I
N
D
E
X
Numbers
4+1 redundancy schemes, 913, 9208+1 (7+1) redundancy schemes, 913, 919–920911 calls, 381–383, 694
A
a (CODEC compression algorithm), 243AAA functions (RADIUS), 788Accept parameter (SIP), 494Accounting function (RADIUS), 788
Accounting-Request messages, 789Accounting-Response messages, 789
ACM (Acknowledgement Messages), ISUP, 355acoustic echos, 558active call monitoring, 610active resources, 625activity count field (COPS protocol), 631adaptation layer protocols
M3UA, 356, 392SUA, 356, 392
add line command, 454addapsln command, 926addbearertrace command, 605addbearertraceendpt command, 605addbearertracesrvprof command, 605addcon command, 452addconip command, 459addendpt command, 458addfaxprof command, 604addipsecikepeer command, 858addipsecikeprop command, 858addipsecikeproxfassoc command, 858addipsecikexform command, 858addipsecnwif command, 859addipsecprop command, 857addipsecprxfassoc command, 858addipsecxform command, 857addmgcip command, 460addttyprof command, 603addvbdprof command, 603addxgcpprof command, 463
admission control
load balancing, 930–933troubleshooting, 932
admission control (DQoS)
debugging DQoS to find information on, 712policies, 693
admitted resources, 625AF (Access Function)
AF-DF communication
communicating information to CMSS, 814communicating information to CMTS,
811–812communicating information to MG, 813overview of, 809–811
call details, 807
AH (Authentication Header), 843alarms (BTS), 329allocation state (gates), 623Allow parameter (SIP), 494AM (application manager), 735AMID (Application Manager Identifiers), 746analog lines, 207analog modem transport, 561–562ANC (Announcement Controllers), 40ANM (Answer Messages), ISUP, 355announcement servers, access points as
endpoints, 207anonymizers, 510ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
specifications, 10, 954–956anti-reply (IPsec), 843APP (application-specific functions), RTCP, 589,
592–593application servers, 357, 734
ASP, 357, 392ITP configuration, 393–394
AP-REQ trace, 169architectures, 483AS.
See
application serversASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One), 815ASP (Application Server Processes), 357, 392ATM ports, 450ATM VC redundancy (MG), 926AUCX (Audit Connection) command (MGCP),
215
1022
audio CODEC
bandwidth constraints, 579bit rates, 549BV16, 546, 573delays, 551
backbone, 554–555backbone-to-listener, 555–556end-to-end, 552speaker-to-backbone, 552–554
DTMF digit transport, 559–560echo, 556–558G.711, 541–543, 573
RTP packet size, 578RTP packet traces, 576
G.728, 543–544, 573
RTP packet size, 578RTP packet traces, 576
G.729E, 545, 573
RTP packet size, 579RTP packet traces, 577
iLBC, 546, 573narrowband voice, 540negotiation, 547–548quantization, 540sampling process, 540troubleshooting voice paths, 559VBD transport, 560
analog modem transport, 561–562facsimile transport, 562–563teletype technology transport, 564
voice quality, 549
ITU E-model, 551MOS (Mean Opinion Score) ratings, 549PAMS, 550PESQ, 551PSQM, 550R-factors, 551
wideband, 546
Audio Server Protocol (PKT-SP-ASP) specifications (PacketCable 1.5), 20
auditing media gateways, 330AUEP (Audit Endpoint) command (MGCP), 214authentication
Authentication function (RADIUS), 788HMAC, 844IPsec, 843Kerberos, 80MTA requirements, 30
Authentication function (RADIUS), 788authorization block parameters, 643Authorization function (RADIUS), 788authorization state (gates), 623authorized resource envelopes, 625automatic/manual switchovers (router
processors), 912
B
BAC (Broadband Access Centers), 49
CMTS configurations, 82CNR, 52configuration file utility, 195configuring, 846–847DPE, 51–52KDC, 52RDU, 50–51templates, 191–195
backbone delays (audio CODEC), 554–555backbone QoS, 875, 878
DOCSIS QoS, tying to, 695–696DSCP codepoints, 879
packets originating from CMS, 881–883packets originating from CMTS, 879–880packets originating from MG, 883–884
MPLS, 885–886policy configuration, 884
backbone-to-listener delays (audio CODEC), 555–556
bandwidth
CMTS, allocating upstream bandwidth, 34failures, 1017
Basic method (MTA provisioning), 161-163batch processing, 789Battery Backup MIBs (CL-SP-MIB-BB)
specifications (PacketCable 1.5), 19BCID (Billing Correlation Identifiers), 789BE (Best Effort) services
DOCSIS, 738–741service flow parameters, 739
bearer channel information thefts (security threats), 842
bearer stream security, 638bearer tracing, 605
audio CODEC
1023
bearertracestart command, 605bearertracestop command, 605BERT (bit error rate testing), 604, 610billing files
BTS 10200, displaying in, 334–336event messaging, 803
bit rates, 549BLA (Blocking Acknowledge) messages, 355BLO (Blocking) messages, 355BML (Business Management Layers), 48BOOTP
