CONTENTS

 1     Scope
 2     References
 3     Terms and definitions
 4     Abbreviations and conventions
        4.1     Abbreviations
        4.2     Conventions
 5     IPCablecom
        5.1     IPCablecom architecture framework
        5.2     IPCablecom zones and domains
        5.3     IPCablecom Recommendations
        5.4     IPCablecom design considerations
                  5.4.1     General architectural goals
                  5.4.2     Quality of Service
                  5.4.3     Codec and media stream
                  5.4.4     Device provisioning and OSS
                  5.4.5     Security
                  5.4.6     Managed IP network
 6     IPCablecom functional components
        6.1     Media Terminal Adapter (MTA)
                  6.1.1     MTA functional requirements
                  6.1.2     MTA identifiers
        6.2     Cable Modem (CM)
        6.3     HFC access network
        6.4     Access Node (AN)
                  6.4.1     AN Gate
        6.5     Call Management Server (CMS)
        6.6     PSTN Gateway
                  6.6.1     Media Gateway Controller (MGC)
                  6.6.2     Media Gateway (MG)
                  6.6.3     Signalling Gateway (SG)
        6.7     OSS back-office components
                  6.7.1     TGS
                  6.7.2     Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server
                  6.7.3     Domain Name System (DNS) Server
                  6.7.4     Trivial File Transfer Protocol Server or Hypertext Transfer Protocol Server (TFTP or HTTP)
                  6.7.5     SYSLOG Server (SYSLOG)
                  6.7.6     Record Keeping Server (RKS )
        6.8     Announcement Server (ANS)
                  6.8.1     Announcement Controller (ANC)
                  6.8.2     Announcement Player (ANP)
 7     Protocol interfaces
        7.1     Call signalling interfaces
                  7.1.1     Network-based Call Signalling (NCS) framework
                  7.1.2     PSTN signalling framework
        7.2     Media streams
        7.3     MTA device provisioning
        7.4     SNMP Element Management Layer Interfaces
        7.5     Event Messages interfaces
                  7.5.1     Event Message framework
        7.6     Quality of Service (QoS)
                  7.6.1     QoS Framework
                  7.6.2     Layer two vs. Layer three MTA QoS signalling
                  7.6.3     Dynamic Quality of Service
        7.7     Announcement Services
                  7.7.1     ANS Physical vs. Logical configuration
        7.8     Security
                  7.8.1     Overview
                  7.8.2     Device provisioning security
 8     Network design considerations
        8.1     Timekeeping and reporting issues
        8.2     Timing for playout buffer alignment with coding rate
        8.3     IP addressing
        8.4     Dynamic IP addressing assignment
        8.5     FQDN assignment
        8.6     Priority marking of signalling and media stream packets
        8.7     Fax support
        8.8     Analogue modem support
Appendix I – Bibliography
Appendix II – Glossary of terms
       II.1     Definitions
       II.2     Abbreviations