Table of Contents
1Scope
2References
2.1Normativereferences
2.2Informativereferences
3Definitions
4Abbreviations
5GeneralframeworkoftheIPCsignallingprotocol
5.1InterfacebetweentheIPCsignallingentityandtheIPC
user
5.2InterfacebetweentheIPCsignallingentityandthe
genericsignallingtransport
5.3InterfacebetweentheIPCsignallingentityandlayer
management
6Forwardandbackwardcompatibility
6.1Backwardcompatibilityrules
6.2Forwardcompatibilitymechanism
7FormatandcodingoftheIPCsignallingprotocol
7.1CodingconventionsfortheIPCsignallingprotocol
7.2FormatandcodingoftheIPCsignallingprotocolmessages
7.3ParameterspecificationoftheIPCsignallingprotocol
messages
7.4FieldspecificationoftheIPCsignallingprotocol
parameters
8ProcedureoftheIPCsignallingprotocol
8.1Compatibility
8.2IPconnectioncontrolprocedures
8.3Generalprotocolrules
8.4Listoftimers
AnnexA-Handlingofthetransfercapabilityinconjunction
withtheconnectionset-upandmodificationprocedures
A.1Preferredtransfercapabilityparameterpresent
A.2Preferredtransfercapabilityparameternotpresent Abstract
Specifies the inter-node protocol and nodal functions that support the dynamic establishment, modification and release of individual IP connections. Also provides maintenance capabilities, carriage of user-plane protocol stack information and carriage of an identifier to link the connection control protocol with other higher layer control protocols.