mobile phones work. If

there is no network coverage in any specific area digital signals
would be weak.
These systems are unable to handle complex data such as Videos.
Angular decay curve

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 Differences Between First and Second Generation
Systems

Digital traffic channels first-generation systems are almost purely analog; second-
generation systems are digital.
Encryption all second generation systems provide encryption to prevent
eavesdropping.
Error detection and correction second-generation digital traffic allows for detection
and correction, giving clear voice reception.
Channel access second-generation systems allow channels to be dynamically
shared by a number of users.

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2.5G is a technology between the second (2G) and third (3G) generation of mobile
telephony.
2.5G is sometimes described as 2G Cellular Technology combined with GPRS.

Features Includes:

Phone Calls
Send/Receive E-mail Messages
Web Browsing
Speed : 64-144 kbps
Camera Phones
Take a time of 6-9 mins. to download a 3 mins Mp3 song.

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3G technology refer to third generation which was introduced in

year 2000s.
Data Transmission speed increased from 144kbps- 2Mbps.
Typically called Smart Phones and features increased its bandwidth
and data transfer rates to accommodate web-based applications and
audio and video files.

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 FEATURES OF 3G TECHNOLOGY

Providing Faster Communication

Send/Receive Large Email Messages
High Speed Web / More Security
Video Conferencing / 3D Gaming
TV Streaming/ Mobile TV/ Phone Calls
Large Capacities and Broadband Capabilities
11 sec 1.5 min. time to download a 3 min Mp3 song.
Voice quality comparable to the public switched telephone network
144 Kbps- user in high-speed motor vehicles
384 Kbps- pedestrians standing or moving slowly over small areas
Up to 2 Mbps- fixed applications like office use
Symmetrical/asymmetrical data transmission rates
Support for both packet switched and circuit switched data services like
Internet Protocol (IP) traffic and real time video

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 LIMITATIONS AND DRAWBACKS OF 3G
TECHNOLOGY

Expensive fees for 3G Licenses Services

It was challenge to build the infrastructure for 3G
High Bandwidth Requirement
Expensive 3G Phones.
Large Cell Phones.

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 4G TECHNOLOGY

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 Leap Towards 4G

To provide user friendliness

To provide user personalization
High performance
Interoperability
Network convergence
Low power consumption
Low cost

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 4G Technology

4G technology refer to or short name of fourth Generation which was started from
late 2000s.
Capable of providing 100Mbps 1Gbps speed.
The Necessicity of higher speed is required to fulfill the tremendous requirement for
some application s such as face book, YouTube etc.

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One of the basic term used to describe 4G is MAGIC.

MAGIC:
Mobile Multimedia
Anytime Anywhere
Global Mobility Support
Integrated Wireless Solution
Customized Personal Services
Also known as Mobile Broadband Everywhere

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The next generation of wireless communication tech known as fourth generation(4G)

allows operators to use new and wider spectrum and supplements 3G & 3.5G wireless
technologies with higher user data rates & expanded multimedia services. .
Capable to provide speed 100Mbps-1Gbps.
Provide any kind of service at any time as per user requirements, anywhere.
The two wireless technologies that have been considered as aspirants to achieve
wireless performance are LONG TERM EVOLUTION & WIMAX.
The goal of 4G is to allow users to access internet anytime anywhere.

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4G networks or what it is rightly called today future networks could be treated as a

composition of complicated heterogeneous networks.
These heterogeneous networks on converged platform provide access to varied
services over an IPv6 core.
Charging, accounting and Billing are a few such major issues with such
networks. Currently the users are confined to utilize the services provided only
by their home network providers.
Convergence would provide freedom to use compounded services from varied
network operators.
Presently the charging schemes for mobiles are quite simple and are driven by the
network operators to lure new consumers and maintain their existing consumers.
Consumers are charged based on their usage and subscription.

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The rapid developments in terms of the user equipment like mobiles, smart
devices, hand-held terminals etc. have contributed greatly by accelerating the
realization of 4G networks.
The development of advance technologies like LTE and Wi-MAX will realize
high speed switching with high quality of service and greater functionality.
Billing in 4G has become much more complicated because of 4G networks.
This is mainly due to heterogeneity of 4G networks and the frequent
interaction of service providers.

