SIST ES 283 018 V2.7.1:2009
(Main)Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networking (TISPAN) - Resource and Admission Control: H.248 Profile for controlling Border Gateway Functions (BGF) in the Resource and Admission Control Subsystem (RACS) - Protocol specification
General Information
- Abstract
1 Interpretation of package support was further clarified by ITU-T SG-16 after Ia v2 was approved. This means text in Ia v2 needs to be updated correspondingly. Affects clause 5.14. 2.Interaction between filters after latching occurred was further clarified by ITU-T SG-16 after Ia v2 was approved. This means text in Ia v2 needs to be updated correspondingly. Affects clause 5.18.1.1.1. 3.Semantics for ignore was further clarified by ITU-T SG-16 after Ia v2 was approved. This means text in Ia v2 needs to be updated correspondingly. Affects clause 5.15 and 5.16. 4 Further identified corrections needed.
- Status
- Published
- Publication Date
- 08-Oct-2009
- Technical Committee
- SPN - Services and Protocols for Networks
- Current Stage
- 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
- Start Date
- 02-Oct-2009
- Due Date
- 07-Dec-2009
- Completion Date
- 09-Oct-2009
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ETSI ES 283 018 V2.7.1 (2009-09) - Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networking (TISPAN); Resource and Admission Control: H.248 Profile for controlling Border Gateway Functions (BGF) in the Resource and Admission Control Subsystem (RACS); Protocol specification
Overview
SIST ES 283 018 V2.7.1:2009 specifies the H.248 protocol profile for controlling Border Gateway Functions (BGF) within the Resource and Admission Control Subsystem (RACS) in TISPAN Next Generation Networks (NGN). Developed by SIST, this standard ensures interoperability and effective management across telecommunications and internet-converged networks. The document defines the application of the H.248 interface and related command procedures required for the control, security, and allocation of network resources at the network border.
Key audiences for this standard include network operators, equipment manufacturers, and service providers responsible for deploying or managing advanced NGN architectures that require robust resource and admission control, especially at interconnection points.
Key Topics
- H.248 Protocol Profile: The standard defines a detailed H.248 profile, outlining supported packages and descriptors relevant for BGF management in RACS architectures.
- Resource and Admission Control: It clarifies how BGF handles resource requests, session establishment, bandwidth allocation, and admission control in telecommunications networks.
- Security and Transport: Guidance is provided on secure transport, command transactions, and related procedures for reliable interworking of network elements.
- Session Management: Extensive session-handling procedures are specified, covering session establishment, updates, bandwidth modification, media adaptation, and termination handling.
- BGF Specific Features: The document describes BGF-specific functionalities such as NAT traversal, VLAN marking, QoS marking, statistics reporting, traffic policing, and overload control.
- Clarifications and Updates: The standard incorporates clarifications from ITU-T SG-16, affecting how package support is interpreted, how filters interact post-latching, semantics of the “ignore” command element, and other essential corrections.
Applications
The practical use of SIST ES 283 018 V2.7.1:2009 focuses on:
- NGN and IMS Deployments: Leveraged in next-generation network architectures, especially where telecommunication and internet services converge.
- Inter-domain Connectivity: Essential for operators requiring reliable border gateway control to manage traffic, apply security policies, and optimize resource usage across domains or administrative boundaries.
- NAT and Firewall Traversal: Provides mechanisms for media and signaling to traverse network address translation and security boundaries without service degradation.
- Bandwidth and QoS Control: Enables operators to enforce QoS, bandwidth reservation, and policy-based admission, crucial for real-time and premium services.
- Resilience and Failover: Detailed command sequences and event handling improve network resilience, facilitate fast recovery, and allow graceful failover or restoration of network functions.
- Interoperability: Ensures that multi-vendor equipment can seamlessly interoperate using well-defined H.248 procedures and profiles tailored to RACS and BGF roles.
Related Standards
For comprehensive network interoperability and optimal deployment, consider these related standards:
- ITU-T H.248: Master specification for the Media Gateway Control Protocol, referenced throughout this profile.
- TISPAN ES 283 018 (all versions): Other iterations may provide updates or regional adaptations.
- ITU-T NGN and IMS Specifications: Broader architectural frameworks for next-generation telecommunication networks.
- ETSI TISPAN Resource and Admission Control Standards: Additional documentation for RACS procedures and protocols.
- ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) Standards: For networks integrating legacy services.
Keywords: H.248, Resource and Admission Control, Border Gateway Function, RACS, TISPAN, protocol specification, NGN, telecommunications, internet convergence, QoS, NAT traversal, session management, network interoperability, security, bandwidth control.
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SIST ES 283 018 V2.7.1:2009 is a standard published by the Slovenian Institute for Standardization (SIST). Its full title is "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networking (TISPAN) - Resource and Admission Control: H.248 Profile for controlling Border Gateway Functions (BGF) in the Resource and Admission Control Subsystem (RACS) - Protocol specification". This standard covers: 1 Interpretation of package support was further clarified by ITU-T SG-16 after Ia v2 was approved. This means text in Ia v2 needs to be updated correspondingly. Affects clause 5.14. 2.Interaction between filters after latching occurred was further clarified by ITU-T SG-16 after Ia v2 was approved. This means text in Ia v2 needs to be updated correspondingly. Affects clause 5.18.1.1.1. 3.Semantics for ignore was further clarified by ITU-T SG-16 after Ia v2 was approved. This means text in Ia v2 needs to be updated correspondingly. Affects clause 5.15 and 5.16. 4 Further identified corrections needed.
1 Interpretation of package support was further clarified by ITU-T SG-16 after Ia v2 was approved. This means text in Ia v2 needs to be updated correspondingly. Affects clause 5.14. 2.Interaction between filters after latching occurred was further clarified by ITU-T SG-16 after Ia v2 was approved. This means text in Ia v2 needs to be updated correspondingly. Affects clause 5.18.1.1.1. 3.Semantics for ignore was further clarified by ITU-T SG-16 after Ia v2 was approved. This means text in Ia v2 needs to be updated correspondingly. Affects clause 5.15 and 5.16. 4 Further identified corrections needed.
SIST ES 283 018 V2.7.1:2009 is classified under the following ICS (International Classification for Standards) categories: 33.040.01 - Telecommunication systems in general; 33.080 - Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN). The ICS classification helps identify the subject area and facilitates finding related standards.
