CONTENTS

 1     Scope 
 
2     References 
        2.1     Normative references         
        2.2     Informative references        
 3     Terms and definitions       
 4     Abbreviations, acronyms and conventions
        4.1     Abbreviations and acronyms          
        4.2     Conventions          
 5     Technical overview          
        5.1     QoS background   
        5.2     Architecture           
 6     Authorization interface description
        6.1     Gates: The framework for QoS control      
        6.2     Gate transitions      
        6.3     COPS profile for IPCablecom multimedia  
        6.4     Gate Control protocol message formats      
        6.5     Gate control protocol operation     
 7     Event messaging interface description       
        7.1     Introduction           
        7.2     Record Keeping Server requirements         
        7.3     General IPCablecom multimedia network element requirements      
        7.4     Event Messages for IPCablecom Multimedia          
        7.5     Event messaging attributes for IPCablecom multimedia       
        7.6     RADIUS accounting protocol        
 8     Security requirements       
        8.1     CMTS – CM QoS Interface (pkt-mm-1)   
        8.2     Policy server – CMTS COPS Interface (pkt-mm-2)          
        8.3     Application Manager – Policy Server COPS Interface (pkt-mm-3) 
        8.4     Policy Server – RKS Event Message Interface (pkt-mm-4)
        8.5     CMTS – RKS Event Message Interface (pkt-mm-5)         
 9     Mapping a FlowSpec Traffic Profile to DOCSIS  
        9.1     Mapping FlowSpecs to DOCSIS scheduling types 
        9.2     Mapping FlowSpecs to DOCSIS traffic parameters           
        9.3     DOCSIS upstream parameters      
        9.4     DOCSIS downstream parameters  
10     Message flows 
       10.1     Basic message sequence   
       10.2     Detailed message sequence           
11     Issues for future study     
Appendix I – Background information    
        I.1        Introduction         
        I.2        IPCablecom Multimedia objectives and scope      
        I.3        IPCablecom multimedia framework          
        I.4        Proxied QoS with Policy Push (Scenario 1)          
        I.5        Client-requested QoS with policy-push (Scenario 2)         
        I.6        Client-requested QoS with policy-pull (Scenario 3)          
        I.7          Comparison of IPCablecom-T and IPCablecom Multimedia