System and method of providing services via peer-to-peer-based next generation network

A communication network comprising:

• a plurality of intelligent terminal nodes, each intelligent terminal node being operable to establish, maintain, and tear-down communication sessions with another intelligent terminal node, and further collect charging information associated with the communication sessions;
• a network service stratum coupled to the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes and operable to locate resource services, perform billing functions, and authenticate providers of resource services in the network;
• and
• a network transport stratum operable to couple the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes to resource services in the network.

A method of providing services in a peer-to-peer network, comprising:

• authenticating a first intelligent terminal node as a service provider adapted to provide a service;
• receiving a request for an identifier of the service provider from a second intelligent terminal node of the network;
• looking up the requested identifier of the first intelligent terminal node and transmitting the requested identifier to the second intelligent terminal node;
• enabling the second intelligent terminal node to initiate a communication session with the second intelligent node terminal;
• receiving a request from the second intelligent terminal node to improve the quality of the communication session and enabling the requested improvement;
• and
• receiving charging information related to charges for the communication session and the session improvement and generating billing information in response to the charging information.