Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References 
 3     Definitions 
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere           
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation 
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms
 5     Conventions             
 6     Introduction and requirements of NICE           
        6.1     Overview of NICE        
        6.2     Requirements of NICE 
 7     Capability framework of NICE            
        7.1     Capability framework overview of NICE              
        7.2     Relationships between requirements and capabilities of NICE       
        7.3     Layering and interactions between capabilities   
 8     Service layer capabilities      
        8.1     Service user profile      
        8.2     Service control              
        8.3     Open environment        
 9     Transport layer capabilities  
        9.1     Transport control capabilities   
        9.2     Transport capabilities  
10     Security considerations        
Appendix I – Use cases of NICE features    
        I.1     Use case of cooperation feature: unified user profile and charging case between fixed and mobile network    
        I.2     Use case of on-demand provision feature: user self-service access bandwidth assignment    
        I.3     Use case of awareness feature: guaranteed user experience of applications based on content and context analysis    
        I.4     Use case of optimization feature: P2P traffic optimization
        I.5     Use case of openness feature: exposure of NICE capabilities for provision of QoS guaranteed third-party application    
Appendix II – Business roles in a NICE environment    
Bibliography