The present document provides the stage 3 specification of the Rq interface. The functional requirements and the stage 2 specifications of the Rq interface are contained in ES 282 001 [1] and ES 282 003 [2]. The Rq interface is the interface between the Service Policy Decision Function (SPDF) and the Access - Resource and Admission Control Function (A-RACF) and is used for QoS resource reservation information exchange between the SPDF and the A-RACF. Via the Rq interface the SPDF issues requests for resources in the access network, indicating IP QoS characteristics. The A-RACF uses the IP QoS information to perform admission control and indicate to the SPDF via the Rq interface its admission control decisions. Due to the possible business roles in an access environment, the SPDF may be either in the same domain or in a different domain as the A-RACF.
The present document defines:
• The information to be exchanged between SPDF and A-RACF over the Rq interface.
• An Rq interface definition based on the Diameter protocol.
In situations where no generic overload control mechanism is used on the Rq interface, the interface shall only be capable of supporting a one-to-one relationship between the A-RACF and SPDF (i.e. one SPDF may only contact one A-RACF, and that A-RACF may only contact that same SPDF). Overload control need not be supported in this situation due to the fact that it should be possible to traffic engineer the capabilities of the two entities, so that the capacity of one entity matches the capacity of the other.

Zlite telekomunikacijske in internetne storitve ter protokoli za napredno omreženje (TISPAN) - Krmiljenje vira in pristopa - Protokol za izmenjavo informacij o rezervaciji QoS med funkcijo odločanja o storitveni politiki (SPDF) ter funkcijo krmiljenja dostopovnega vira in pristopa (A-RACF) pri specifikaciji vira in protokola

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Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for Advanced

Networking (TISPAN) - Resource and Admission Control - Protocol for QoS reservation

information exchange between the Service Policy Decision Function (SPDF) and the
Access-Resource and Admission Control Function (A-RACF) in the Resource and
Protocol specification
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ES 283 026 Version 2.4.1
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)
SIST ES 283 026 V2.4.1:2009 en

2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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ETSI ES 283 026 V2.4.1 (2008-11)
ETSI Standard
Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and
Protocols for Advanced Networking (TISPAN);
Resource and Admission Control;
Protocol for QoS reservation information exchange between
the Service Policy Decision Function (SPDF) and the
Access-Resource and Admission Control Function (A-RACF)
in the Resource and Protocol specification
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Reference
RES/TISPAN-03130-NGN-R2
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Contents

Intellectual Property Rights ................................................................................................................................ 5

Foreword ............................................................................................................................................................. 5

1 Scope ........................................................................................................................................................ 6

2 References ................................................................................................................................................ 6

2.1 Normative references ......................................................................................................................................... 6

2.2 Informative references ........................................................................................................................................ 7

3 Definitions and abbreviations ................................................................................................................... 7

3.1 Definitions .......................................................................................................................................................... 7

3.2 Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................................................... 8

4 Rq interface .............................................................................................................................................. 8

4.1 Overview ............................................................................................................................................................ 8

4.2 Rq reference model ............................................................................................................................................ 9

4.3 Functional elements and capabilities .................................................................................................................. 9

4.3.1 Service Policy Decision Function (SPDF) .................................................................................................... 9

4.3.2 Access-Resource Admission Control Function (A-RACF) .......................................................................... 9

5 Resource control procedures .................................................................................................................... 9

5.1 Procedures at the SPDF .................................................................................................................................... 11

5.1.1 Initial Reservation for a Session ................................................................................................................. 11

5.1.2 Session Modification .................................................................................................................................. 12

5.1.3 Session Termination ................................................................................................................................... 13

5.1.4 Event notification ........................................................................................................................................ 13

5.2 Procedures at the A-RACF ............................................................................................................................... 14

5.2.1 Initial Reservation for a Session ................................................................................................................. 14

5.2.2 Session Modification .................................................................................................................................. 16

5.2.3 Session Termination ................................................................................................................................... 16

5.2.4 Event Notification ....................................................................................................................................... 17

6 Rq protocol ............................................................................................................................................. 17

6.1 Protocol support ............................................................................................................................................... 17

6.1.1 Advertising Application Support ................................................................................................................ 17

6.1.2 Transport protocol ...................................................................................................................................... 17

6.1.3 Securing Rq messages ................................................................................................................................ 18

6.2 Rq messages ..................................................................................................................................................... 18

