NDLI: System architecture for billing of multi-player games in a wireless environment using GSM/UMTS and WLAN services

Please wait, while we are loading the content...

Mercury: a scalable publish-subscribe system for internet games

Generalized two-tier relevance filtering of computer game update events

A communication architecture for massive multiplayer games

A generic proxy system for networked computer games

State replication for multiplayer games

Network infrastructure for massively distributed games

Observations on game server discovery mechanisms

Network game traffic modelling

System architecture for billing of multi-player games in a wireless environment using GSM/UMTS and WLAN services

An efficient synchronization mechanism for mirrored game architectures

Subjective quality assessment for multiplayer real-time games

On the suitability of dead reckoning schemes for games

System architecture for billing of multi-player games in a wireless environment using GSM/UMTS and WLAN services

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Schulte, Gerrit Fitzek, Frank Reisslein, Martin
Abstract	Games played by multiple users, each using a wireless terminal (e.g., PDA), have tremendous revenue potential for next generation wireless systems. However, the next generation of wireless systems (such as UMTS and other 3G systems) alone will not be able to provide the tight delay bounds required by these multi-player games. We develop a system architecture that enables high-quality games among multiple wireless users and at the same time enables network service providers and game service providers to charge for the gaming service. Our architecture relies on wireless vertical communication conducted over UMTS to register (authenticate) the users at the commencement of a game and to report scores at the end of the game. During the game the players exchange information over wireless horizontal communication conducted over wireless LANs. Our architecture is particularly well suited for games that have off-line software distribution, but require a registration (authentication) each time the game is played. In this paper we describe our system architecture, which involves a UMTS-based Wireless Overlay Communication System (WOCS), and give the protocol for game initiation and score submissions. We also outline business cases for our system architecture and discuss the network provider's perspective.
Starting Page	58
Ending Page	64
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	1581134932
DOI	10.1145/566500.566509
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2002-04-16
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Ad-hoc Authentication Billing Wlan Hotspot Multi-player games Business case Gaming Umts
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

Central Library (ISO-9001:2015 Certified)
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur, West Bengal, India | PIN - 721302

See location in the Map
03222 282435
Mail: support@ndl.gov.in

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in