SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING SERVICES VIA PEER-TO-PEER-BASED NEXT GENERATION NETWORK

摘要

A communication network (10) comprising: a plurality of intelligent terminal nodes (40, 42), each intelligent terminal node (40, 42) being operable to establish, maintain, and tear-down communication sessions with another intelligent terminal node (40, 42), and further collect charging information associated with the communication sessions; a network service stratum (44) coupled to the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes (40, 42) and operable to locate resource services, perform billing functions, and authenticate providers of resource services in the network, and to adjust a quality of service of one of the communication sessions based upon a charging policy requested by one of the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes (40, 42); and a network transport stratum (46) operable to couple the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes (40, 42) to resource services in the network.