Meri Janevska’s research while affiliated with National Bank of the Republic of Macedonia and other places

In this paper we present an applicative solution for a billing system for interworking between public land mobile networks and wireless LANs. The integration between two networks is based on the authentication and accounting mechanisms. We have developed WLAN access controller and WLAN billing system, which provide access control as well as charging and billing functionalities for the WLAN service, respectively. The developed solution gives cost-effective and easy-to-deploy PLMN-WLAN interworking scenario

In this paper we propose an applicative solution for authentication, authorization and accounting i.e. AAA system for interworking between public land mobile networks (PLMN) and wireless local area networks (WLAN). The developed solution is based on several networks nodes, such as WLAN access controller, WLAN AAA gateway, AAA server, as well as necessary network elements for dynamic allocation of IP addresses and Web-server for user access to the network. WLAN access controller, together with the AAA server, provides access control functionality for WLAN users. WLAN AAA gateway provides charging and billing functionalities for the WLAN service. The integrated AAA system with all network elements gives an efficient solution for PLMN-WLAN internetworking.

Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMN) of 2.5 and 3rd generation of-fer Internet connectivity and IP-based services on wide coverage areas, but they lack bandwidth for demanding applications. On the other side, Wireless LANs (WLAN) offers many times higher data rates compared to cellular networks, but they can cover only small area spots. This situation leads to the requirement for internetworking between PLMN and WLAN, where WLAN shall be used to cover dense city areas called hotspots. In this paper we describe the design of our applicative solution for internetworking between PLM N and WLAN based on integrated authentication and accounting system. For such purpose we have developed two additional network nodes called WLAN Access Controller and WLAN Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) Gateway. The developed applicative solution is targeted to provide cost-effective integration solution that is suitable for mobile operators that want to offer a WLAN service and to charge for its usage.

In this paper we propose and describe a solution for interworking of cellular networks and hotspot wireless LANs. The integration between the two types of networks, cellular and WLAN, is performed on the Authentication, Authorization and Accounting i.e., AAA side. For that purpose we have developed WLAN access controller and WLAN AAA gateway, which provide gateway-type access control as well as charging and billing functionalities for the WLAN service. In the development process of these elements we have considered current development stadium of all needed network entities and protocols. The developed solution provides cost-effective and easy-to-deploy PLMN-WLAN internetworking scenario.

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In this paper we propose an applicative solution for a billing system for interworking between mobile cellular networks and WLANs. The integration between two networks, cellular and WLAN, is performed on the Authentication, Authorization and Accounting i.e. AAA side. For that purpose we have developed WLAN Access Controller and WLAN AAA Charging Gateway, which provide access control as well as charging and billing functionalities for the WLAN service, respectively. The developed solution provides cost-effective and easy-to-deploy PLMN-WLAN internetworking scenario.