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Final draft ETSI ES 283 018 V2.7.1 (2009-07)
ETSI Standard
Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and
Protocols for Advanced Networking (TISPAN);
Resource and Admission Control: H.248 Profile for controlling
Border Gateway Functions (BGF) in the Resource and
Admission Control Subsystem (RACS);
Protocol specification
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Reference
RES/TISPAN-03176-NGN-R2
Keywords
H.248, interface
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 8
Foreword . 8
1 Scope . 9
2 References . 9
2.1 Normative references . 9
2.2 Informative references . 10
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 11
3.1 Definitions . 11
3.2 Abbreviations . 13
4 Applicability . 14
4.1 Architecture . 14
4.2 Border Gateway Guidelines . 14
5 Profile description . 15
5.1 Profile identification . 15
5.2 Summary . 15
5.3 Gateway Control Protocol Version . 15
5.4 Connection model. 16
5.5 Context attributes . 16
5.6 Terminations . 16
5.6.1 Termination names . 16
5.6.1.1 IP Termination . 16
5.6.1.1.1 Overview and prose specification . 16
5.6.1.1.2 Syntactical Specification . 19
5.6.2 Multiplexed terminations . 19
5.7 Descriptors . 19
5.7.1 TerminationState descriptor . 19
5.7.2 Stream descriptor . 20
5.7.2.1 LocalControl descriptor . 20
5.7.3 Events descriptor . 20
5.7.4 EventBuffer descriptor . 21
5.7.5 Signals descriptor . 21
5.7.6 DigitMap descriptor . 22
5.7.7 Statistics descriptor . 22
5.7.8 ObservedEvents descriptor . 22
5.7.9 Topology descriptor . 22
5.7.10 Error descriptor . 23
5.8 Command API . 23
5.8.1 Add . 24
5.8.2 Modify . 24
5.8.3 Subtract . 24
5.8.4 Move . 25
5.8.5 AuditValue . 25
5.8.6 AuditCapabilities . 25
5.8.7 Notify . 25
5.8.8 ServiceChange . 25
5.8.9 Manipulating and auditing context attributes . 26
5.9 Generic command syntax and encoding . 26
5.10 Transactions . 27
5.11 Messages . 27
5.12 Transport . 27
5.13 Security . 28
5.14 Packages . 28
5.14.1 Overview . 28
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5.14.2 Package usage information . 29
5.14.2.1 Generic (g) . 29
5.14.2.2 Base root (root) . 30
5.14.2.3 Network (nt) . 31
5.14.2.4 Differentiated Services (ds) . 32
5.14.2.5 Gate Management (gm) . 33
5.14.2.6 Traffic management (tman) . 34
5.14.2.7 IP NAPT Traversal (ipnapt) . 34
5.14.2.8 MPLS (mpls) . 35
5.14.2.9 VLAN (vlan) . 35
5.14.2.10 MGC Information (mgcinfo) . 36
5.14.2.11 Inactivity (it) . 36
5.14.2.12 Segmentation (seg) . 37
5.14.2.13 RTP (rtp) . 38
5.14.2.14 Application Data Inactivity Detection (adid) . 38
5.14.2.15 IP Domain Connection (ipdc) . 39
5.14.2.16 Media Gateway Overload Control (ocp) . 39
5.14.2.17 Hanging Termination Detection (hangterm) . 40
5.14.2.18 Statistic Conditional Reporting (scr) . 40
5.15 Mandatory support of SDP and annex C information elements . 41
5.16 Optional support of SDP and annex C information elements . 42
5.17 Overview of Procedures . 43
5.17.1 Overview of Session Dependent Procedures . 43
5.17.1.1 Gate control . 44
5.17.1.2 Allocation and translation of IP addresses, ports and versions (NAPT-PT) . 46
5.17.1.3 Support of Hosted NAT Traversal . 47
5.17.1.4 QoS marking . 47
5.17.1.4.1 Copying DSCP/ToS values from the ingress to egress . 47
5.17.1.4.2 Auditing the "Per-Hop Behaviour" . 47
5.17.1.5 Bandwidth control - Reservation, Allocation and Policing . 47
5.17.1.5.1 Admission Control. 48
5.17.1.5.2 Traffic Descriptor . 48
5.17.1.5.3 Bandwidth reservation and allocation . 48
5.17.1.5.4 Bandwidth policing . 49
5.17.1.5.5 Non-specification of tman properties . 49
5.17.1.6 Usage metering and statistics reporting. 49
5.17.1.6.1 Statistics for Media/Transport-agnostic IP packets . 49
5.17.1.6.2 Traffic Volume related Statistics . 49
5.17.1.7 RTCP Handling . 50
5.17.1.7.1 RTCP Transport Address Allocation . 50
5.17.1.7.2 RTP/RTCP to-H.248 Stream Mapping . 51
5.17.1.8 RTCP Forwarding . 51
5.17.1.8.1 Conditions for RTCP packet policing . 51
5.17.1.8.2 Forwarding of regular RTCP traffic . 51
5.17.1.8.3 Handling of RTCP XR/HR traffic . 51
5.17.1.9 Media Inactivity . 51
5.17.1.10 IP Realm/Domain Indication . 52
5.17.1.10.1 Codepoint and format/encoding . 52
5.17.1.10.2 Unsuccessful indication . 52
5.17.1.10.3 Fix assignment per termination lifetime . 52
5.17.1.10.4 Number of IP Realms/Domains . 52
5.17.1.11 Two-Stage BGF Resource Reservation . 53
5.17.1.12 Hanging Termination Detection . 53
5.17.1.13 Real Time Statistics Reporting . 53
5.17.1.14 Transcoding . 54
5.17.1.14.1 Media types and formats (Codecs) . 54
5.17.1.14.2 Decision for transcoding . 54
5.17.1.15 Void. 54
5.17.1.16 VPN identification . 54
5.17.1.16.1 VLAN marking . 54
5.17.2 Overview of Session Independent Procedures . 55
5.17.2.1 Introduction - Relation to TR 183 025 [i.2] . 55
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5.17.2.2 Session-independent procedures . 55
5.17.2.3 MG Overload Control: Rate limitation of H.248 Messages from MGC-to-MG . 55
5.18 Session Dependent Procedures (Command Level Details) . 55
5.18.1 Add Termination . 56
5.18.1.1 Add Termination - Remote Addr and Port Known, Select Local Addr and Port . 57
5.18.1.1.1 Conditions for Address Policing: SAF, SPF, SAM, SPR, SPRR . 59
5.18.1.1.2 Assigning IP Domain/Realm to Termination . 60
5.18.1.1.3 Add Termination - Remote Addr and Port Known, Select Local Addr and Port - Examples. 61
5.18.1.2 Add Termination - Select Local Addr and Port. 62
5.18.1.2.1 Add Termination - Select Local Addr and Port - Examples . 65
5.18.1.3 Add Termination - Remote Addr Known, Select Local Addr . 66
5.18.1.3.1 Add Termination - Remote Addr Known, Select Local Addr - Examples . 68
5.18.1.4 Add Termination - Select Local Addr . 69
5.18.1.4.1 Add Termination - Select Local Addr - Examples . 70
5.18.1.5 Add Termination - Remote Addr Known and Port Possibly Known, no Local Addr and Port . 71
5.18.1.5.1 Add Termination - Remote Addr Known and Port Possibly Known, no Local Addr and Port -
Examples . 72
5.18.2 Session Establishment Update . 72
5.18.2.1 Session Establishment Update - Remote Addr and Port Known . 73
5.18.2.1.1 Session Establishment Update - Remote Addr and Port Known - Examples . 75
5.18.2.2 Session Establishment Update - Remote Addr Known . 78
