Summary

The interlinkage of stream endpoints (SEP) relates to the empowerment of the MG by the MGC to perform the interconnection of two protocol endpoints. The interlinkage relates to abstracted bearer control protocol procedures as mainly part of the bearer establishment and release. The pair of protocol endpoints might be located in a single SEP or in different SEPs, leading to so-called intra-SEP and inter-SEP interlinkage configurations. Recommendation ITU-T H.248.92 defines an ITU-T H.248 package that allows the MGC to signal such interlinkage configurations to the MG. The discussion of use cases, models and examples complements the description of the ITU-T H.248 protocol extensions.