CONTENTS

 1     Scope 
 2     References 
        2.1     Normative references         
        2.2     Informative references        
 3     Terms and definitions       
 4     Abbreviations and conventions     
        4.1     Abbreviations        
        4.2     Conventions          
 5     Introduction
        5.1     Relation with H.323 standards       
        5.2     Relation with IETF standards         
 6     Media Gateway Controller Interface (MGCI)       
        6.1     Model and naming conventions      
        6.2     SDP use 
        6.3     Gateway control functions  
        6.4     States, failover and race conditions 
        6.5     Return codes and error codes        
        6.6     Reason codes        
        6.7     Use of Local Connection Options and Connection Descriptors       
 7     Media Gateway Control Protocol
        7.1     General description
        7.2     Command header  
        7.3     Response header formats   
        7.4     Session description encoding          
        7.5     Transmission over UDP     
        7.6     Piggybacking         
        7.7     Transaction identifiers and three-way handshake     
        7.8     Provisional responses         
 8     Security     
Annex A – Event packages    
Annex B – Dynamic Quality of Service    
Appendix I – Example event package    
Appendix II – Example command encodings    
       II.1     NotificationRequest
       II.2     Notify     
       II.3     CreateConnection  
       II.4     ModifyConnection 
       II.5     DeleteConnection (From the Call Agent)    
       II.6     DeleteConnection (From the Embedded Client)      
       II.7     DeleteConnection (Multiple Connections From the Call Agent)       
       II.8     AuditEndpoint        
       II.9     AuditConnection    
      II.10     RestartInProgress  
Appendix III – Example call flow    
Appendix IV – Connection mode    
Appendix V – Compatibility information    
Appendix VI – Additional example event packages    
Appendix VII – Event packages    
Appendix VIII – Application of the NCS protocol to a SCN IPAT    
     VIII.1     Overview 
     VIII.2     IPAT architecture 
     VIII.3     Electrical and physical interface requirements        
     VIII.4     NCS package for V5 SCN protocol messages     
     VIII.5     Provisioning configurations
     VIII.6     European Line Package support   
     VIII.7     Call flow examples           
Appendix IX – Metering support for IPCablecom NCS    
       IX.1     Objectives
       IX.2     Automatic metering package         
       IX.3     Use cases – Example call flows     
       IX.4     Terms    
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