5.18.2.2.1 Session Establishment Update - Remote Addr Known - Examples . 79
5.18.2.3 Session Establishment Update - Through Connect . 80
5.18.2.3.1 Session Establishment Update - Through Connect - Examples . 82
5.18.2.4 Session Establishment Update - Select Local Port . 83
5.18.2.4.1 Session Establishment Update - Select Local Port - Examples . 86
5.18.2.5 Session Establishment Update - Bandwidth Change . 87
5.18.2.5.1 Session Establishment Update - Bandwidth Change - Examples . 89
5.18.2.6 Session Establishment Update - Delete Stream. 89
5.18.2.6.1 Session Establishment Update - Delete Stream - Examples . 92
5.18.3 Mid-Session Update . 92
5.18.3.1 Mid-Session Update - Bandwidth Change . 92
5.18.3.1.1 Mid-Session Update - Bandwidth Change - Examples. 95
5.18.3.2 Mid-Session Update - Media Change . 96
5.18.3.2.1 Mid-Session Update - Media Change - Examples . 98
5.18.3.3 Mid-Session Update - Remote Addr/Port Change . 99
5.18.3.3.1 Mid-Session Update - Remote Addr/Port Change - Examples . 102
5.18.3.4 Mid-Session Update - Add Stream, Remote Addr and Port Known . 103
5.18.3.4.1 Mid-Session Update - Add Stream, Remote Addr and Port Known - Examples. 106
5.18.3.5 Mid-Session Update - Add Stream . 107
5.18.3.5.1 Mid-Session Update - Add Stream - Examples . 110
5.18.3.6 Mid-Session Update - Delete Stream . 111
5.18.3.6.1 Mid-Session Update - Delete Stream - Examples . 112
5.18.3.7 Mid-Session Update - Add Stream, Remote Addr Known and Port Possibly Known, no Local
Addr and Port . 115
5.18.3.7.1 Mid-Session Update - Add Add Stream, Remote Addr Known and Port Possibly Known, no
Local Addr and Port - Examples . 116
5.18.4 Auditing . 117
5.18.4.1 Mid-Session Statistics Audit . 117
5.18.4.1.1 Mid-Session Statistics Audit - Example . 118
5.18.4.2 Mid-Session MGC Info Audit . 119
5.18.4.2.1 Mid-Session MGC Info Audit - Example . 120
5.18.5 Notification of MG Events . 120
5.18.5.1 Notification of IP Media Stop . 120
5.18.5.2 Notification of Hanging Termination . 121
5.18.5.3 Notification of Statistic Conditional Reporting . 122
5.18.6 Delete Session/Termination . 123
5.18.6.1 Delete Session/Termination . 123
5.18.6.1.1 Delete Session/Termination - Examples . 124
5.18.6.2 Delete Session/Termination - Wildcarded Reply . 127
5.18.6.2.1 Delete Session - Wildcarded Reply - Examples . 127
5.19 Non-Session Related Use Cases . 127
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5.19.1 Enable MG . 128
5.19.1.1 Enable MG (at MGC). 128
5.19.1.2 Enable MG (at MG) . 128
5.19.1.2.1 Enable MG (at MG): Cold Boot . 129
5.19.1.2.2 Enable MG (at MG): Warm Boot . 130
5.19.2 Enable MGC . 131
5.19.3 Disable MG (Graceful) . 131
5.19.3.1 Disable MG (Graceful) (at MGC) . 131
5.19.3.2 Disable MG (Graceful) (at MG) . 132
5.19.4 Disable MG (Immediate) . 132
5.19.4.1 Disable MG (Immediate) (at MGC) . 132
5.19.4.2 Disable MG (Immediate) (at MG) . 133
5.19.5 Disable MGC . 133
5.19.6 Enable Termination. 133
5.19.7 Disable Termination (Graceful) . 133
5.19.8 Disable Termination (Immediate) (at MG) . 133
5.19.9 MG Failure and Recovery . 134
5.19.10 MG Termination Failure and Recovery . 134
5.19.11 MGC Failure and Recovery . 135
5.19.12 User Plane Failure . 135
5.19.13 MGC-MG Control Association Failure and Recovery . 135
5.19.14 MG Overload . 138
5.19.15 MGC Overload . 139
5.19.16 MGC Hand-Off . 139
5.19.17 MGC Re-Direct . 139
5.19.18 MG Failover. 140
5.20 Session Independent Procedures (Command Level Details) . 140
5.20.1 MG Registration (Cold Boot) . 141
5.20.2 MG Restoration . 142
5.20.3 Packages Audit . 142
5.20.4 Context Audit. 143
5.20.5 MG Termination Available . 144
5.20.6 MG Termination Unavailable . 144
5.20.7 Audit Termination State . 145
5.20.8 Set ROOT Termination Events/Properties . 145
5.20.9 MGC Initiated Service Restoration . 146
5.20.10 Check MG Availability . 146
5.20.11 MG Service Cancellation (Graceful) . 147
5.20.12 MG Service Cancellation (Immediate) . 147
5.20.13 MGC Hand-Off . 148
5.20.14 MG Re-Registration (Hand-Off) . 149
5.20.15 MG Termination OOS Graceful . 149
5.20.16 MGC Overload Notification . 149
5.20.17 Registration Redirect . 150
5.20.18 User Plane Failure . 151
5.20.19 ROOT Event Notification . 152
5.20.20 MG Lost Communication (Disconnected) . 152
5.20.21 MG Lost Communication (Failover) . 153
5.20.22 MG Redundant Takeover (Primary) . 153
5.20.23 Void . 153
5.20.24 MG Re-Registration (Restart) . 154
5.20.25 Wildcarded Subtract . 154
5.20.26 MG Redundant Takeover (Secondary) . 155
5.20.27 MGC Initiated Service Cancellation . 155
5.20.28 Audit Service State . 155
5.20.29 Audit ROOT Properties . 155
Annex A (informative): Illustration of Gate/Pinhole Concept . 156
A.1 General . 156
A.2 Relationships between gates and H.248 Streams . 156
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Annex B (informative): Comparison between ES 283 018 V1.1.4 (Ia Profile Version 1) and
TS 102 333 (GCP) . 157
B.1 General . 157
B.2 Differences between TS 102 333 (GCP) and ES 283 018 V1.1.4 (Ia Profile Version 1) . 157
Annex C (informative): Comparison with Ia Profile Version 1 . 158
C.1 General . 158
C.2 Differences between ES 283 018 V1.1.4 (Ia Profile Version 1) and ES 283 018 V2.7.1 (Ia Profile
Version 2) . 158
Annex D (informative): Illustration of an IP processing model for an H.248 (IP, IP) Context . 160
D.1 Example model . 160
D.2 Aspects of filter interaction . 162
D.2.1 Interaction between address latching and address policing . 162
Annex E (informative): Guidelines for Ia-to-Gq' mapping . 164
E.1 Guidelines for Ia-to-Gq' mapping with regards to session-independent procedures . 164
E.1.1 Introduction . 164
E.1.2 Mapping guidelines . 164
E.1.2.1 Session-dependent procedures . 164
E.1.2.2 Session-independent procedures . 165
E.2 Guidelines for Ia-to-Gq' mapping with regards to bearer-specific events . 165
E.2.1 Introduction . 165
E.2.2 Mapping guidelines . 166
E.2.2.1 Guidelines for Specific Action AVPs . 166
E.2.2.2 Other AVPs . 166
Annex F (informative): Bibliography . 167
Annex G (informative): Change history . 168
History . 169
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1 Scope
The present document defines a profile of the Gateway Control Protocol (H.248.1) to be used for controlling Border
Gateway Functions (BGF), as defined in ES 282 003 [2].