6.2.1 AA-Request (AAR) Command ................................................................................................................... 18

6.2.2 AA-Answer (AAA) Command ................................................................................................................... 18

6.2.3 Re-Auth-Request (RAR) Command ........................................................................................................... 19

6.2.4 Re-Auth-Answer (RAA) Command ........................................................................................................... 19

6.2.5 Session-Termination-Request (STR) Command ......................................................................................... 19

6.2.6 Session-Termination-Answer (STA) Command ......................................................................................... 20

6.2.7 Abort-Session-Request (ASR) Command .................................................................................................. 20

6.2.8 Abort-Session-Answer (ASA) Command ................................................................................................... 20

6.3 Experimental-Result-Code AVP values ........................................................................................................... 21

6.3.1 Experimental-Result-Code AVP values imported from TS 129 209 .......................................................... 21

6.3.2 Experimental-Result-Code AVP values defined in the present document .................................................. 21

6.4 AVPs ................................................................................................................................................................ 22

6.4.1 AVPs defined in the present document ....................................................................................................... 22

6.4.2 AVPs imported from TS 129 209 ............................................................................................................... 22

6.4.3 AVPs imported from TS 183 017 ............................................................................................................... 23

6.4.4 AVPs imported from ES 283 034 ............................................................................................................... 23

6.4.5 Abort-Cause AVP ....................................................................................................................................... 23

6.4.6 AF-Application-Identifier AVP .................................................................................................................. 24

6.4.7 Flow-Description AVP ............................................................................................................................... 24

6.4.8 Flow-Grouping AVP................................................................................................................................... 24

6.4.9 Flow-Number AVP ..................................................................................................................................... 25

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6.4.10 Flows AVP.................................................................................................................................................. 25

6.4.11 Flow-Status AVP ........................................................................................................................................ 25

6.4.12 Flow-Usage AVP ........................................................................................................................................ 25

6.4.13 Specific-Action AVP .................................................................................................................................. 26

6.4.14 Max-Requested-Bandwidth-DL AVP ......................................................................................................... 26

6.4.15 Max-Requested-Bandwidth-UL AVP ......................................................................................................... 26

6.4.16 Media-Component-Description AVP ......................................................................................................... 26

6.4.17 Media-Component-Number AVP ............................................................................................................... 27

6.4.18 Media-Sub-Component AVP ...................................................................................................................... 27

6.4.19 Media-Type AVP ........................................................................................................................................ 27

6.4.20 Reservation-Class AVP .............................................................................................................................. 28

6.4.21 Globally-Unique-Address AVP .................................................................................................................. 28

6.4.22 Address-Realm AVP................................................................................................................................... 28

6.4.23 Reservation-Priority AVP ........................................................................................................................... 28

6.4.24 Session-Bundle-Id AVP .............................................................................................................................. 28

6.4.25 AF-Charging-Identifier AVP ...................................................................................................................... 29

6.4.26 Service-Class AVP ..................................................................................................................................... 29

6.4.27 Transport-Class AVP .................................................................................................................................. 29

6.4.28 Overbooking-indicator AVP ....................................................................................................................... 29

6.4.29 Authorization-Package-Id AVP .................................................................................................................. 29

6.4.30 Media-Authorization-Context-Id AVP ....................................................................................................... 29

Annex A (informative): Resource reservation flow states maintained by A-RACF ......................... 30

Annex B (informative): Change history ............................................................................................... 32

History .............................................................................................................................................................. 33

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Intellectual Property Rights

IPRs essential or potentially essential to the present document may have been declared to ETSI. The information

pertaining to these essential IPRs, if any, is publicly available for ETSI members and non-members, and can be found

in ETSI SR 000 314: "Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs); Essential, or potentially Essential, IPRs notified to ETSI in

respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the ETSI Web

server (http://webapp.etsi.org/IPR/home.asp).

Pursuant to the ETSI IPR Policy, no investigation, including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee

can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not referenced in ETSI SR 000 314 (or the updates on the ETSI Web

server) which are, or may be, or may become, essential to the present document.
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 provides the stage 3 specification of the Rq interface. The functional requirements and the

stage 2 specifications of the Rq interface are contained in ES 282 001 [1] and ES 282 003 [2]. The Rq interface is the

interface between the Service Policy Decision Function (SPDF) and the Access - Resource and Admission Control

Function (A-RACF) and is used for QoS resource reservation information exchange between the SPDF and the

A-RACF. Via the Rq interface the SPDF issues requests for resources in the access network, indicating IP QoS

characteristics. The A-RACF uses the IP QoS information to perform admission control and indicate to the SPDF via

the Rq interface its admission control decisions. Due to the possible business roles in an access environment, the SPDF

may be either in the same domain or in a different domain as the A-RACF.
The present document defines:
• The information to be exchanged between SPDF and A-RACF over the Rq interface.
• An Rq interface definition based on the Diameter protocol.

