Automatic Monitoring & Detection System (AMDS) for Grey Traffic

International incoming grey traffic is currently one of the most important issues for both the Regulator and legal telecommunication operators in Pakistan. The major reason for higher grey traffic in Pakistan is because of international settlement rates which are higher than the cost of domestic termination rate. The grey traffic operators gain financial advantage by offering low international incoming termination rate to international carriers and thus bypass the legally established telecom network. In this paper, a detailed overview of grey route along with its termination techniques is discussed. Some of the existing techniques for monitoring and detection of grey traffic are compared and a novel method is proposed using the flow level characteristics of network traffic that will be more efficient and accurate for monitoring and detection of Grey traffic.