6G • Core Network
Micro-Billing Contracts
Sub-Cent Per-Byte Smart Contract Engine
Programmable blockchain smart contracts that automatically bill IoT devices and autonomous drones for every kilobyte of data or second of compute consumed.
Technical Explanation
In massive IoT and drone delivery networks, millions of autonomous machines interact with infrastructure owned by different municipal and private entities. Micro-Billing Contracts deploy lightweight smart contracts that meter resource consumption (bytes transferred, sensor queries processed, GPU cycles executed) and trigger instantaneous cryptographic micro-payments, eliminating manual billing overhead and enabling machine-to-machine economies.
Key Functions
- Automated machine-to-machine micro-payment settlement executed via smart contracts
- Sub-cent billing precision charging per kilobyte transferred or per second of compute time
- Eliminating paper invoices, dispute reconciliations, and manual administrative overhead
- Enabling connected autonomous vehicles to pay parking meters, tolls, and roadside base stations automatically
- Cryptographic receipt generation providing indisputable proof of service delivery
Specifications
ETSI ISG PDL (Permissioned Distributed Ledger), 3GPP Rel-20 Study
Interfaces
SmartContract-MeterM2M-Pay-Bus
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