chaddr field, 65ciaddr field, 64flags field, 64giaddr field, 65siaddr field, 64yiaddr field, 64
BPI+ (Baseline Privacy Initialization Plus), 136-138, 840–841
BPKM-Request Authorization Request, 136BTS
DNS, 908DQoS, 719–724high availability architectures, 907–909
BTS 10200 CMS (Call Management Server), 597
bulk configuration configuration, 286CALEA servers, 53event messaging configurations
billing file recovery, 803enabling EM sending, 802Media Alive message configuration, 803retrieving EM measurements, 803RKS definitions, 800–801subscriber billing type configuration, 803variable modification, 801–802
media gateway profile parameters, 597NCS configuration, 284
assigning associate subscribers to features, 327
assigning associate subscribers to services, 327
basic/core configuration tasks, 287–295call feature configuration tasks, 323–327configuring call agent variables, 290–294configuring MTA, 313–315configuring MTA characteristics, 302–313
configuring MTA-connected CMTS, 301–302
configuring NCS endpoints, 315–316configuring PacketCable subscriber
characteristics, 320–321configuring subscriber characteristics,
319configuring subscriber QoS parameters,
316–319defining call agent characteristics,
287–289defining call agents, 289–290defining destination tables, 299defining dial plan characteristics,
299–300defining dial plans, 300defining digit maps, 298defining exchange codes, 298defining feature servers, 323–324defining features, 324–325defining national destination codes, 297defining office codes, 298defining POP, 295defining services, 326defining vertical service codes, 325–326dial plan configuration tasks, 295–300entering MTA into service, 322–323entering NCS endpoints into service,
322–323MTA configuration tasks, 300–316subscriber configuration tasks, 316–321
OFFNET call routing dial plan configurations
carrier definitions, 438destination definitions, 438–439dial plan entry definitions, 439–440policy-based routing route guide
definitions, 437–438trunk group route definitions, 436–437
quality of service parameters, 597–598RKS, 53security configurations, 847
COPS signaling security, 852–854NCS signaling security, 847–852RADIUS signaling security, 852–854RTP/RTCP security, 855–856TGCP signaling security, 852–854
BTS 10200 CMS (Call Management Server)
1024
SIP CMSS signaling
destinations, defining, 523–524dial plans, defining, 524trunk group fields, table of, 521–522trunk group profile fields, table of,
518–520trunk group routes, defining, 523trunk groups, running, 522
SG configuration
call control route definitions, 410destination point code definitions,
404–405enabling SCTP associations, 411ISUP network variant definitions, 409ISUP routing key definitions, 410SCTP association definitions, 406–409SCTP parameter definitions, 405SG definitions, 402SG group definitions, 403SG process definitions, 403–404switch origination point code definitions,
404
TCAP configurations, 411
enabling SCTP associations, 415enabling subsystems/subsystem groups,
415modifying call agent configurations, 414SCCP network definitions, 412SLHR characteristic definitions, 414SLHR definitions, 414subsystem characteristic definitions, 412subsystem definitions, 412–413TCAP/SCCP route definitions, 413TCAP/SCCP routing key definitions, 413
TGCP configurations, 415
enabling endpoints, 435–436enabling MG, 434enabling trunk groups, 435endpoint configurations, 425–426MG characteristic configurations,
416–424MG configurations, 424trunk configurations, 433–434trunk group characteristic configurations,
428–431trunk group configurations, 431–433trunk group QoS parameter
configurations, 426-428trunk group route definitions, 436–437
troubleshooting, 327, 467–472
accessing log files, 329–330collecting traffic statistics, 332–334dial/ring tones, 337–338displaying billing records, 334–336displaying EMS database transaction
queue, 330displaying events/alarms, 329displaying running processes, 328–329DNS, 337missing DQoS information, 338–339out of service MTA, 336–337parameter negotiations, 339post dial delays, 339ring back tones, 338running diagnostics, 330–331SDP, 339unestablished DQoS, 338–339validating call routing, 331–332voice paths/one way voice, 338
trunking MG configurations, 440–443
PXM configurations, 443–444RPM configurations, 445–449VXSM/VISM configurations, 449–463
BTS 10200 Softswitches, 40-42burst size limitations (load balancing), 935bursts (RTCP-XR), 595busy hour utilization (capacity planning/traffic
engineering), 900–901BV16 (BroadVoice 16), 546BV16 CODEC
bandwidth constraints, 579RTP, 573
BYE (end of participation indicator), 589, 593
C
cable gateways, 32cable intercept feature (CMTS), 964cable linecards, 898cable modems.
