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EC T RACKING I NFORMATION (Blue fields to be completed by CableLabs only)
Project PacketCable Status N Identifier MM-N-07.0467-1
Affected Specification
ECR Date
ECO Date
ECN Date
PKT-SP-MM-I03-051221
6/11/200
7
6/25/200
7
3/10/200
8
Comment Period End Date
Comment Period End Date
Cert Wave No
6/25/2007
7/9/2007
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Overall Type of Spec Change (Tech/Edit/Both) Technical
Version
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SPECIFICATION DOCUMENT DETAILS
Document EC is written against: PKT-SP-MM Issued Version # I03
Primary Author
AUTHOR INFORMATION
First Kevin Last Johns Country USA
Email
Company k.johns@cablelabs.com
CableLabs
Phone 303-661-3303
Additional Contributors
Title of EC
ENGINEERING CHANGE DOCUMENT DETAILS
CMTS Usage of Application Type
Date sent to CableLabs 6/11/2007
EC REVISION HISTORY
Date of revised EC
Brief description of revision
DETAILED PROPOSED CHANGES
Sections Affected 6.4.2.2
PICs Affected
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Unknown Test Plans Affected
Verified By
No
OTHER RELATED ENGINEERING CHANGES (List all ECs that apply )
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D ETAILED P ROBLEM D ESCRIPTION
I03 split the Application Manger ID into two sub-fields, an Application Type and Application Manager Tag. The Application
Type is meant to convey information about the type of application for which the gate is associated. Currently the specification allows the Policy Server to use this as part of its policy rule definition. However, the spec is silent on whether this can be used by the CMTS as part of the admission control process. Several different CMTS uses have been identified by various MSOs and
CMTS vendors. This EC clarifies that the CMTS may use this information as part of its admission control process.
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ORIGINAL SPEC TEXT:
Application Type is used by an Application Manager to identify the application that a gate is associated with. There is only one reserved value, zero, which indicates that there is "no defined application association". An Application Manager MAY pass a non-zero value to the Policy Server to indicate the particular application that a gate is associated with. The Policy
Server MAY use this value when applying policies to this gate. The Application Type values are configured by the service provider in the Application Managers and Policy Servers. These values are unique within the domain of the service provider, and have context only within this domain. Therefore a single Application Manager that is servicing multiple service providers may be configured with a different Application Type for each service provider, for the same application.
NEW SPEC TEXT:
Application Type is used by an Application Manager to identify the application that a gate is associated with. There is only one reserved value, zero, which indicates that there is "no defined application association". An Application Manager MAY pass a non-zero value to the Policy Server to indicate the particular application that a gate is associated with. The Policy
Server MAY use this value when applying policies to this gate. The CMTS MAY use this value when performing admission control for this gate. The Application Type values are configured by the service provider in the Application Managers and
Policy Servers. In order for the CMTS to utilize the Application Type in its admission control logic, the service provider would need to configure the CMTS with the allowed Application Types and their associated meaning.
These values are unique within the domain of the service provider, and have context only within this domain. Therefore a single Application Manager that is servicing multiple service providers may be configured with a different Application Type for each service provider, for the same application.
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In submitting the Engineering Change Request ("ECR"), the Author, individually and as an authorized representative of the
Company, agrees that if CableLabs incorporates this ECR in whole or in part into the relevant Specification, all intellectual property in the ECR shall be licensed royalty free, and without confidentiality, under the terms of the "Contribution and License
Agreement for Intellectual Property" ("Contribution Agreement"). CableLabs may disclose the content of this ECR to CableLabs' members and such others as is necessary for the development of CableLabs' specifications. The 30 day IPR review period begins with the publication of an ECR and ends with the publication of an ECN. Please work with your legal departments to ensure that only the intellectual property your company wants to contribute to the specification is contained in the specification.
Questions about the Authors' licensing of intellectual property in this ECR submission may be directed to legal@cablelabs.com.

TEST C HANGE D ETAILS
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Test Case(s) affected None
CTPs or ATPs affected None
Device(s) affected
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NONE
CMS
MG
MTA
RKS
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MGC
E-MTA
MP
KDC
SG
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Policy Server
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Delivery Function
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Company, agrees that if CableLabs incorporates this ECR in whole or in part into the relevant Specification, all intellectual property in the ECR shall be licensed royalty free, and without confidentiality, under the terms of the "Contribution and License
Agreement for Intellectual Property" ("Contribution Agreement"). CableLabs may disclose the content of this ECR to CableLabs' members and such others as is necessary for the development of CableLabs' specifications. The 30 day IPR review period begins with the publication of an ECR and ends with the publication of an ECN. Please work with your legal departments to ensure that only the intellectual property your company wants to contribute to the specification is contained in the specification.
Questions about the Authors' licensing of intellectual property in this ECR submission may be directed to legal@cablelabs.com.