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 Key features of 4G:

Network Detection and Network Selection A mobile terminal that features

multiple radio technologies or possibly uses software-defined radios if economical,
allows participation in multiple networks simultaneously, thereby connecting to the
best network with the most appropriate service parameters (cost, QoS and capacity
among others) for the application.
Seamless Handover and Service Continuity A base station that features
intra- and inter-technology handovers, assuring service continuity with zero or
minimal interruption, without a noticeable loss in service quality. Support for this
function requires continuous transparent maintenance of active service instances
and inclusion of various access technologies, from Wi-Fi to OFDMA.

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 Challenges in 4G:

Security: The first step in analyzing cellular wireless security is to identify the
security objectives. The goals that the security policy and corresponding technology
should achieve are to ensure that information generated by or relating to a user is
adequately protected against misuse or misappropriation. It is to be ensured that the
level of protection afforded to users and providers of services is considered to be
better than that provided in contemporary fixed and mobile networks. Further, it is to
be seen that the implementation of security features and mechanisms can be
extended and enhanced as required by new threats and services.

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Hand off Delay: Handoff delay poses another important QoS-related issue in 4G
wireless networks. During the handoff process, the user may experience a significant
drop in QoS that will affect the performance of both upper-layer protocols and
applications. Deploying a priority-based algorithm and using location-aware adaptive
applications can reduce both handoff delay and QoS variability. When there is a
potential for considerable variation between senders and receivers device
capabilities, deploying a receiver-specific filter in part of the network close to the
source can effectively reduce the amount of traffic and processing, perhaps
satisfying other users QoS needs.
4G supportive devices showing less Battery Backup: In 4G supportive Devices
due to presence of large number of Transmitters & Receivers, the battery of the
device runs off quite quickly. With technological developments the devices are
getting smaller in size due to Large Scale Integration and micro architecture. Hence
in 4G devices if we want to enhance the battery life by designing a much powerful Li-
on Battery ,then the backup would increase no doubt but also the size o the device
would increase i.e. not highly recommended.

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 Application of 4G:

Multimode Software Application: 4G technology has an unique application of accessing several

wireless networks. It is capable of high level of customization at the user-level end. This feature
integrates the infrastructure of all available networks and steadily it will be easier for users to access
services and applications regardless of the environment. One can easily access different mobile and
wireless networks simultaneously. Multimode software is a software that allows the user device to adapt
itself to various wireless interfaces networks in order to provide constant net access with high data
(packet based) rate. Figure 3 shows how multiple networks are accessed through multimode operation.
All the networks will be compatible once the switch is completed, eliminating roaming and areas where
only one type of phone is supported. Once the voice and data networks are superposed there will
suddenly be millions of new devices on the network cloud. This will require either reconstruction of the
address space for the entire Internet or using different address spaces for the existing wireless
networks. The multimode device architecture may improve call completion and expand effective
coverage area.
Video Network Coding for 4G Wireless networks: High Definition (HD) demand is increasing day by
day more than that of the bandwidth support available. Network Coding allows to reduce the required
number of packets to complete a transmission over noisy or unreliable networks compared non coded
version, hence increasing throughput. Network coding offers exciting possibilities for the efficient
transmission of video over wireless and bottleneck networks . By sending combinations of packets and
considering traffic as algebraic information not just bits, 4G network is ideally suited to Network Coding
i.e. they are resources, need to serve a variety of different devices and femto cells connected to WIFI.
However, it is also noted that the complexities that Network Coding can face in decoding nodes can
accelerate the capabilities of embedded systems. This problem can be discarded by use of codes
defined on small Galois Fields (GF). Thus, it is inferred that Network Coding could be doing peer to peer
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 Cont

Figure 1 shows the widely accepted 4G network structure with IP as the core
network used for communication; integrating the 2G, 3G and 4Gtechnologies
using a convergence layer.
This architecture fulfils the basic requirement of servicing the standalone and
mobile subscribers on an anytime, anywhere, anyhow basis in dynamic
network conditions.

