Technical Summary:
This document specifies the extensions to the Access Node Control
Protocol required for support of the multicast use cases defined in
the Access Node Control Protocol framework document and one
additional use case described in this document. These use cases are
organized into the following ANCP capabilities:
o NAS-initiated multicast replication;
o conditional access with white and black lists;
o conditional access with grey lists;
o bandwidth delegation;
o committed bandwidth reporting.
These capabilities may be combined according to the rules given in
this specification.
Working Group Summary:
The document specifies a solution to a set of multicast use cases for
ANCP. These use cases are largely specified in RFC5851. That framework
draft also contains use cases for the base ANCP protocol, which is
specified in RFC6320. The multicast solution was split from the other
use case solutions that were eventually published in RFC6320 because, at
the time, it was felt that the multicast solution needed further
development and review.
Document Quality:
There are no concerns with document quality. It is believed that there
is at least one implementation of the protocol extensions described in
the draft, and it has had significant review and refinement over a
number of years.
There are no formal review criteria.
Personnel:
Matthew Bocci is the document shepherd.
Ted Lemon is the responsible Area Director.