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     Definition of DPI mechanism             
 7     Overview of DPI mechanisms in support of application identification              
        7.1     General aspect of DPI mechanisms.    
        7.2     Basic structure of a DPI node  
        7.3     Typical network supporting DPI functions.        
        7.4     DPI mechanism related to the DPI node            
        7.5     The mechanism of a network deployed with DPI nodes             
 8     Representation methods of the DPI – Policy rule of DPI-PIB
        8.1     Overview        
        8.2     Data and mask representation method for DPI policy rule conditions   
        8.3     Regular expression representation method for DPI policy rule conditions          
        8.4     Hybrid representation method for DPI policy rule conditions   
 9     Information flows, processing procedures and methods for a DPI entity       
        9.1     Overview        
        9.2     Interface realization   
        9.3     Information flow          
        9.4     Process procedure      
        9.5     Protection method     
        9.6     Data synchronization method
10     Operational mechanism specification           
       10.1     Overview       
       10.2     Objectives of the operation mechanism          
       10.3     Performance aspect or DPI nodes deployment             
       10.4     Analysis of current networks 
       10.5     Confirming the DPI requirement of the network          
       10.6     Choosing proper DPI entities or systems          
       10.7     Reconstructing the current network using DPI              
       10.8     Monitoring and managing the network with DPI          
       10.9     Rebuilding the network with DPI based on performance monitor        
11     Specification of management mechanism  
       11.1     Overview of DPI network management           
       11.2     Management interface            
       11.3     Management protocol and functions
12     Security consideration        
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