XCON BOF                                                        O. Levin
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    Conference Policy Control Protocol for Centralized Conferencing
                        draft-levin-xcon-cpcp-00

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Abstract

   This document lists operations to be addressed by a Conference Policy
   Control Protocol (CPCP). Each operation carries mandatory and
   optional parameters. Initially, for readability, the operations are
   presented using informal XML syntax. The actual protocol of choice
   and its formal syntax will be defined as a part the XCON working
   group process.










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Table of Contents

   1.    Scope  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.    General Assumptions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.1   Get Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.1.1 Get Conference Profiles  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
   2.2   Conference Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   2.2.1 Conference Creation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
   2.2.2 Conference Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   2.2.3 Conference Manipulation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
   3.    Participant Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   3.1   Invite Participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   3.1.1 Invite Participant Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
   3.1.2 Invite Participant Response  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   3.2   Drop Participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   3.2.1 Drop Participant Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
   3.2.2 Drop Participant Response  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   4.    ACL  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   5.    Side-bar Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   5.1   Set Participant to a Side-bar  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   5.1.1 Set Participant to a Side-bar Request  . . . . . . . . . . .  8
   5.1.2 Set Participant to a Side-bar Response . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   6.    User Privilege Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   6.1   Set Unset Privilege  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   6.1.1 Set Unset Privilege Request  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   6.1.2 Set Unset Privilege Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
   6.2   Take Release Privilege . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   6.2.1 Take Release Privilege Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   6.2.2 Take Release Privilege Response  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   7.    Functions and Issues Still to be Addressed . . . . . . . . . 10
   8.    Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
   9.    Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
         Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
         Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
         Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
         Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . . 12















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1. Scope

   This document lists operations to be addressed by a Conference Policy
   Control Protocol. Each operation carries mandatory and optional
   parameters. In this version, for readability, the operations are
   presented using informal XML syntax. The actual protocol of choice
   and its formal syntax will be defined as a part the XCON working
   group process.

2. General Assumptions

   CPCP is carried over a reliable transfer protocol.

   A CPCP primitive is implemented by a transaction. The simplest
   transaction consists of a Request and a Response. Each Request MUST
   contain a RequestID which MUST be returned in the corresponding
   Response.

        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>


2.1 Get Info

2.1.1 Get Conference Profiles

   This section fulfills the section 3.2 in the High Level Conferencing
   Requirements [3] document.

2.1.1.1 Get Profiles Request

   <Get_Profiles_Request>
        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
   </Get_Profiles_Request>


2.1.1.2 Get Profiles Response

   <Get_Profiles_Response>
        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
        <ReturnValue> ReturnValues </ReturnValue>
        <Profiles_List>
                <Profile>
                        <ProfileID> ID </ProfileID>
                        <ProfileDescription> description </ProfileDescription>
                </Profile>

                …




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                <Profile>
                …
                </Profile>

        </Profiles_List>
   </Get_Profiles_Response>


2.2 Conference Management

   This section fulfills the section 5.1 in the Requirements for
   Conference Policy Data [4] document.

2.2.1 Conference Creation

2.2.1.1 Create Conference Request

   This command creates a new conference. All parameters are optional.
   Non-specified parameters MAY be filled in and returned in Response.

   Editor’s Note: The parameters can be specified both as a part of the
   profile and explicitly (i.e. overwriting the profile). The parameters
   below are for example only. How much flexibility is needed?


   In SIP:
   Name - Display Name
   ConfGID – SIP Conference URI


   <Create_Conference_Request>
        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
        <ConfPassword> Conference password </ConfPassword>
        <ConfKeyword> Conference keyword </ConfKeyword>
        <Desc> Conference description </Desc>
        <ChairPassword> Chair password </ChairPassword>
        <TTL> INT time to live </TTL>
        <ProfileID> ProfileID </ProfileID>
        <StandByTimeOut> INT </StandByTimeOut>
        <Lang> Language </Lang>
        <InviteO> BOOL the conf is for invite only </InviteO>
        <ChInviteO> BOOL only chairman can invite </ChInviteO>
        <MinPorts> INT </MinPorts>
        <MaxPorts> INT </MaxPorts>
   </Create_Conference_Request>






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2.2.1.2 Create Conference Response

   <Create_Conference_Response>
        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
        <ConfGID> ConfGID </ConfGID>
        <PolicyLink> PolicyLink </PolicyLink>
        <ReturnValue> ReturnValues </ReturnValue>
                </Create_Conference_Response>

   ReturnValue: OK / UserTerminated / MPCPFailure / Error /
   RegistrationFail / NotAuthorized / NoResources /
   BadOrMissingParameter

2.2.2 Conference Termination

   This section fulfills the section 5.1 in the Requirements for
   Conference Policy Data [4] document.

