White Paper Abstract:
This paper discusses the unique problems associated with the growing popularity of P2P applications and how they affect the IP network; it offers various remedies that Cisco Service Control technology offers network operators. These include detailed usage accounting of P2P traffic as well as monitoring and billing, based on such information and the use of service control policies. The high level of data abstraction and presentation that the Cisco Service Control platform offers can help ISPs better manage these business challenges and avoid alienating their customer base by deploying proactive policies that are not perceived as intrusive or unfair by subscribers.