Statistics & Billing for Satellite Internet Users platform

Statistics available for:

Channels
Users
User Entitlements
Channel Settings

Billing according to:

Traffic volume
Connection time
Flat fee

Key components:

DVB/IP GW statistics generator
Statistics - WEB interface

1. Purpose of Statistics & Billing

The main task of the Statistics and Billing module is to gather Statistical data for DVB/IP GW Channels/services and Users for purpose of System Maintenance and Billing.

The major characteristics of a system are:

Generates and displays Channel and User statistics from DVB/IP GW
Allows to define billing methods and pricing for each individual channel
Generates bills in defined accounting periods
Statistics can be run at any OS with WEB, PHP support and MySQL
Serves for Service provider as well as for end-users
Generates statistics for all services supported by Main Data technologies:
Internet Single Route
Internet Multi Route
BFTP channels
PUSH mail
PUSH FTP - Download Center
Allows to charge according to traffic volume, connection time or flat fee
Allows to define Service Time Zones (peak hours) and define different pricing for individual time zones
Supports 3 time zones (peak hours)
Allows to define peak-off days (where no peak hours are applied)
Graph output
Table output
Generates and sends passwords for end-users to access statistics web page

Monthly Graph, Speed in [kbps for 2 hours averages]

Monthly Channel Graph

2. Billing

The main purpose of billing system is:

Generate bills for individual Users according to services they are entitled for and billing system specified.
Setup general billing rules for entire billing system:
Currency
Accounting period etc.
Setup pricing for individual services like
Billing model
Price for unit

Billing Alternatives

For each individual service there can be different billing type set. Nowadays the system suports 3 different models of billing: