Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
        1.1     Applicability statements           
 2     References
 3     Definitions 
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere        
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation            
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions             
        5.1     Connection endpoint naming 
        5.2     Distinction of DPI and non-DPI cases   
 6     Overview   
        6.1     Policy rule model         
        6.2     Relation to other ITU-T H.248.x-series of Recommendations   
        6.3     Control and management of DPI policy rules   
        6.4     Package design philosophy      
 7     Inspection rule base package            
        7.1     Properties       
        7.2     Events              
        7.3     Signals              
        7.4     Statistics          
        7.5     Error codes     
        7.6     Procedures     
 8     Inspection rule operational package              
        8.1     Properties       
        8.2     Events              
        8.3     Signals              
        8.4     Statistics          
        8.5     Error codes     
        8.6     Procedures     
 9     Inspection rule group package          
Appendix I – MGC aspects of DPI policy rules    
        I.1     Introduction    
        I.2     MGC-locally vs MGC-remotely generated DPI policy rules          
Appendix II – Examples of DPI and non-DPI Policy Rules    
       II.1     Introduction   
       II.2     Examples of generic DPI and non-DPI policy rules          
Appendix III – ITU-T H.248 aspects for signalling DPI policy rules    
      III.1     Overview of principal signalling methods           
      III.2     H.248 support
Appendix IV – Discussion on policy specification languages    
       IV.1     Introduction  
       IV.2     PSL for policy control and policy management interfaces          
       IV.3     Survey of possible PSLs (non-exhaustive list) 
       IV.4     PSLs on different network levels         
       IV.5     Recommendations for selected PSLs 
       IV.6     Discussion of policy specification language candidates
       IV.7     Example PSL "SNORT" – Analysis and comments          
Appendix V – Emulation of DPI policy rule control interfaces    
        V.1     Purpose          
        V.2     Guidelines for ITU-T H.248 profile specifications using native SNORT interfaces as an example    
        V.3     Guidelines for ITU-T H.248 profile specifications using 3GPP Diameter interfaces as an example    
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