Title
DEVS-Based modeling of VoIP spam callers’ behavior for SPIT level calculation
Abstract
At the present time the VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) service is generally accepted as an alternative for people seeking cheaper means to make a phone call. Users of VoIP service may fall anywhere along a spectrum between types at two extremes: one of which is an ordinary caller who doesn’t use the telephone for commercial purposes, while the other is a person who generates spam calls for commercial purposes. The focus of this paper concerns modeling of spam callers’ behavior to calculate the SPIT (Spam over Internet Telephony) level for management of the quality of service. From the perspective of a VoIP service provider’s view, spam callers are also a type of customer and sometimes they are valuable for increasing revenue. However, if a service provider does not manage spam calls, it can harm their business, because ordinary users might not receive phone calls using the phone numbers of the VoIP service. Thus, there is a trade-off between revenues and usability in managing spam calls in the VoIP service. This work presents a model of spam caller’s behavior using the DEVS (Discrete Event System Specification) formalism. The DEVS formalism is applicable as a model of behavior, by defining the state and state transition of the target of the model. In our model, we use six main parameters to define the states and state transitions. Each state is represented by a number which indicates the SPIT level of a caller. If the value is 1.0 then the caller is more similar to a spam caller. Based on the model definition, we constructed a SPIT level Calculation UI (User Interface) that is used to manage spam calls to improve VoIP service quality.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1016/j.simpat.2008.09.008
Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory
Keywords
Field
DocType
DEVS-Formalism,Modeling and simulation,VoIP,Spam call,SPIT (Spam over Internet Telephony) level
Service quality,Computer security,Computer science,Computer network,Quality of service,Spam and Open Relay Blocking System,Service provider,DEVS,Phone,User interface,Voice over IP
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
17
4
1569-190X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
11
0.87
5
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Hyung-Jong Kim127827.13
Myuhng Joo Kim2122.23
Yoonjeong Kim3162.72
Hyun Cheol Jeong4111.89