See
CM (cable modems)cable monitor feature (CMTS)
configuring, 966diagram of, 964disabling packets, 966DOCSIS packets, decoding, 964–966multiple instances, defining, 966
BTS 10200 CMS (Call Management Server)
1025
CableLabs, 7CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law
Enforcement Act), 805
cnfcalea command, 831cnfxgcpcalea command, 831dspxgcpcaleacalls command, 831servers, 53
call agents, 39
AM as, 735ANC, 40BTS 10200 CMS configuration, 414BTS 10200 Softswitches, 40-42CMS, 39connections, creating/deleting, 208gateways, 206GC, 39MGC, 39MGCP, 210–211, 230NCS configurations in BTS 10200
defining characteristics in, 287–289defining in, 289–290variables configuration, 290–294
Call Answer messages (event messaging), 790Call Content Connection Identifier (es-cci)
parameter, 813Call Content Destinaton (es-ccd) parameter, 813Call Content wiretaps, 54call control routes, defining, 410Call Detail wiretaps, 53call details, 807Call Disconnect messages (event messaging), 790call features, defining, 323–325call flows, 985
call forwarding, 1005call waiting, 999–1001, 1004DQoS, 665
basic ONNET calls, 666–688VAD, 689–693
event messaging, 792–799feature calls, NCS role in, 261–284lawful intercept examples
suspect with call content tap originates call, 823–825
suspect with call content tap receives call, 826–828
suspect with call data tap originates call, 819–821
suspect with call data tap receives call, 821–822
NCS role in
feature calls, 261–284ONNET calls, 248–261
no bandwidth calls, 1017OFFNET-to-ONNET calls, 991ONNET calls, 248–261ONNET-to-OFFNET calls, 988, 991ONNET-to-ONNET calls, 985–986ONNET-to-SIP/CMSS calls, 994–996PSTN, 369
Emergency 911, 381–383OFFNET-to-ONNET, 376–380ONNET-to-OFFNET, 369–376
schematics, generating via Ethereal packet sniffer (CMTS), 972–974
SIP, 495–505SIP CMSS, 513–517SIP/CMSS-to-ONNET calls, 997three-way calling, 1009
call forwarding, 1005call histories, 699call ID parameter (CRCX command), 222Call Management Server provisioning (PKT-SP-
CMSPROV) specifications (PacketCable 1.5), 20
call routing, validating, 331–332call signaling
characterizing traffic (QoS), 866–869in-band communication, 347MGCP, 218–219NCS, 239, 247–248
BTS 10200 configuration, 284, 287–327CODEC LCO parameters, 243command header formats, 240DQoS LCO parameters, 244–246endpoint naming conventions, 240–241feature calls, 261–284ONNET calls, 248–261package events/signals, 241–242packetization period parameter (p), 243SDP attributes, 247security LCO parameters, 246
out-of-band signaling, 347–348
call signaling
1026
PSTN
Emergency 911 call flows, 381–383OFFNET-to-ONNET call flows, 376–380ONNET-to-OFFNET call flows, 369–376overview of, 345–347
specifications (PacketCable 1.0), 17SS7
COT, 383–384ISUP layers, 354link types, 350–351MTP layers, 352–353overview of, 348–350point codes, 349routes, 351–352SCCP layers, 353SCP, 348, 351SSP, 348, 351–352STP, 348, 350–351TCAP layers, 353
call waiting, 999–1001, 1004call waiting/caller ID feature call flows, 261–272Call-ID parameter, 493capacity planning, 886
busy hour utilization, 900–901cable linecards, 898call capacities of DOCSIS upstream service
flows, determining, 887–894CMS, 903–904CMTS, 902–903CODEC changes, effects of, 895–896erlang metric, 898–901line usage, 898–901packetization interval changes, effects of,
894–895PHS implementation, effects of, 896–897security implementation, effects of, 897TGCP, 904traffic patterns, 898–901VAD implementation, effects of, 897
carriers, 438CAS (channel-associated signaling)
endpoint configurations, 458overview of, 357–358VXSM/VISM, configuring, 452–453
CBC (Cisco Broadband Configuration)
CLI interface, 185GUI, 182–184
CCC (call content connection), 807, 829CDC (call data connections), 807, 829CDR (call detail records) pairs, 789CELP (Code Excited Linear Predictive), 544centralized architectures, 483
distributed architectures versus, 206intelligence in, 29simple devices in, 29
CF (Collection Function), 807
call flow examples, 819–828capturing call content, 829–830capturing call data, 815–818
