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             
        6.1     ICN overview 
        6.2     Business roles for the provisioning of ICN applications
 7     General characteristics of ICN applications  
        7.1     Permanent connectivity           
        7.2     Data synchronization  
        7.3     Synchronous software update               
        7.4     Rule-based multicasting            
        7.5     Service management and security       
        7.6     Logging             
        7.7     Resiliency        
 8     Requirements of ICN applications   
        8.1     Information security   
        8.2     Reliability support        
        8.3     Service management 
        8.4     Multicasting   
        8.5     Context awareness     
 9     NGN capability requirements for support of ICN applications             
        9.1     Requirements for extensions or additions to NGN capabilities
        9.2     Requirements supported by existing NGN capabilities
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