Abstract: The degree of users' satisfaction concerning the utilization of services and the utilization efficiency of resources used for the services are optimized. The service reservation management computers deny based on the degree of importance as a standard, which increases in proportion to a level of a load of resources utilized for the service supplied by a high function network, a reservation booking request which has a degree of importance not higher than the standard, and which was received from an end user's computer via a service supply management computer, even when an amount of resources used for the service in a case where the reservation is accepted with the service then executed in accordance with the reservation booking request does not exceed an amount of resources utilizable for the service.

Abstract: Upon issuance of an attribute certificate, an attribute authority apparatus makes a determination policy available. The determination policy includes information designating at least one item to be checked by a service provider apparatus for determination to be made to verify the attribute certificate, and a criterion for the determination. The determination policy may be recorded in the attribute certificate, or released to public, or made available by issuing a determination policy certificate released to public. Information for obtaining the determination policy certificate may be recorded in or outside the attribute certificate and furnished to the service provider apparatus. In order to verify an attribute certificate transmitted from a user terminal, a service provider apparatus obtains the determination policy, and determines whether data in the at least one item designated in the determination policy fulfill the criterion recorded in the determination policy.

Abstract: A charging system for use in a network composed of wireless terminals with a repeater function. As each terminal with a repeater function receives a communication session start request from a user terminal, it searches for a destination user terminal; when it finds the destination user terminal, it transfers the signal sent from the requesting user terminal to the destination user terminal without the mediation of base stations. The information about the amount of data thus transferred or communication time for transferring data is sent to the charging system which is under the control of the communications service provider concerned.

Abstract: A charging system for use in a network composed of wireless terminals with a repeater function. As each terminal with a repeater function receives a communication session start request from a user terminal, it searches for a destination user terminal; when it finds the destination user terminal, it transfers the signal sent from the requesting user terminal to the destination user terminal without the mediation of base stations. The information about the amount of data thus transferred or communication time for transferring data is sent to the charging system which is under the control of the communications service provider concerned.

Abstract: A charging system for use in a network composed of wireless terminals with a repeater function. As each terminal with a repeater function receives a communication session start request from a user terminal, it searches for a destination user terminal; when it finds the destination user terminal, it transfers the signal sent from the requesting user terminal to the destination user terminal without the mediation of base stations. The information about the amount of data thus transferred or communication time for transferring data is sent to the charging system which is under the control of the communications service provider concerned.

Abstract: A charging system for use in a network composed of wireless terminals with a repeater function. As each terminal with a repeater function receives a communication session start request from a user terminal, it searches for a destination user terminal; when it finds the destination user terminal, it transfers the signal sent from the requesting user terminal to the destination user terminal without the mediation of base stations. The information about the amount of data thus transferred or communication time for transferring data is sent to the charging system which is under the control of the communications service provider concerned.

Abstract: Position information on a mobile communication device is acquired in the form of latitude and longitude or of latitude, longitude and altitude. Usage information is held in a communication control device in the form of limits of latitude and longitude or of latitude, longitude and altitude. The communication control device control the mobile communication device to put in a prohibited mode corresponding to the usage information. When the mobile communication device corresponds to the usage limit, the communication control device prompts a bearer of the mobile communication device to put its prohibited mode, and then transmits a prohibited mode control signal to the mobile communication device.