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 SWOT ANALYSIS OF 4G

Strengths in 4G:
4G visions take into account installed base and past investments
Strong position of telecommunications vendors expected in the marketplace
Faster data transmission and higher bit rate and bandwidth, allow more
business applications and commercialization.
Has advantage for personalized multimedia communication tools
Weakness in 4G:
No large user community for advanced mobile data applications yet Growing
divergence between telecommunications vendors and operators
Not possible to offer full internet experience due to limited speed and
Bandwidth
Comparatively higher cost to use and deploy infrastructure compared fast
mobile generation

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Opportunities in 4G:
Evolutionary approach may yield opportunities for the 4G.
Sophisticated and mature commercialization of 4G technology would encourage more
applications of e-commerce and m-commerce.
Worldwide economy recover stimulates consumption and consumer confidence, therefore
bring in opportunities for telecommunication sections
It is expected and predicted that consumers will continue to replace handsets with newer
technology at a fast rate.
- Desirable higher data capacity rates, the growth opportunity for 4G is very bright and hopeful
Threats in 4G:
Faster rate of growth and developments in other region
Since 3G mobile is still in the market, it squeezes the market competition in the mobile
industry
Conclusion:
As we come up with the SWOT analysis out of this 4G technology, it is inevitable that 4G
would completely replace 3G in a long run. Nevertheless, 4G and 3Gtend to keep a co-
competitive
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 Comparative study of various Generations

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 SYSTEM KEY COMPONENTS OF 4G

a)System standards
LTE Advanced
WiMAX 2

b) Multiplexing and access schemes

OFDM+ MIMO
WOFDM
MC-CDMA

c) IPv6 SUPPORT

d) Advanced antenna systems

Multiple antenna technologies are used to achieve high rate, high reliability and long
communication range.

e) Software-defined radio (SDR)

Standards constituted by a 4G device can be realized using SDR.

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System standards
LTE
Long Term Evolution (LTE) is a radio platform technology that will allow operators to
achieve even higher peak throughputs than HSPA+ in higher spectrum bandwidth.
LTE uses Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) on the downlink,
which is well suited to achieve high peak data rates in high spectrum bandwidth.

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 LTE capabilities include:

Downlink peak data rates up to 326 Mbps with 20 MHz bandwidth

Uplink peak data rates up to 86.4 Mbps with 20 MHz bandwidth

Operation in both TDD and FDD modes

Scalable bandwidth up to 20 MHz, covering 1.4 MHz, 3 MHz, 5 MHz, 10 MHz, 15 MHz,

and 20 MHz in the study phase

Reduced latency, up to 10 milliseconds (ms) round-trip times between user equipment

and the base station, and to less than 100 ms transition times from inactive to active

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 System standards
WiMAX 2
WiMAX stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access. WiMAX 2 also
called Wireless MAN-Advanced has become the first true 4G technology to be
approved by the IEEE and ITU.
The unique and excellent infrastructure of WiMAX is offering Ultra-Wideband and
providing range from 2 to 10 GHz and outstanding time response.
This technology supports MIMO, femto cells, self-organizing networks & relays, and
multicarrier operation. It supports both 120Mbps downlink and 60Mbps uplink
speeds.

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 Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is a frequency division
multiplexing (FDM) scheme that uses a digital multi-carrier modulation method.
OFDM uses the spectrum more efficiently by making all the sub-carriers orthogonal to
one another, using fast Fourier transform (FFT) to prevent interference between the
closely spaced sub-carriers.
In OFDM, the guard band is reduced by the orthogonal packing of the subcarriers,
improving the spectral efficiency .
Since each carrier in an OFDM signal has a very narrow bandwidth (i.e. few kHz), the
resulting symbol rate is low.
Due to the orthogonal nature of the modulation, these multiple sub-carriers overlap in
the frequency domain, but do not cause Inter-Carrier Interference (ICI).
In OFDM, the guard band is reduced by the orthogonal packing of the subcarriers,
improving the spectral efficiency.

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 IPv6 SUPPORT

The IP address is based on IPv6

IPv4 X.X.X.X (32 bits)

Example: 216.37.129.9

IPv6 X.X.X.X.X.X (128 bits)

Example:
216.37.129.9 , 79.23.178.229 ,65.198.2.10 192.168.5.120

Home care of mobile Local network

Addres address IP address address

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 WIMAX

Need for the extension of the range of Wi-Fi

Key to Wi-Fis success:
1. Simple Time Division Duplex protocol and flat IP architecture.
2. Base station could be plugged into simple DSL line.
Goal of WiMAX- to extend Wi-Fi like services to an entire community by using
inexpensive components and licensed or unlicensed frequencies.
Roger Marks founded 802.16 (WiMAX) working group in 1998 and has chaired
the committee since then. WiMAX combines the cellular range with the Wi-Fi
speed. It plugs into Ethernet like Wi-Fi and provides roaming voice and data
like cellular.