In situations where no generic overload control mechanism is used on the Rq interface, the interface shall only be

capable of supporting a one-to-one relationship between the A-RACF and SPDF (i.e. one SPDF may only contact one

A-RACF, and that A-RACF may only contact that same SPDF). Overload control need not be supported in this

situation due to the fact that it should be possible to traffic engineer the capabilities of the two entities, so that the

capacity of one entity matches the capacity of the other.
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.

For online referenced documents, information sufficient to identify and locate the source shall be provided. Preferably,

the primary source of the referenced document should be cited, in order to ensure traceability. Furthermore, the

reference should, as far as possible, remain valid for the expected life of the document. The reference shall include the

method of access to the referenced document and the full network address, with the same punctuation and use of upper

case and lower case letters.

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 latest edition of the referenced document

(including any amendments) applies.

[1] ETSI ES 282 001: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for

Advanced Networking (TISPAN); NGN Functional Architecture Release 2".
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[2] ETSI ES 282 003: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for

Advanced Networking (TISPAN); Resource and Admission Control Sub-system (RACS);
Functional Architecture; Release 2".

[3] ETSI ES 282 004: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for

Advanced Networking (TISPAN); NGN Functional Architecture; Network Attachment
Sub-System (NASS); Release 2".

[4] ETSI ES 283 034: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for

Advanced Networks (TISPAN); Network Attachment Sub-System (NASS); e4 interface based on

the DIAMETER protocol; Release 2".

[5] ETSI TS 183 017: "Telecommunications and Internet converged Services and Protocols for

Advanced Networking (TISPAN);Resource and Admission Control: DIAMETER protocol for

session based policy set-up information exchange between the Application Function (AF) and the

Service Policy Decision Function (SPDF); Protocol specification; Release 2".

[6] ETSI TS 129 207: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Universal Mobile

Telecommunications System (UMTS); Policy control over Go interface (3GPP TS 29.207)".

[7] ETSI TS 129 209: "Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS); Policy control over

Gq interface (3GPP TS 29.209)".

[8] ETSI TS 133 210: "Digital cellular telecommunications system (Phase 2+); Universal Mobile

Telecommunications System (UMTS); 3G security; Network Domain Security (NDS); IP network

layer security (3GPP TS 33.210)".
[9] IETF RFC 2960: "Stream Control Transmission Protocol".
[10] IETF RCF 3309: "SCTP Checksum Change".
[11] IETF RFC 3588: "Diameter Base Protocol".
[12] IETF RFC 4005: "Diameter Network Access Server Application".
2.2 Informative references

The following referenced documents are not essential to the use of the present document but they assist the user with

regard to a particular subject area. For non-specific references, the latest version of the referenced document (including

any amendments) applies.
Not applicable.
3 Definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Definitions

For the purposes of the present document, the following terms and definitions apply:

Attribute-Value Pair (AVP): See RFC 3588 [11], corresponds to an Information Element in a Diameter message.

hard-state reservation: type of reservation whereby the requested resources are reserved without time limit

NOTE: Hard-state reservations are terminated if the DIAMETER session is terminated.

soft-state reservation: type of reservation whereby the requested resources are reserved for a finite amount of time,

soft-state reservations are terminated when the DIAMETER session is terminated
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3.2 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
AAA AA-Answer
AAR AA-Request
AF Application Function
A-RACF Access-Resource and Admission Control Function
ASA Abort-Session-Answer
ASP Application Service Provider
ASR Abort-Session-Request
ATM VC Asynchronous Transfer Mode Virtual Circuit
AVP Attribute-Value Pair
BGF Border Gateway Function
IANA Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
IP Internete Protocol
IP-CAN IP-Connectivity Access Network
NASREQ Network Access Server REQuirements
RAA Re-Auth-Answer
RACF Resource and Admission Control Function
RACS Resource and Admission Control Subsystem
RAR Re-Auth-Request
RCEF Residual Code Excited Field
RTCP Real-time Trasnport Control Protocol
RTP Real-time Transport Protocol
SDI Session Description Information
SPDF Service-based Policy Decision Function
STA Session-Termination-Answer
STR Session-Termination-Request
UDP User Datagram Protocol
xDSL x Digital Subscriber Line
4 Rq interface
4.1 Overview

