An architecture for video distributions service management system with IP mulicast - an implementation method of the authentication and accounting function

摘要

In this paper, we describe the video distribution service management system architecture using the authentication and accounting function with IP multicast. To offer the individual service levels for the customers, we define the seven accounting levels of the video distribution service for each video channel and each program. In addition to we propose the implementation method of Electric Program Guide (EPG) server using these accounting levels. And we confirm that this management system can calculate the monthly fee for each customer using this EPG server. As a result, we verified the basic techniques for implementing the IP multicast video distribution service management system.