2.2.2.1 Terminate Conference Request

   This command disconnects all the users in the conference, terminates
   the conference and releases the internal resources associated with
   the conference.

   <Terminate_Conference_Request>
        <ConfGID> ConfGID </ConfGID>
        <ChairID> ChairID </ChairID>
        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
   </Terminate_Conference_Request>


2.2.2.2 Terminate Conference Response

   <Terminate_Conference_Response>
        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
        <ConfGID> ConfGID </ConfGID>
        <ReturnValue> ReturnValues </ReturnValue>
   </Terminate_Conference_Response>

   ReturnValue: OK / ConferenceNotFound / NoPermission /
   BadOrMissingParameter

2.2.3 Conference Manipulation

   This section fulfills the section 5.2 in the Requirements for
   Conference Policy Data [4] document.





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2.2.3.1 Modify Conference Parameters Request

   This command modifies conference parameters that can be changed
   during the conference current state.

   <Modify_Conference_Request>
        <ConfGID> ConfGID </ConfGID>
        <ChairID> ChairID </ChairID>
        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
        <ConfPassword> Conference password </ConfPassword>
        <ConfKeyword> Conference keyword </ConfKeyword>
        <Desc> Conference description </Desc>
        <ChairPassword> Chair password </ChairPassword>
        <TTL> INT time to live </TTL>
        <ProfileID> ProfileID </ProfileID>
        <StandByTimeOut> INT </StandByTimeOut>
        <Lang> Language </Lang>
        <InviteO> BOOL the conf is for invite only </InviteO>
        <ChInviteO> BOOL only chairman can invite </ChInviteO>
        <MinPorts> INT </MinPorts>
        <MaxPorts> INT </MaxPorts>

   </Modify_Conference_Request>


2.2.3.2 Modify Conference Parameters Response

   <Modify_Conference_Response>
        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
        <ConfGID> ConfGID </ConfGID>
        <ReturnValue> ReturnValues </ReturnValue>
   </Modify_Conference_Response>

   ReturnValue: OK / ConferenceNotFound / NoPermission /
   BadOrMissingParameter

3. Participant Management

   This section fulfills the section 5.7 in the Requirements for
   Conference Policy Data [4] document.

3.1 Invite Participant

3.1.1 Invite Participant Request

   This command invites one or more participants to a given conference.

   <Invite_Participant_Request>



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        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
        <ConfGID> ConfGID </ConfGID>
        <ChairID> ChairID </ChairID>
        <Invite_Part_List>
                <Invite_Part>
                        <DialStr> Participant alias </DialStr>
                    <Lang> Language </Lang>
                        <ProtocolType> type </ProtocolType>
                        <Set_Layout> TBD by MPCP </Set_Layout>
                      </Invite_Part>

                       …

                     <Invite_Part>
                     …
                    </Invite_Part>
              </Invite_Part_List>
   </Invite_Participant_Request>


3.1.2 Invite Participant Response

   <Invite_Participant_Response>
        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
        <ConfGID> ConfGID </ConfGID>
        <ReturnValue> ReturnValues </ReturnValue>
   </Invite_Participant_Response>

   ReturnValues – OK / ConferenceNotFound / NoResources / HandleInvalid
   / MPCPFailure / UserTerminated / NoAnswer / Error /
   BadOrMissingParameter

3.2 Drop Participant

3.2.1 Drop Participant Request

   This command ejects a participant or participants from the
   conference.

   <Drop_Participant_Request>
        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
        <ConfGID> ConfGID </ConfGID>
        <PID> PartID </PID>
        <ChairID> ChairID </ChairID>
   </Drop_Participant_Request>






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3.2.2 Drop Participant Response

   <Drop_Participant_Response>
        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
        <ConfGID> ConfGID </ConfGID>
        <ReturnValue> ReturnValues </ReturnValue>
   </Drop_Participant_Response>

   ReturnValue – OK / ConferenceNotFound / NoPermission / PartNotFound /
   BadOrMissingParameter

4. ACL

   This section fulfills the section 5.5 in the Requirements for
   Conference Policy Data [4] document.