In the following, the Rq interface is described in detail concerning what type of information that needs to be transported

between the SPDF and the A-RACF. The functional requirements and the stage 2 specifications of the Rq interface are

contained in ES 282 001 [1] and ES 282 003 [2]. Due to the possible business roles in an access environment, an SPDF

instance may be either in the same domain or in a different domain as the A-RACF instance with which it interacts.

This means that Rq reference point should support both the case when an SPDF instance and the A-RACF instance with

which it interacts are located in the same domain, and when they are located in different domains.

The Rq reference point is an open vendor interface and an open operator interface. One A-RACF instance shall be able

to serve more than one SPDF instance and one given SPDF instance may interact with a number of A-RACF instances,

although on a session basis, it shall interact with only a single A-RACF instance.

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4.2 Rq reference model
The Rq interface is defined between the SPDF and the A-RACF.
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4.3 Functional elements and capabilities
4.3.1 Service Policy Decision Function (SPDF)

The SPDF is a functional element that coordinates the resource reservations requests received from by the AF. The

SPDF makes policy decisions using policy rules and forwards the session and media related information obtained from

the AF to the A-RACF via the Rq reference point for admission control purposes. The functionality of the SPDF is

further detailed in ES 282 003 [2].
4.3.2 Access-Resource Admission Control Function (A-RACF)

The A-RACF is a functional element performing resource reservation admission control and network policy assembly.

The A-RACF receives resource reservation requests from the SPDF via the Rq reference point. The functionality of the

SPDF is further detailed in ES 282 003 [2].
5 Resource control procedures
The resource control procedures are defined in seven interaction procedures:
1) Reservation.
2) Commit.
3) Reservation and commit.
4) Refresh.
5) Modification.
6) Release.
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7) Event notification.

These interactions are described in the following clauses. During the interactions Diameter AVPs are passed between

the SPDF and the A-RACF.

Figure 2 describes the flow states as maintained by the A-RACF F according to the procedures. Annex A provides a

table further clarifying how states change at different events and actions taken by the A-RACF.

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The Flow-Status AVP (clause 6.4.11) is used to define the action to be taken for each AA-Request made by the SPDF to

the A-RACF. The rules for interpreting the Flow-Status AVP are the following:

• Reservation: New Media-Description-Component AVP(s) and Media-Sub-Component AVP(s). Optional

Flow-Status AVP(s) set to DISABLED (3).

• Modification: Updated Media-Description-Component AVP(s) and/or Media-Sub-Component AVP(s).

Flow-Status AVP not modified, unless the state needs to be modified (e.g. for committing a resource

reservation, or for releasing a resource reservation).

• Commit: Media-Description-Component AVP(s) and optionally Media-Sub-Component AVP(s) of existing

reservations with Flow-Status AVP(s) set to ENABLED-UPLINK (0), ENABLED-DOWNLINK (1) or

ENABLED (2).

• ReservationAndCommit: New Media-Component-Description AVP(s) and Media-Sub-Component AVP(s).

Flow-Status AVP(s) set to ENABLED-UPLINK (0), ENABLED-DOWNLINK (1) or ENABLED (2).

• Release: Media-Description-Component AVP(s) and optionally Media-Sub-Component AVP(s) of existing

reservations with Flow-Status AVP(s) set to REMOVED (4).

• Refresh: Existing reservation unchanged (Media-Component-Description AVP(s) not specified or unchanged),

Flow-Status AVP unchanged.
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5.1 Procedures at the SPDF
5.1.1 Initial Reservation for a Session

The SPDF may request the A-RACF to allocate resources for a new session (i.e. make an initial reservation request).

The SPDF issues such request by sending an AA-Request message to the A-RACF. This message contains one or more

Media-Component-Description Attribute-Value-Pair(s) (AVP(s)). Each Media-Component-Description AVP describes

the set of flows of a particular media type (i.e. it contains one or more Media-Sub-Component AVP(s) and requirements

for the flows (clause 6.4.16)).
The SPDF may in the AA-Request include the Flow-Grouping AVP(s) to reques
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