2 References
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2.1 Normative references
The foll
...
ETSI Standard
Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and
Protocols for Advanced Networking (TISPAN);
Resource and Admission Control:
H.248 Profile for controlling
Border Gateway Functions (BGF) in the Resource and
Admission Control Subsystem (RACS);
Protocol specification
2 ETSI ES 283 018 V2.7.1 (2009-09)
Reference
RES/TISPAN-03176-NGN-R2
Keywords
H.248, interface
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 8
Foreword . 8
1 Scope . 9
2 References . 9
2.1 Normative references . 9
2.2 Informative references . 10
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 11
3.1 Definitions . 11
3.2 Abbreviations . 13
4 Applicability . 14
4.1 Architecture . 14
4.2 Border Gateway Guidelines . 14
5 Profile description . 15
5.1 Profile identification . 15
5.2 Summary . 15
5.3 Gateway Control Protocol Version . 15
5.4 Connection model. 16
5.5 Context attributes . 16
5.6 Terminations . 16
5.6.1 Termination names . 16
5.6.1.1 IP Termination . 16
5.6.1.1.1 Overview and prose specification . 16
5.6.1.1.2 Syntactical Specification . 19
5.6.2 Multiplexed terminations . 19
5.7 Descriptors . 19
5.7.1 TerminationState descriptor . 19
5.7.2 Stream descriptor . 20
5.7.2.1 LocalControl descriptor . 20
5.7.3 Events descriptor . 20
5.7.4 EventBuffer descriptor . 21
5.7.5 Signals descriptor . 21
5.7.6 DigitMap descriptor . 22
5.7.7 Statistics descriptor . 22
5.7.8 ObservedEvents descriptor . 22
5.7.9 Topology descriptor . 22
5.7.10 Error descriptor . 23
5.8 Command API . 23
5.8.1 Add . 24
5.8.2 Modify . 24
5.8.3 Subtract . 24
5.8.4 Move . 25
5.8.5 AuditValue . 25
5.8.6 AuditCapabilities . 25
5.8.7 Notify . 25
5.8.8 ServiceChange . 25
5.8.9 Manipulating and auditing context attributes . 26
5.9 Generic command syntax and encoding . 26
5.10 Transactions . 27
5.11 Messages . 27
5.12 Transport . 27
5.13 Security . 28
5.14 Packages . 28
5.14.1 Overview . 28
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5.14.2 Package usage information . 29
5.14.2.1 Generic (g) . 29
5.14.2.2 Base root (root) . 30
5.14.2.3 Network (nt) . 31
5.14.2.4 Differentiated Services (ds) . 32
5.14.2.5 Gate Management (gm) . 33
5.14.2.6 Traffic management (tman) . 34
5.14.2.7 IP NAPT Traversal (ipnapt) . 34
5.14.2.8 MPLS (mpls) . 35
5.14.2.9 VLAN (vlan) . 35
5.14.2.10 MGC Information (mgcinfo) . 36
5.14.2.11 Inactivity (it) . 36
5.14.2.12 Segmentation (seg) . 37
5.14.2.13 RTP (rtp) . 38
5.14.2.14 Application Data Inactivity Detection (adid) . 38
5.14.2.15 IP Domain Connection (ipdc) . 39
5.14.2.16 Media Gateway Overload Control (ocp) . 39
5.14.2.17 Hanging Termination Detection (hangterm) . 40
5.14.2.18 Statistic Conditional Reporting (scr) . 40
5.15 Mandatory support of SDP and annex C information elements . 41
5.16 Optional support of SDP and annex C information elements . 42
5.17 Overview of Procedures . 43
5.17.1 Overview of Session Dependent Procedures . 43
5.17.1.1 Gate control . 44
5.17.1.2 Allocation and translation of IP addresses, ports and versions (NAPT-PT) . 46
5.17.1.3 Support of Hosted NAT Traversal . 47
5.17.1.4 QoS marking . 47
5.17.1.4.1 Copying DSCP/ToS values from the ingress to egress . 47
5.17.1.4.2 Auditing the "Per-Hop Behaviour" . 47
5.17.1.5 Bandwidth control - Reservation, Allocation and Policing . 47
5.17.1.5.1 Admission Control. 48
5.17.1.5.2 Traffic Descriptor . 48
5.17.1.5.3 Bandwidth reservation and allocation . 48
5.17.1.5.4 Bandwidth policing . 49
5.17.1.5.5 Non-specification of tman properties . 49
5.17.1.6 Usage metering and statistics reporting. 49
5.17.1.6.1 Statistics for Media/Transport-agnostic IP packets . 49
5.17.1.6.2 Traffic Volume related Statistics . 49
5.17.1.7 RTCP Handling . 50
5.17.1.7.1 RTCP Transport Address Allocation . 50
5.17.1.7.2 RTP/RTCP to-H.248 Stream Mapping . 51
5.17.1.8 RTCP Forwarding . 51
5.17.1.8.1 Conditions for RTCP packet policing . 51
5.17.1.8.2 Forwarding of regular RTCP traffic . 51
5.17.1.8.3 Handling of RTCP XR/HR traffic . 51
5.17.1.9 Media Inactivity . 51
5.17.1.10 IP Realm/Domain Indication . 52
5.17.1.10.1 Codepoint and format/encoding . 52
5.17.1.10.2 Unsuccessful indication . 52
5.17.1.10.3 Fix assignment per termination lifetime . 52
5.17.1.10.4 Number of IP Realms/Domains . 52
5.17.1.11 Two-Stage BGF Resource Reservation . 53
5.17.1.12 Hanging Termination Detection . 53
5.17.1.13 Real Time Statistics Reporting . 53
5.17.1.14 Transcoding . 54
5.17.1.14.1 Media types and formats (Codecs) . 54
5.17.1.14.2 Decision for transcoding . 54
5.17.1.15 Void. 54
5.17.1.16 VPN identification . 54
5.17.1.16.1 VLAN marking . 54
5.17.2 Overview of Session Independent Procedures . 55
5.17.2.1 Introduction - Relation to TR 183 025 [i.2] . 55
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5.17.2.2 Session-independent procedures . 55
5.17.2.3 MG Overload Control: Rate limitation of H.248 Messages from MGC-to-MG . 55
5.18 Session Dependent Procedures (Command Level Details) . 55
5.18.1 Add Termination . 56
5.18.1.1 Add Termination - Remote Addr and Port Known, Select Local Addr and Port . 57
5.18.1.1.1 Conditions for Address Policing: SAF, SPF, SAM, SPR, SPRR . 59
5.18.1.1.2 Assigning IP Domain/Realm to Termination . 60
5.18.1.1.3 Add Termination - Remote Addr and Port Known, Select Local Addr and Port - Examples. 61
