Table of Contents
1Scope
2References
3Definitions
4Abbreviationsandacronyms
5Conventions
6Overviewandrequirements
7RACFmechanismsandscenarios
8Functionalarchitecture
9Referencepoints
10Procedures
11Securityconsiderationsandrequirements
AnnexA-Resourcecontrolmechanismsand
scenariosforRACFandMPMcommunication
AnnexB-RACFenhancementforsupporting
policy-basedchargingcontrol
AppendixI-Examplesoftheimplementation
oftheRACFarchitecture
AppendixII-TRC-FEoverdifferenttransporttechnologies
AppendixIII-Exampleofmethodsfordetecting
anddeterminingresourceavailability
intheTRC-FE
AppendixIV-Examplesofadmissioncontrol
proceduresforunicastandmulticast
AppendixV-TheconsiderationoftheCPN
gatewaycontrolmode
AppendixVI-Resourcecontroldeployment
scenariosformulticast
AppendixVII-Inter-operatorRACFcommunication
scenariosforend-to-endQoScontrol
involvingnomadicity
AppendixVIII-Comparisonbetweenreferencepoint
RwandRh
AppendixIX-Anexampleofanapproachsupporting
time-shiftedTV
AppendixX-PerformancenotificationbetweentheRACF
andtheMPM
AppendixXI-InteractionexamplesbetweentheRACF
andthePCC
AppendixXII-ExampleadmissioncontrolforIPTVservice
byinvitation
Bibliography Abstract
Describes the functional architecture and requirements for the resource and admission control functions (RACF) in next generation networks (NGN), which may involve a variety of access and core transport technologies and multiple domains.
