RE: Questions on the Draft

["Lars-Erik Jonsson (EPL)" <Lars-Erik.Jonsson@epl.ericsson.se>]

One simple question/comment...


> > JK: 4) pg. 8 Do you want to be able to charge on packet content?
> > This could result in *very* slow performance in some cases, if
> > you need to snoop through to L4 to determine the port number.
> 
> AT: My personal opinion is that many or some operator will
> prefer the idea of chaging on packet content 
> unless they find better charging method.

Are we talking about charging for access or for content/service? It is important to separate these two even if operators so far with the limited possibilities of mobile devices (non-Internet connected) have controlled both. For content it is of course desirable to charge for what is delivered, which is not a problem when performed on the application layer. However, it is impossible (and completely use-less) to try to charge different for the access bit-pipe depending on content transmitted. The network can and should not know what the bits transmitted are. "Snooping" may give the network a clue about what the application data transmitted is, but it can never tell for sure. Further on, with end2end security this possibility is completely eliminated.

Cheers,
/Lars-Erik


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Wireless IP Optimizations
AWARE - Advanced Wireless Algorithm Research and Experiments
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