CONTENTS

1     Scope 
 2     References 
 3     Definitions  
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms        
 5     Overview   
 6     Requirements    
        6.1     Dynamic provisioning requests from an FSA signalling edge function           
        6.2     Network and FSA signalling edge function responses to flow-state-aware requests 
        6.3     Signalling requirements       
        6.4     Admission decision
        6.5     General architectural requirements on the management of transport connections carrying flow-state-aware traffic and other traffic     
        6.6     Security considerations and requirements    
Annex A – Dynamic provisioning requests from an FSA signalling edge function     
        A.1     Negotiations for a user-end-system without signalling capability      
        A.2     Authorization        
        A.3     Service context     
Annex B – Signalling requirements     
        B.1     Second QoS structure attached     
        B.2     Authorization information attached 
        B.3     Flow aggregation request   
        B.4     FSA node operation          
Appendix I – Supplementary information on information exchanges via requests from an FSA signalling edge function and associated responses     
        I.1        Flow identifier      
        I.2        In-band signalling negotiations      
        I.3        Preference indicator request         
        I.4        Authentication      
        I.5        Priority of packet discard, including service context use of preference indicator values     
        I.6        Congestion notification     
Appendix II – Supplementary information to signalling requirements     
       II.1     Recognition of QoS signalling packets         
       II.2     Form of QoS information   
       II.3     Performance requirements for requests and responses         
       II.4     Release of resources no longer required      
       II.5     QoS signalling parameters  
       II.6     Service contexts     
       II.7     Preference indicator           
       II.8     Delay priority         
       II.9     Burst tolerance       
      II.10     Flow identifier fields          
Appendix III – Illustrative QoS support for different preference indicator values     
      III.1     Preference resolution for maximum rate (MRS) flows          
      III.2     Preference resolution for available rate (ARS) flows
Appendix IV – Supplementary information relating to requirements on the management of transport connections carrying flow-state-aware traffic and other traffic     
       IV.1     General architectural assumptions  
       IV.2     General issues on the management of access links shared by FSA and non-FSA traffic     
       IV.3     Combined flow-level and aggregate flow-level FSA controls          
Appendix V – Example implementation principles associated with FSA nodes     
Appendix VI – Out-of-band signalling with a central admission entity     
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