5.18.1.2 Add Termination - Select Local Addr and Port. 62
5.18.1.2.1 Add Termination - Select Local Addr and Port - Examples . 65
5.18.1.3 Add Termination - Remote Addr Known, Select Local Addr . 66
5.18.1.3.1 Add Termination - Remote Addr Known, Select Local Addr - Examples . 68
5.18.1.4 Add Termination - Select Local Addr . 69
5.18.1.4.1 Add Termination - Select Local Addr - Examples . 70
5.18.1.5 Add Termination - Remote Addr Known and Port Possibly Known, no Local Addr and Port . 71
5.18.1.5.1 Add Termination - Remote Addr Known and Port Possibly Known, no Local Addr and Port -
Examples . 72
5.18.2 Session Establishment Update . 72
5.18.2.1 Session Establishment Update - Remote Addr and Port Known . 73
5.18.2.1.1 Session Establishment Update - Remote Addr and Port Known - Examples . 75
5.18.2.2 Session Establishment Update - Remote Addr Known . 78
5.18.2.2.1 Session Establishment Update - Remote Addr Known - Examples . 79
5.18.2.3 Session Establishment Update - Through Connect . 80
5.18.2.3.1 Session Establishment Update - Through Connect - Examples . 82
5.18.2.4 Session Establishment Update - Select Local Port . 83
5.18.2.4.1 Session Establishment Update - Select Local Port - Examples . 86
5.18.2.5 Session Establishment Update - Bandwidth Change . 87
5.18.2.5.1 Session Establishment Update - Bandwidth Change - Examples . 89
5.18.2.6 Session Establishment Update - Delete Stream. 89
5.18.2.6.1 Session Establishment Update - Delete Stream - Examples . 92
5.18.3 Mid-Session Update . 92
5.18.3.1 Mid-Session Update - Bandwidth Change . 92
5.18.3.1.1 Mid-Session Update - Bandwidth Change - Examples. 95
5.18.3.2 Mid-Session Update - Media Change . 96
5.18.3.2.1 Mid-Session Update - Media Change - Examples . 98
5.18.3.3 Mid-Session Update - Remote Addr/Port Change . 99
5.18.3.3.1 Mid-Session Update - Remote Addr/Port Change - Examples . 102
5.18.3.4 Mid-Session Update - Add Stream, Remote Addr and Port Known . 103
5.18.3.4.1 Mid-Session Update - Add Stream, Remote Addr and Port Known - Examples. 106
5.18.3.5 Mid-Session Update - Add Stream . 107
5.18.3.5.1 Mid-Session Update - Add Stream - Examples . 110
5.18.3.6 Mid-Session Update - Delete Stream . 111
5.18.3.6.1 Mid-Session Update - Delete Stream - Examples . 112
5.18.3.7 Mid-Session Update - Add Stream, Remote Addr Known and Port Possibly Known, no Local
Addr and Port . 115
5.18.3.7.1 Mid-Session Update - Add Add Stream, Remote Addr Known and Port Possibly Known, no
Local Addr and Port - Examples . 116
5.18.4 Auditing . 117
5.18.4.1 Mid-Session Statistics Audit . 117
5.18.4.1.1 Mid-Session Statistics Audit - Example . 118
5.18.4.2 Mid-Session MGC Info Audit . 119
5.18.4.2.1 Mid-Session MGC Info Audit - Example . 120
5.18.5 Notification of MG Events . 120
5.18.5.1 Notification of IP Media Stop . 120
5.18.5.2 Notification of Hanging Termination . 121
5.18.5.3 Notification of Statistic Conditional Reporting . 122
5.18.6 Delete Session/Termination . 123
5.18.6.1 Delete Session/Termination . 123
5.18.6.1.1 Delete Session/Termination - Examples . 124
5.18.6.2 Delete Session/Termination - Wildcarded Reply . 127
5.18.6.2.1 Delete Session - Wildcarded Reply - Examples . 127
5.19 Non-Session Related Use Cases . 127
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5.19.1 Enable MG . 128
5.19.1.1 Enable MG (at MGC). 128
5.19.1.2 Enable MG (at MG) . 128
5.19.1.2.1 Enable MG (at MG): Cold Boot . 129
5.19.1.2.2 Enable MG (at MG): Warm Boot . 130
5.19.2 Enable MGC . 131
5.19.3 Disable MG (Graceful) . 131
5.19.3.1 Disable MG (Graceful) (at MGC) . 131
5.19.3.2 Disable MG (Graceful) (at MG) . 132
5.19.4 Disable MG (Immediate) . 132
5.19.4.1 Disable MG (Immediate) (at MGC) . 132
5.19.4.2 Disable MG (Immediate) (at MG) . 133
5.19.5 Disable MGC . 133
5.19.6 Enable Termination. 133
5.19.7 Disable Termination (Graceful) . 133
5.19.8 Disable Termination (Immediate) (at MG) . 133
5.19.9 MG Failure and Recovery . 134
5.19.10 MG Termination Failure and Recovery . 134
5.19.11 MGC Failure and Recovery . 135
5.19.12 User Plane Failure . 135
5.19.13 MGC-MG Control Association Failure and Recovery . 135
5.19.14 MG Overload . 138
5.19.15 MGC Overload . 139
5.19.16 MGC Hand-Off . 139
5.19.17 MGC Re-Direct . 139
5.19.18 MG Failover. 140
5.20 Session Independent Procedures (Command Level Details) . 140
5.20.1 MG Registration (Cold Boot) . 141
5.20.2 MG Restoration . 142
5.20.3 Packages Audit . 142
5.20.4 Context Audit. 143
5.20.5 MG Termination Available . 144
5.20.6 MG Termination Unavailable . 144
5.20.7 Audit Termination State . 145
5.20.8 Set ROOT Termination Events/Properties . 145
5.20.9 MGC Initiated Service Restoration . 146
5.20.10 Check MG Availability . 146
5.20.11 MG Service Cancellation (Graceful) . 147
5.20.12 MG Service Cancellation (Immediate) . 147
5.20.13 MGC Hand-Off . 148
5.20.14 MG Re-Registration (Hand-Off) . 149
5.20.15 MG Termination OOS Graceful . 149
5.20.16 MGC Overload Notification . 149
5.20.17 Registration Redirect . 150
5.20.18 User Plane Failure . 151
5.20.19 ROOT Event Notification . 152
5.20.20 MG Lost Communication (Disconnected) . 152
5.20.21 MG Lost Communication (Failover) . 153
5.20.22 MG Redundant Takeover (Primary) . 153
5.20.23 Void . 153
5.20.24 MG Re-Registration (Restart) . 154
5.20.25 Wildcarded Subtract . 154