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 WiMAX standards

First wireless MAN air interface standard in 2001 (use above 10GHz)- approved
WiMAX 802.16a original WiMAX specs in January 2003 Followed by 802.16d (fixed
WiMAX) in 2004 which added the MIMO.
Further came in 802.16e (mobile WiMAX) which added the mobility factor Current
version is 802.16j which added multihop relay
Future standards of 802.16m, 802.16n and 802.16p are in progress which will bring
in advanced air interface with higher data rates of 100mbps for mobile and 1Gbps for
fixed services along with higher reliability of network and FDD along with TDD.

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 WiMAX specifications

Distances up to 50kms (30 miles) for point to point(line of sight) communication

and up to 8kms (5miles) for point to multipoint (non line of sight) communication
20MHz WiMAX channel - speeds of up to
75Mbps(theoretically) for users near the B.S. , practically only up to 45Mbps
Frequency reuse and B.W. range from 1.5MHz to 20MHz.
It uses licensed spectrum of : 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz and 3.5GHz as well as unlicensed
spectrum of 3.65GHz and 5.8GHz.

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 LTE explained

LTE is a standard for wireless data communications technology and a development of

the GSM/UMTS standards.
The goal of LTE was to increase the capacity and speed of wireless data networks
using new DSP (digital signal processing) techniques and modulations that were
developed around the turn of the millennium. A further goal was the redesign and
simplification of the network architecture to an IP-based system with significantly
reduced transfer latency compared to the 3G architecture.
The LTE wireless interface is incompatible with 2G and 3G networks, so that it must be
operated on a separate wireless spectrum.
Evolves form third generation technology based on WCDMA.
Supports higher peak data rate through wider bandwidth.
Provides Low Latency and Overhead (Radio Delay<5mSec)
Implements Scheduling at Base station to maintain Channel Quality.
All IP based network with reduction in cost per bit
Flexibility in use of new and existing frequency bands (Spectrum Flexibility)
Lower
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Supports mobility speeds up to 350km/hr with 500km/hr under consideration
 LTE specifications:

Higher Peak data rates(20MHz operation):

downlink: 100Mbps
(150Mbps peak based on 2x2 MIMO)
(300Mbps peak based on 4x4 MIMO)
uplink: 50Mbps(75Mbps peak) (5Mbps individually)
Improved latency (UE-RNC-UE) below 10ms (round trip time)
Support of scalable B.W. 1.4,3,5,10,15,20MHz
Support of paired and unpaired spectrum (FDD and TDD)
Uplink: QPSK, 16-QAM and 64-QAM (optional for handset)
Downlink: QPSK, 16-QAM and 64-QAM
Uplink- SC-FDMA and Downlink- OFDMA

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 LTE architecture

Provide open interface to support multi vendor deployments

Provide robustness no single point of failure
Support Multi- RAT(Radio Access Technology) with resources controlled from the
network Support of seamless mobility to legacy systems as well as to other emerging
systems including Inter-RAT handover and service based RAT selection.
Maintain appropriate level of security.
LTE makes use of new e-NodeBs and gets rid of the use of RNC.
Simple network architecture with open interfaces`

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 LTE Architecture

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 Needs for security and manageability
4G system uses the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) to locate devices.
There is room for approximately 3.40 * 1038 unique addresses.
There are enough addresses for every phone to have a unique address.
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a methodology and group of technologies for
the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet
Protocol (IP) networks

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Technical performance Practical advantages of LTE
Higher bandwidth (data speeds). Better speed of data uploads
Low latency, lower idle-to-active
times and downloads
(improved network Enabling use of richer/more
responsiveness).
High spectrum efficiency means numerous data streams:
higher larger files, more quickly
network capacity, improved cost Improved responsiveness
efficiency. allows real-time
Backwards compatibility and communication
future Improved performance from
proofing.
Velocity tolerance. fast-moving vehicles
All IP network means easier Better reliability of (fast)
integration, connection
improved cost efficiency.
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Quality of Increased mobility
 Practical advantages of 4G LTE over other
wireless technologies
Compared with 3G Compared with Wi-Fi

More applications to be Fully-mobile use of

used on mobile devices, applications
out of the home or office requiring true broadband
Faster or real-time sharing speeds
of large files and streaming Improved convenience
media (ownership of the mobile
Near-immediate delivery connection)
of time-sensitive data, Security (no need
such as for real-time authenticate
interaction onto another, possibly public,
or transactions network)

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 Advantages and Disadvantages:

More affordable communication services.

