COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING CATV NETWORK, CENTER SYSTEM FOR CATV NETWORK AND ACCOUNTING METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the communication system using the CATV network which imposes account on the user, based on a data amount requested actually by the user. ;SOLUTION: The communication system is provided with a 2-way CATV network 2, a cable modem 33 that is connected between the CATV network 2 and a data processor 32 acting like a terminal equipment to store management information message information base MIB including a data communication amount by the data processor 32, a network server that is provided in the center equipment of the CATV network 2, connects an external computer network and the CATV network 2 and distributes the corresponding data via an outgoing channel of the CATV network 2 from the computer network according to a request sent via an incoming channel of the CATV network 2 from the cable modem 33, and a simple network management protocol SNMP management server 34 that reads the management information MIB stored in the cable modem 33 to impose account in response to the data communication amount.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1999,JPO