5.20.26 MG Redundant Takeover (Secondary) . 155
5.20.27 MGC Initiated Service Cancellation . 155
5.20.28 Audit Service State . 155
5.20.29 Audit ROOT Properties . 155
Annex A (informative): Illustration of Gate/Pinhole Concept . 156
A.1 General . 156
A.2 Relationships between gates and H.248 Streams . 156
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Annex B (informative): Comparison between ES 283 018 V1.1.4 (Ia Profile Version 1) and
TS 102 333 (GCP) . 157
B.1 General . 157
B.2 Differences between TS 102 333 (GCP) and ES 283 018 V1.1.4 (Ia Profile Version 1) . 157
Annex C (informative): Comparison with Ia Profile Version 1 . 158
C.1 General . 158
C.2 Differences between ES 283 018 V1.1.4 (Ia Profile Version 1) and ES 283 018 V2.7.1 (Ia Profile
Version 2) . 158
Annex D (informative): Illustration of an IP processing model for an H.248 (IP, IP) Context . 160
D.1 Example model . 160
D.2 Aspects of filter interaction . 162
D.2.1 Interaction between address latching and address policing . 162
Annex E (informative): Guidelines for Ia-to-Gq' mapping . 164
E.1 Guidelines for Ia-to-Gq' mapping with regards to session-independent procedures . 164
E.1.1 Introduction . 164
E.1.2 Mapping guidelines . 164
E.1.2.1 Session-dependent procedures . 164
E.1.2.2 Session-independent procedures . 165
E.2 Guidelines for Ia-to-Gq' mapping with regards to bearer-specific events . 165
E.2.1 Introduction . 165
E.2.2 Mapping guidelines . 166
E.2.2.1 Guidelines for Specific Action AVPs . 166
E.2.2.2 Other AVPs . 166
Annex F (informative): Bibliography . 167
Annex G (informative): Change history . 168
History . 169
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Foreword
This ETSI Standard (ES) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Telecommunications and Internet
converged Services and Protocols for Advanced Networking (TISPAN).
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1 Scope
The present document defines a profile of the Gateway Control Protocol (H.248.1) to be used for controlling Border
Gateway Functions (BGF), as defined in ES 282 003 [2].
2 References
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific.
• For a specific reference, subsequent revisions do not apply.
• Non-specific reference may be made only to a complete document or a part thereof and only in the following
cases:
- if it is accepted that it will be possible to use all future changes of the referenced document for the
purposes of the referring document;
- for informative references.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found at
http://docbox.etsi.org/Reference.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
2.1 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of the present document. For dated
references, only the edition cited applies. For non-specific references, the
...
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-november-2009
Zlite telekomunikacijske in internetne storitve ter protokoli za napredno omreženje
(TISPAN) - Krmiljenje vira in pristopa: profil H.248 za krmiljenje funkcij mejnega
prehoda (BGF) v podsistemu za krmiljenje vira in pristopa (RACS) - Specifikacija
protokola
Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for Advanced
Networking (TISPAN) - Resource and Admission Control: H.248 Profile for controlling
Border Gateway Functions (BGF) in the Resource and Admission Control Subsystem
(RACS) - Protocol specification
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ES 283 018 Version 2.7.1
ICS:
33.040.01 Telekomunikacijski sistemi Telecommunication systems
na splošno in general
33.080 Digitalno omrežje z Integrated Services Digital
integriranimi storitvami Network (ISDN)
(ISDN)
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
ETSI Standard
Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and
Protocols for Advanced Networking (TISPAN);
Resource and Admission Control:
H.248 Profile for controlling
Border Gateway Functions (BGF) in the Resource and
Admission Control Subsystem (RACS);
Protocol specification
2 ETSI ES 283 018 V2.7.1 (2009-09)
Reference
RES/TISPAN-03176-NGN-R2
Keywords
H.248, interface
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 8
Foreword . 8
1 Scope . 9
2 References . 9
2.1 Normative references . 9
2.2 Informative references . 10
3 Definitions and abbreviations . 11
3.1 Definitions . 11
3.2 Abbreviations . 13
4 Applicability . 14
4.1 Architecture . 14
4.2 Border Gateway Guidelines . 14
5 Profile description . 15
5.1 Profile identification . 15
5.2 Summary . 15
5.3 Gateway Control Protocol Version . 15
5.4 Connection model. 16
5.5 Context attributes . 16
5.6 Terminations . 16
5.6.1 Termination names . 16
5.6.1.1 IP Termination . 16
5.6.1.1.1 Overview and prose specification . 16
5.6.1.1.2 Syntactical Specification . 19
5.6.2 Multiplexed terminations . 19
5.7 Descriptors . 19
5.7.1 TerminationState descriptor . 19
5.7.2 Stream descriptor . 20
5.7.2.1 LocalControl descriptor . 20
5.7.3 Events descriptor . 20
5.7.4 EventBuffer descriptor . 21
5.7.5 Signals descriptor . 21
5.7.6 DigitMap descriptor . 22
5.7.7 Statistics descriptor . 22
5.7.8 ObservedEvents descriptor . 22
5.7.9 Topology descriptor . 22
5.7.10 Error descriptor . 23
5.8 Command API . 23
5.8.1 Add . 24
5.8.2 Modify . 24
5.8.3 Subtract . 24
5.8.4 Move . 25
5.8.5 AuditValue . 25
