Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
        1.1     Applicability statements           
        1.2     Package-less TCP connection control  
 2     References
 3     Definitions 
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere        
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation            
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions             
        5.1     Naming of stream endpoints and terminations              
        5.2     TCP bearer      
        5.3     TCP bearer control      
        5.4     TCP endpoint 
 6     Motivation use cases and models   
        6.1     Bearer connection network use cases
        6.2     Bearer connection model         
 7     TCP basic connection control package           
        7.1     Properties       
        7.2     Events              
        7.3     Signals              
        7.4     Statistics          
        7.5     Error codes     
        7.6     Procedures     
 8     TCP-specific stream endpoint interlinkage procedures          
        8.1     Introduction   
        8.2     Procedures     
 9     TCP retransmission metrics package              
        9.1     Properties       
        9.2     Events              
        9.3     Signals              
        9.4     Statistics          
        9.5     Error codes     
        9.6     Procedures     
10     Package-less TCP control   
       10.1     Package-less TCP control in other ITU-T H.248.x-Recommendations    
       10.2     Principal ITU-T H.248 control steps for communication establishment 
       10.3     Release of TCP connection     
11     Security considerations      
Annex A – State modelling for TCP bearer connection endpoints    
        A.1     Introduction and purpose       
        A.2     Original state model for TCP bearer connection endpoints       
        A.3     Simplified state model for ITU-T H.248-based TCP basic connection control      
        A.4     State models versus TCP modes of operation
Appendix I – Sample use-cases of TCP connection control    
        I.1     Use case #1: WebRTC to NGN/IMS interworking function with termination of transport security by MG    
Appendix II – Example call flows    
       II.1     Overview         
       II.2     Basic TCP bearer connection control    
       II.3     Extended TCP bearer connection control           
Appendix III – Illustration of the TCP basic connection control package protocol semantics    
      III.1     Overview         
      III.2     Conventions   
      III.3     Establishment of TCP bearer connections         
      III.4     Release of TCP bearer connections      
Appendix IV – Illustration of the TCP-specific interlinkage procedures    
       IV.1     Overview       
       IV.2     Conventions 
       IV.3     Usage of stream endpoint interlinkage capability         
       IV.4     Usage of Oneway Release Indicator property
       IV.5     Combined consideration of both properties   
Appendix V – Relation to similar ITU-T H.248 packages    
        V.1     Overview of TCP related packages      
        V.2     ITU-T Q.1950 
        V.3     ITU-T H.248.67              
        V.4     ITU-T H.248.84              
        V.5     ITU-T H.248.43 and ITU-T H.248.79       
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