   Editor’s Note: Access lists for a conference may be automatically
   derived from a default "service" or "domain" ACL upon the conference
   creation and later modified per conference using the primitives
   below.

   The primitives TBD.

   Manipulations on the access lists (ACL) for a conference may cause
   automatic disconnection of some participants by the focus (but not
   vice versa).

5. Side-bar Management

   This section fulfills the section 3.7 in the High Level Conferencing
   Requirements [3] document.

   This primitive moves a participant to a side-bar session, or back to
   the main conference. Participants in a side-bar can hear and see the
   main conference, but participants from the main session cannot hear/
   see them.

5.1 Set Participant to a Side-bar

5.1.1 Set Participant to a Side-bar Request

   <Set_Part_To_SB_Request>
        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
        <ConfGID> ConfGID </ConfGID>
        <ChairID> ChairID </ChairID>
        <Set_SB_Part_List>
                <PID> PartID </PID>
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        </Set_SB_Part_List>
   <SBID> INT </SBID>
   </Set_Part_To_SB_Request>


5.1.2 Set Participant to a Side-bar Response

   <Set_Part_To_SB_Response>
        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
        <ConfGID> ConfGID </ConfGID>
        <ReturnValue> ReturnValues </ReturnValue>
   </Set_Part_To_SB_Response>

   SBID – One of the Indexes of side bars for this conference (see
   conference info). Specify 0 for putting the participant back in the
   main session.

   ReturnValue – OK / ConferenceNotFound / NoPermission

6. User Privilege Management

   This section fulfills the section 5.8 in the Requirements for
   Conference Policy Data [4] document.

6.1 Set Unset Privilege

   This primitive assigns / retrieves specified privileges to/from a
   given user.

   If the list of privileges is omitted, the command refers to "all
   privileges" – i.e. - "a moderator".

6.1.1 Set Unset Privilege Request

   <Set_Unset_Privilege_Request>
        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
        <ConfGID> ConfGID </ConfGID>
        <ChairID> ChairID </ChairID>
        <SetOn> BOOL </SetOn>
        <PList> list </PList>
        <ModeratorID> part GID </ModeratorID>
   </Set_Unset_Privilege_Request>


6.1.2 Set Unset Privilege Response

   <Set_Unset_Privilege_Response>
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        <ConfGID> ConfGID </ConfGID>
        <ReturnValue> ReturnValues </ReturnValue>
   </Set_Unset_Privilege_Response>


6.2 Take Release Privilege

   Using this primitive a user can request for specific privileges or
   release previously owned privileges.

   If the list of privileges is omitted, the command refers to "all
   privileges" – i.e. - "a moderator".

6.2.1 Take Release Privilege Request

   <Take_Release_Privilege_Request>
        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
        <ConfGID> ConfGID </ConfGID>
        <ChairID> ChairID </ChairID>
        <SetOn> BOOL </SetOn>
        <PList> list </PList>
        <ModeratorID> part GID </ModeratorID>
   </Take_Release_Privilege_Request>


6.2.2 Take Release Privilege Response

   <Take_Release_Privilege_Response>
        <RequestID> ReqID </RequestID>
        <ConfGID> ConfGID </ConfGID>
        <ReturnValue> ReturnValues </ReturnValue>
   </Take_Release_Privilege_Response>


7. Functions and Issues Still to be Addressed

   Coordination between CPCP and Media Policy Control Protocol (MPCP)
   hasn’t been addressed yet. Some of the operations will require joined
   execution of CPCP and MPCP primitives in a single "atomic" operation.

   This version doesn’t include a set of operations required for
   cascading of conferences. Peer-to-peer conference cascading
   operations will be included in the next version of the document.

8. Security Considerations

   Editor’s Note: Will be provided in the next version of the document.




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9. Contributors

   This work is based on the discussions among the members of the SIP
   Conferencing design team.

Normative References

   [1]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
        Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [2]  Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Camarillo, G., Johnston, A.,
        Peterson, J., Sparks, R., Handley, M. and E. Schooler, "SIP:
        Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 3261, June 2002.

Informative References

   [3]  Levin, O. and R. Even, "High Level Requirements for Tightly
        Coupled SIP Conferencing",
        draft-ietf-sipping-conferencing-requirements-00 (work in
        progress), April 2003.

   [4]  Koskelainen, P., "Requirements for conference policy data",
        draft-koskelainen-sipping-conf-policy-req-00 (work in progress),
        February 2003.


Author's Address

   Orit Levin
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