5.8.6 AuditCapabilities . 25
5.8.7 Notify . 25
5.8.8 ServiceChange . 25
5.8.9 Manipulating and auditing context attributes . 26
5.9 Generic command syntax and encoding . 26
5.10 Transactions . 27
5.11 Messages . 27
5.12 Transport . 27
5.13 Security . 28
5.14 Packages . 28
5.14.1 Overview . 28
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5.14.2 Package usage information . 29
5.14.2.1 Generic (g) . 29
5.14.2.2 Base root (root) . 30
5.14.2.3 Network (nt) . 31
5.14.2.4 Differentiated Services (ds) . 32
5.14.2.5 Gate Management (gm) . 33
5.14.2.6 Traffic management (tman) . 34
5.14.2.7 IP NAPT Traversal (ipnapt) . 34
5.14.2.8 MPLS (mpls) . 35
5.14.2.9 VLAN (vlan) . 35
5.14.2.10 MGC Information (mgcinfo) . 36
5.14.2.11 Inactivity (it) . 36
5.14.2.12 Segmentation (seg) . 37
5.14.2.13 RTP (rtp) . 38
5.14.2.14 Application Data Inactivity Detection (adid) . 38
5.14.2.15 IP Domain Connection (ipdc) . 39
5.14.2.16 Media Gateway Overload Control (ocp) . 39
5.14.2.17 Hanging Termination Detection (hangterm) . 40
5.14.2.18 Statistic Conditional Reporting (scr) . 40
5.15 Mandatory support of SDP and annex C information elements . 41
5.16 Optional support of SDP and annex C information elements . 42
5.17 Overview of Procedures . 43
5.17.1 Overview of Session Dependent Procedures . 43
5.17.1.1 Gate control . 44
5.17.1.2 Allocation and translation of IP addresses, ports and versions (NAPT-PT) . 46
5.17.1.3 Support of Hosted NAT Traversal . 47
5.17.1.4 QoS marking . 47
5.17.1.4.1 Copying DSCP/ToS values from the ingress to egress . 47
5.17.1.4.2 Auditing the "Per-Hop Behaviour" . 47
5.17.1.5 Bandwidth control - Reservation, Allocation and Policing . 47
5.17.1.5.1 Admission Control. 48
5.17.1.5.2 Traffic Descriptor . 48
5.17.1.5.3 Bandwidth reservation and allocation . 48
5.17.1.5.4 Bandwidth policing . 49
5.17.1.5.5 Non-specification of tman properties . 49
5.17.1.6 Usage metering and statistics reporting. 49
5.17.1.6.1 Statistics for Media/Transport-agnostic IP packets . 49
5.17.1.6.2 Traffic Volume related Statistics . 49
5.17.1.7 RTCP Handling . 50
5.17.1.7.1 RTCP Transport Address Allocation . 50
5.17.1.7.2 RTP/RTCP to-H.248 Stream Mapping . 51
5.17.1.8 RTCP Forwarding . 51
5.17.1.8.1 Conditions for RTCP packet policing . 51
5.17.1.8.2 Forwarding of regular RTCP traffic . 51
5.17.1.8.3 Handling of RTCP XR/HR traffic . 51
5.17.1.9 Media Inactivity . 51
5.17.1.10 IP Realm/Domain Indication . 52
5.17.1.10.1 Codepoint and format/encoding . 52
5.17.1.10.2 Unsuccessful indication . 52
5.17.1.10.3 Fix assignment per termination lifetime . 52
5.17.1.10.4 Number of IP Realms/Domains . 52
5.17.1.11 Two-Stage BGF Resource Reservation . 53
5.17.1.12 Hanging Termination Detection . 53
5.17.1.13 Real Time Statistics Reporting . 53
5.17.1.14 Transcoding . 54
5.17.1.14.1 Media types and formats (Codecs) . 54
5.17.1.14.2 Decision for transcoding . 54
5.17.1.15 Void. 54
5.17.1.16 VPN identification . 54
5.17.1.16.1 VLAN marking . 54
5.17.2 Overview of Session Independent Procedures . 55
5.17.2.1 Introduction - Relation to TR 183 025 [i.2] . 55
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5.17.2.2 Session-independent procedures . 55
5.17.2.3 MG Overload Control: Rate limitation of H.248 Messages from MGC-to-MG . 55
5.18 Session Dependent Procedures (Command Level Details) . 55
5.18.1 Add Termination . 56
5.18.1.1 Add Termination - Remote Addr and Port Known, Select Local Addr and Port . 57
5.18.1.1.1 Conditions for Address Policing: SAF, SPF, SAM, SPR, SPRR . 59
5.18.1.1.2 Assigning IP Domain/Realm to Termination . 60
5.18.1.1.3 Add Termination - Remote Addr and Port Known, Select Local Addr and Port - Examples. 61
5.18.1.2 Add Termination - Select Local Addr and Port. 62
5.18.1.2.1 Add Termination - Select Local Addr and Port - Examples . 65
5.18.1.3 Add Termination - Remote Addr Known, Select Local Addr . 66
5.18.1.3.1 Add Termination - Remote Addr Known, Select Local Addr - Examples . 68
5.18.1.4 Add Termination - Select Local Addr . 69
5.18.1.4.1 Add Termination - Select Local Addr - Examples . 70
5.18.1.5 Add Termination - Remote Addr Known and Port Possibly Known, no Local Addr and Port . 71
5.18.1.5.1 Add Termination - Remote Addr Known and Port Possibly Known, no Local Addr and Port -
Examples . 72
5.18.2 Session Establishment Update . 72
5.18.2.1 Session Establishment Update - Remote Addr and Port Known . 73
5.18.2.1.1 Session Establishment Update - Remote Addr and Port Known - Examples . 75
5.18.2.2 Session Establishment Update - Remote Addr Known . 78
5.18.2.2.1 Session Establishment Update - Remote Addr Known - Examples . 79
5.18.2.3 Session Establishment Update - Through Connect . 80
5.18.2.3.1 Session Establishment Update - Through Connect - Examples . 82
5.18.2.4 Session Establishment Update - Select Local Port . 83
5.18.2.4.1 Session Establishment Update - Select Local Port - Examples . 86
5.18.2.5 Session Establishment Update - Bandwidth Change . 87
5.18.2.5.1 Session Establishment Update - Bandwidth Change - Examples . 89
5.18.2.6 Session Establishment Update - Delete Stream. 89
5.18.2.6.1 Session Establishment Update - Delete Stream - Examples . 92
5.18.3 Mid-Session Update . 92
5.18.3.1 Mid-Session Update - Bandwidth Change . 92
5.18.3.1.1 Mid-Session Update - Bandwidth Change - Examples. 95
