Verfahren und Einrichtung zum Zugang zu einem Telekommunikationsnetz und zur Abrechnung von Telekommunikationsdienstleistungen

摘要

The invention relates to a method and device for accessing a telecommunications network and for billing telecommunications services, whereby new processes compared to those of classic mechanisms of network providers are presented, services are offered to their customers and fees are charged for providing the same. In this context, the invention primary concerns novel access mechanisms and access media to a telecommunications network, modified security mechanisms as well as innovative counting methods. The invention is characterized in that authentication methods are used in the telecommunications network which permit a subscriber to certify at any one freely eligible point in time that a payment of a service which has been solicited or which is to be solicited is provided or has been already provided.