CONTENTS

 1     Scope 
 2     Introduction      
 3     References 
 4     Definitions  
 5     Abbreviations   
 6     Functional model 
        6.1     Path-Coupled        
        6.2     Path-decoupled     
 7     Requirements    
        7.1     User-network signalling      
        7.2     QoS signalling at the network – Network interface 
        7.3     QoS Release         
        7.4     Performance          
        7.5     Symmetry of information transfer capability 
        7.6     Contention resolution         
        7.7     Error reporting       
        7.8     Unrecoverable failures       
        7.9     Forward and backward compatibility         
       7.10     Parameters and values for transport connections    
       7.11     User-initiated QoS resource modification  
       7.12     Emergency service
       7.13     Reliability/priority attributes           
 8     Interfaces description of requirements       
        8.1     Call/connection control interface     
        8.2     Network control interface  
        8.3     Switch control interface      
Appendix I – IP signalling flows    
        I.1        Path-coupled bearer control         
        I.2        Path-decoupled bearer control     
Appendix II – An instance of functional model of IP QoS signalling requirements    
Appendix III – Multi-operator scenario    
Appendix IV – Typical process of QoS signalling in interfaces    
Appendix V – Examples to support QoS signalling requirements based on Y.1541 network QoS classes, and additional information on reliability/priority    
        V.1     User-network signalling in support of network QoS class   
        V.2     Network-network signalling          
        V.3     Future development of classes to support reliability and priority attributes   
Appendix VI – Path-coupled and path-decoupled interoperability scenarios and scenarios with/without the participation of SeCFE/SvCFE    
       VI.1     Path-coupled and path-decoupled interoperability scenarios          
       VI.2     Scenarios with/without the participation of SeCFE/SvCFE