5.18.3.2 Mid-Session Update - Media Change . 96
5.18.3.2.1 Mid-Session Update - Media Change - Examples . 98
5.18.3.3 Mid-Session Update - Remote Addr/Port Change . 99
5.18.3.3.1 Mid-Session Update - Remote Addr/Port Change - Examples . 102
5.18.3.4 Mid-Session Update - Add Stream, Remote Addr and Port Known . 103
5.18.3.4.1 Mid-Session Update - Add Stream, Remote Addr and Port Known - Examples. 106
5.18.3.5 Mid-Session Update - Add Stream . 107
5.18.3.5.1 Mid-Session Update - Add Stream - Examples . 110
5.18.3.6 Mid-Session Update - Delete Stream . 111
5.18.3.6.1 Mid-Session Update - Delete Stream - Examples . 112
5.18.3.7 Mid-Session Update - Add Stream, Remote Addr Known and Port Possibly Known, no Local
Addr and Port . 115
5.18.3.7.1 Mid-Session Update - Add Add Stream, Remote Addr Known and Port Possibly Known, no
Local Addr and Port - Examples . 116
5.18.4 Auditing . 117
5.18.4.1 Mid-Session Statistics Audit . 117
5.18.4.1.1 Mid-Session Statistics Audit - Example . 118
5.18.4.2 Mid-Session MGC Info Audit . 119
5.18.4.2.1 Mid-Session MGC Info Audit - Example . 120
5.18.5 Notification of MG Events . 120
5.18.5.1 Notification of IP Media Stop . 120
5.18.5.2 Notification of Hanging Termination . 121
5.18.5.3 Notification of Statistic Conditional Reporting . 122
5.18.6 Delete Session/Termination . 123
5.18.6.1 Delete Session/Termination . 123
5.18.6.1.1 Delete Session/Termination - Examples . 124
5.18.6.2 Delete Session/Termination - Wildcarded Reply . 127
5.18.6.2.1 Delete Session - Wildcarded Reply - Examples . 127
5.19 Non-Session Related Use Cases . 127
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5.19.1 Enable MG . 128
5.19.1.1 Enable MG (at MGC). 128
5.19.1.2 Enable MG (at MG) . 128
5.19.1.2.1 Enable MG (at MG): Cold Boot . 129
5.19.1.2.2 Enable MG (at MG): Warm Boot . 130
5.19.2 Enable MGC . 131
5.19.3 Disable MG (Graceful) . 131
5.19.3.1 Disable MG (Graceful) (at MGC) . 131
5.19.3.2 Disable MG (Graceful) (at MG) . 132
5.19.4 Disable MG (Immediate) . 132
5.19.4.1 Disable MG (Immediate) (at MGC) . 132
5.19.4.2 Disable MG (Immediate) (at MG) . 133
5.19.5 Disable MGC . 133
5.19.6 Enable Termination. 133
5.19.7 Disable Termination (Graceful) . 133
5.19.8 Disable Termination (Immediate) (at MG) . 133
5.19.9 MG Failure and Recovery . 134
5.19.10 MG Termination Failure and Recovery . 134
5.19.11 MGC Failure and Recovery . 135
5.19.12 User Plane Failure . 135
5.19.13 MGC-MG Control Association Failure and Recovery . 135
5.19.14 MG Overload . 138
5.19.15 MGC Overload . 139
5.19.16 MGC Hand-Off . 139
5.19.17 MGC Re-Direct . 139
5.19.18 MG Failover. 140
5.20 Session Independent Procedures (Command Level Details) . 140
5.20.1 MG Registration (Cold Boot) . 141
5.20.2 MG Restoration . 142
5.20.3 Packages Audit . 142
5.20.4 Context Audit. 143
5.20.5 MG Termination Available . 144
5.20.6 MG Termination Unavailable . 144
5.20.7 Audit Termination State . 145
5.20.8 Set ROOT Termination Events/Properties . 145
5.20.9 MGC Initiated Service Restoration . 146
5.20.10 Check MG Availability . 146
5.20.11 MG Service Cancellation (Graceful) . 147
5.20.12 MG Service Cancellation (Immediate) . 147
5.20.13 MGC Hand-Off . 148
5.20.14 MG Re-Registration (Hand-Off) . 149
5.20.15 MG Termination OOS Graceful . 149
5.20.16 MGC Overload Notification . 149
5.20.17 Registration Redirect . 150
5.20.18 User Plane Failure . 151
5.20.19 ROOT Event Notification . 152
5.20.20 MG Lost Communication (Disconnected) . 152
5.20.21 MG Lost Communication (Failover) . 153
5.20.22 MG Redundant Takeover (Primary) . 153
5.20.23 Void . 153
5.20.24 MG Re-Registration (Restart) . 154
5.20.25 Wildcarded Subtract . 154
5.20.26 MG Redundant Takeover (Secondary) . 155
5.20.27 MGC Initiated Service Cancellation . 155
5.20.28 Audit Service State . 155
5.20.29 Audit ROOT Properties . 155
Annex A (informative): Illustration of Gate/Pinhole Concept . 156
A.1 General . 156
A.2 Relationships between gates and H.248 Streams . 156
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Annex B (informative): Comparison between ES 283 018 V1.1.4 (Ia Profile Version 1) and
TS 102 333 (GCP) . 157
B.1 General . 157
B.2 Differences between TS 102 333 (GCP) and ES 283 018 V1.1.4 (Ia Profile Version 1) . 157
Annex C (informative): Comparison with Ia Profile Version 1 . 158
C.1 General . 158
C.2 Differences between ES 283 018 V1.1.4 (Ia Profile Version 1) and ES 283 018 V2.7.1 (Ia Profile
Version 2) . 158
Annex D (informative): Illustration of an IP processing model for an H.248 (IP, IP) Context . 160
D.1 Example model . 160
D.2 Aspects of filter interaction . 162
D.2.1 Interaction between address latching and address policing . 162
Annex E (informative): Guidelines for Ia-to-Gq' mapping . 164
E.1 Guidelines for Ia-to-Gq' mapping with regards to session-independent procedures . 164
E.1.1 Introduction . 164
E.1.2 Mapping guidelines . 164
E.1.2.1 Session-dependent procedures . 164
E.1.2.2 Session-independent procedures . 165
E.2 Guidelines for Ia-to-Gq' mapping with regards to bearer-specific events . 165
E.2.1 Introduction . 165
E.2.2 Mapping guidelines . 166
E.2.2.1 Guidelines for Specific Action AVPs . 166
E.2.2.2 Other AVPs . 166
Annex F (informative): Bibliography . 167
Annex G (informative): Change history . 168
History . 169
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