Today, peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, e.g., filesharing networks like Gnutella, are specialised towards specific purposes. This shortcoming is addressed by introducing a new middleware for P2P networks. The middleware supports the deployment and use of services inside a P2P network. The middleware can be adapted through plug-ins. It includes service negotiation mechanisms which support the creation of legally enforceable service level agreements (SLAs) by using strong identities. This allows to reliably compose services into new value-added services. The business model of service composers has been investigated. The question of how to charge for such service compositions is addressed by introducing an event-based charging model. The events are to be applied in a service consumer's utility function as well as service composers' and service providers' tariff functions. Finally, the relation of these functions determines the profits of a service composer.
@InProceedings{gerke:DagSemProc.04411.7, author = {Gerke, Jan}, title = {{Charging Service Compositions in a Service-Oriented Peer-to-Peer Network}}, booktitle = {Service Management and Self-Organization in IP-based Networks}, pages = {1--1}, series = {Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)}, ISSN = {1862-4405}, year = {2005}, volume = {4411}, editor = {Matthias Bossardt and Georg Carle and D. Hutchison and Hermann de Meer and Bernhard Plattner}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.04411.7}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-906}, doi = {10.4230/DagSemProc.04411.7}, annote = {Keywords: peer-to-peer middleware service negotiation , service level agreements , service composition , service charging} }
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