One device can communicate with all vs. many devices communicating with some
devices.
TV, internet, phone, radio, home environment sensors all reachable through one device
and the cell phone`s Streaming video transfers.
InterNet Accessing techniques through broadband and GPRS activated mobile access.
Increase in social networking, invasion of privacy, security concerns
Increase in regulation likely (i.e. no driving and using a cell phone)
Supports for multimedia, voice, streaming video internet and other broadband services.
IP based mobile system.
Low cost, high capacity and low cost per bit.
Gloabal access and portability and scalable mobile services.
Seamless switching, and a variety of quality of service driven service.
Better scheduling and call admission control techniques.
Ad hoc and multi hop networks.
Better spectral efficiency etc. for int
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Extremely high voice quality

Easily access Internet, IM, Social Networks, streaming media, video calling, etc.
Higher bandwidth
WiMAX, LTE, and HSPA+ are all versions of 4G, WiMAX is used by Sprint, LTE is
used by Verizon and AT&T, HSPA+ is used by AT&T and TMobile
4G is 10 times faster than 3G.e multimedia

Disadvantages:-
Expensive and hard to implement
Bettery usage is more
Needs complex hardware

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 Billing issue in 4G Network

Billing in 4G has become much more complicated because of 4G

networks.This is mainly due to heterogeneity of 4G networks and the
frequent interaction of service providers.
4G feature actually promises to provide a convergent architecture i.e
wherever you are the network will be available either of home service
provider or different providers but currently the 4G service providers are
offering only 4G services to customers because of the difficulty of billing
between various providers.

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 CONT.

As shown in above figure 4G network is able to support various networks which

includes fixed line services, cellular services, personal area networks, local area
networks etc.
If such services are being provided then user must be able to use all these services
according to his requirement.
Complexity is an issue in such network as how the billing structure will be formed for
a customer.

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 Proposed solution to Billing issue:

According to papers studied regarding the billing issue in 4G network, the network operator
should be able to provide the convergent structure for the 4G customers.
User who have activated 4G network on their cell phone should be able to use Internet
always which is the main aim of 4G network.
Consider user is moving to a new destination where 4G service is unavailable to him in
such case the 4G phones must be able to scan different available network either his home
operator or different operator and the service should be provided to him.
In some cases for ex: In a Big mall Free open Wi-Fi is provided to users then the 4G cell
phones must be able to scan this free network and activate it to the users cell phone and
during this period no Internet charges should be applicable to user.
Therefore in this proposed solution initially the user is first activating 4G network on his cell
phone later if the user is travelling and there is no 4G network then the cell phone first
scans other available network i.e. it checks if there is 3G network available if not then it
checks if 2G network is available else it just provides the basic services to user i.e. call and
text.
All this will be updated in Home Network Database and a single bill will be provided to
user.
The main part is all the above process will be done automatically no human intervention
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Therefore user can enjoy all services without his intervention at any point after activating
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Literature Survey

Reference Paper Year Of Publishing

Unified Billing-Realization of December 2011
convergent architecture
for charging and billing in 4G
networks

4G Wireless Networks: AUGUST 2010

Opportunities and Challenges

Trusted Convergence Operator A October 2011

Conciliate Solution to Accounting,
Charging and Unified Billing in
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 References :

1. 4G Wireless Video Communications By: Haohong Wang et al.

2. A Holistic Solution for Charging, Billing & Accounting in 4G Mobile Systems.
3. International Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 5,
October 2011.
4. http://google.co.in.
5. http://www.slideshare.net/CiscoSP360/comparison-of-lte-and-wimax
6. http://www.wimax.com/lte/why-the-wimax-vs-lte-battle-isnt-a-battle

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