Nomadix Access Gateway, User Manual

Page: 301 / 392

A
CCESS
G
ATEWAY
The Subscriber Interface 289
The AAA Structure
The Access Gateway’s Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) module enables
the solution provider to provision, track, and bill new or returning subscribers. This includes:

Allowing the solution provider (for example, a hotel) to bill its guests for the high
speed network services it provides, track usage on the network, and deny service to
those guests who have not paid.

Allowing the solution provider to bill subscribers for services rendered, either directly
on their hotel bill (in the hotel scenario), via a mailed invoice, or directly to the
subscriber’s credit card account.
The following illustration shows the functional relationship between the Access Gateway’s
internal modules and the external support systems.
Launch browser
Enter credit card details
Subscriber
AG
AAA
Network access
External
Web server
Solution Provider
bank account
Authorize this
subscriber
No Yes
Billing
mirror
server
PMS
system