Table of Contents
1Scope
2References
2.1Normativereferences
2.2Informativereferences
3Termsanddefinitions
4Abbreviations,acronymsandconventions
4.1Abbreviationsandacronyms
4.2Conventions
5Technicaloverview
5.1QoSbackground
5.2Architecture
6Authorizationinterfacedescription
6.1Gates:TheframeworkforQoScontrol
6.2Gatetransitions
6.3COPSprofileforIPCablecommultimedia
6.4GateControlprotocolmessageformats
6.5Gatecontrolprotocoloperation
7Eventmessaginginterfacedescription
7.1Introduction
7.2RecordKeepingServerrequirements
7.3GeneralIPCablecommultimedianetworkelementrequirements
7.4EventMessagesforIPCablecomMultimedia
7.5EventmessagingattributesforIPCablecommultimedia
7.6RADIUSaccountingprotocol
8Securityrequirements
8.1CMTS-CMQoSInterface(pkt-mm-1)
8.2Policyserver-CMTSCOPSInterface(pkt-mm-2)
8.3ApplicationManager-PolicyServerCOPSInterface
(pkt-mm-3)
8.4PolicyServer-RKSEventMessageInterface(pkt-mm-4)
8.5CMTS-RKSEventMessageInterface(pkt-mm-5)
9MappingaFlowSpecTrafficProfiletoDOCSIS
9.1MappingFlowSpecstoDOCSISschedulingtypes
9.2MappingFlowSpecstoDOCSIStrafficparameters
9.3DOCSISupstreamparameters
9.4DOCSISdownstreamparameters
10Messageflows
10.1Basicmessagesequence
10.2Detailedmessagesequence
11Issuesforfuturestudy
AppendixI-Backgroundinformation
I.1Introduction
I.2IPCablecomMultimediaobjectivesandscope
I.3IPCablecommultimediaframework
I.4ProxiedQoSwithPolicyPush(Scenario1)
I.5Client-requestedQoSwithpolicy-push(Scenario2)
I.6Client-requestedQoSwithpolicy-pull(Scenario3)
I.7ComparisonofIPCablecom-TandIPCablecomMultimedia Abstract
Provides support for deployment of general multimedia services by providing a technical definition of several IP-based signalling interfaces that leverage core QoS and policy management capabilities native to Cable Modems.