CG2P2WB cable gateways, 32CGA (Circuit Group Block Acknowledge)
messages, ISUP, 355CGB (Circuit Group Block) messages, ISUP, 355CGU (Circuit Group Unblock) messages, ISUP,
355CGUA (Circuit Group Unblock Acknowledge)
messages, ISUP, 355chaddr field, 65characterizing call signaling traffic (QoS),
866–869ciaddr field, 64CIC COT, 383–384CLASS (Custom Local Area Signaling Service),
999–1001, 1004Classifier Activation State field (DOCSIS
classifiers), 649Classifier Reference/Classifier Identifier field
(DOCSIS classifiers), 648classifiers
basic ONNET calls, 676DOCSIS, 648–649, 658NCS QoS on DOCSIS networks, 873–875PCMM, 748
clear crypto sa command, 864clear packetcable gate counter commit
multimedia command, 776CLI, 285Client Type 1 (Pull model) multimedia clients,
734Client Type 1 (QoS unaware) multimedia clients,
734Client Type 2 (Push model) multimedia clients,
734Client-Class configurations (DHCP), 85
call signaling
1027
clock rates (payloads), 572CL-SP-MIB-BB (Battery Backup MIBs)
specifications (PacketCable 1.5), 19CM (cable modems), 33, 737
CM2P2B, 31DOCSIS provisioning, 111
BPI+, 136–138configuration information transfers, 131IP connectivity, 120–129ranging, 116–120registration, 131–134scanning/downstream synchronization,
112–113ToD establishment, 130upstream parameters, 114–115
eMTA, 33network connections, 33QoS, CMTS policy configuration, 34
CM2P2B cable modem, 31CMS (Call Management Servers), 39
BTS 10200, 597
accessing log files, 329–330auditing media gateways, 330bulk configuration, 286collecting traffic statistics, 332–334dial/ring tones, 337–338displaying billing records, 334–336displaying EMS database transaction
queue, 330displaying events/alarms, 329displaying running processes, 328–329DNS, 337event messaging configurations, 800–803media gateway profile parameters, 597missing DQoS information, 338–339NCS configuration, 284, 287–327OFFNET call routing dial plan
configuration, 436–440out of service MTA, 336–337parameter negotiations, 339post dial delays, 339quality of service parameters, 597–598ring back tones, 338running diagnostics, 330–331SDP, 339security configurations, 847–856SG configuration, 402–411
TCAP configuration, 411–415TGCP configuration, 415–437troubleshooting, 327–339, 467–472trunking MG configurations, 440–463unestablished DQoS, 338–339validating call routing, 331–332voice paths/one way voice, 338
capacity planning/traffic engineering, 903–904COPS protocol
activity count field, 631electronic surveillance parameters
objects, 633error code objects, 633event generation information objects,
632–633gate identifier objects, 631gate specification field, 631header formats, 626initializing, 627–628keepalive messages, 629reason objects, 633–634session class field, 632subscriber identifier objects, 631transaction identifier objects, 630–631
DQoS, 621
basic ONNET calls, 680–681, 686–688resource authorization, 635–638
MTA communications
call signaling, 29communication loss, 172–173QoS signaling, 29–30
MTA initialization, 167–171MTA-to-CMS call signaling packets (IPsec),
840QoS, DSCP codepoints, 881–883redundancy, 906–908SIP, 840TLS, 840
CMS to CMS Signaling (PKT-SP-CMSS) specifications (PacketCable 1.5), 19
CMSS (Call Management Server Signaling), 483–486
anonymizers, 510architecture, sample of, 485BTS 10200
destinations, defining, 523–524dial plans, defining, 524
CMSS (Call Management Server Signaling)
1028
trunk group fields, table of, 521–522trunk group profile fields, table of,
518–520trunk group routes, defining, 523trunk groups, running, 522
call flows, 513–517device subscriptions, 512DQoS extensions, 509–510INVITE messages, 514–515INVITE method, 512lawful intercept, 814NOTIFY method, 512P-DCS-BILLING-INFO extension, 511P-DCS-LAES extension, 511P-DCS-OSPS extension, 511P-DCS-REDIRECT extension, 511P-DCS-TRACE-PARTY-ID extension, 511privacy extensions, 510REFER method, 512REGISTER method, 513Replaces header, 512RFC, 486–488SUBSCRIBE method, 512tel URI, 512timers, 513troubleshooting, 524–531UPDATE method, 512updating parameters, 512
CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System), 34, 736–737
admission control policies, 693baseline privacy, debugging, 138cable intercept feature, 964cable linecards, 898cable monitor feature
configuring, 966decoding DOCSIS packets, 964–966defining multiple instances, 966diagram of, 964disabling packets, 966
call histories, displaying, 699capacity planning/traffic engineering, 902–903CM QoS via policy configuration, 34CMTS, 81COPS protocol
activity count field, 631
electronic surveillance parameters objects, 633
error code objects, 633event generation information objects,
632–633gate identifier objects, 631gate specification field, 631header formats, 626initializing, 627–628keepalive messages, 629reason objects, 633–634session class field, 632subscriber identifier objects, 631transaction identifier objects, 630–631
DQoS, 621
authorization, 659BTS configurations, 719–722BTS, verifying/troubleshooting on,
723–724cable line card information, displaying,
708–709configuring on, 696–698debugging, 709–716displaying active gate information,
701–702displaying service flow information,
702–704DOCSIS SID information in upstream
service flows, 704–706downstream capacity, displaying, 707–708resource authorization, 635–638statistical information on DOCSIS DSX
messages on Downstream Channel, 708testing, 716–718troubleshooting on, 707–718upstream capacity, displaying, 707upstream statistics, displaying, 706verifying on, 698–706
Ethereal packet sniffer
call flow schematics, generating, 972–974configuring port monitoring, 977decoding DOCSIS packets, 967downloading, 963installing, 963MTA provisioning, 968–970OFFNET packet traces, examining, 980
CMSS (Call Management Server Signaling)
1029
PacketCable COPS DQoS packets, examining, 978
PacketCable Event Messaging packets, examining, 980
PacketCable Lawful Intercept packets, examining, 981–982
phone calls, examining, 971–972RPT streams, examining, 975–976
event messaging
configuring on, 804element ID, configuring, 696troubleshooting on, 804
lawful intercept, 811–812MTA communications, 29–30MTA-connected CMTS configurations,
301–302PacketCable operation, enabling on, 696PacketCable settings, verifying, 700PCMM
configuration, 773–774troubleshooting, 774–779verifying, 774–779
provisioning configurations, 81
BAC, 82CNR, 82CNR, DHCP, 83–84, 87–88, 91CNR, DNS, 92–96CNR, DPE, 101–102CNR, KDC, 103–104CNR, RDU, 96–101
QoS, DSCP codepoints, 879–880redundancy
HFC redundancy, 912–914, 917–922processor redundancy, 911–912system redundancy, 909–910WAN redundancy, 922–923
responsibilities of, 34–35RF analyzers, 966–967security configurations, 859–864uBR10012, 37–38uBR7246VXR, 35–37upstream bandwidth, allocating, 34
cnfbearersec command, 859cnfcacparams command, 610cnfcalea command, 831cnfcasendpt command, 458cnfciphersuite command, 859
cnfclksrc command, 927cnfcodecjtrdelay command, 607–608cnfcodecneg command, 607cnfcodecnego command, 599cnfcodecparam(s) command, 599cnfcodecparams command, 607cnfcodectmpl command, 606cnfconprotect command, 926cnfdnssrvr command, 460cnfdspparam command, 602cnfdtmfrxsnoop command, 600cnfdtmftxsnoop command, 600cnfdynamicpayload command, 608cnfecanenable command, 608cnfecanrec command, 608cnfecantail command, 608cnfendptcadence command, 608cnferl command, 608cnfeventmapping command, 602cnffaxjtrdelay command, 607cnffaxprof command, 604cnfgwis command, 473cnfjtrmode command, 607–608cnfln command, 457cnflnis command, 457cnflnoos command, 457cnflnsig command, 457cnflntoneplan command, 608cnflntonetimeout command, 609cnfpath command, 455-457cnfprotocolport command, 462cnfrtccpprepint command, 609cnfrtprxtimer command, 609cnft38fxlco command, 609cnft38nsettimeout command, 609cnft38params command, 609cnftonegen command, 601cnfttyprof command, 603cnfvbdcodec command, 609cnfvbdpol command, 609cnfvbdprof command, 603cnfvifcas command, 458cnfvifec command, 600cnfvifeventmapping command, 604cnfvifparam command, 600cnfvifvad command, 600cnfvoiptimerparam command, 610
cnfvoiptimerparam command
1030
cnfvoiptransparams command, 608cnfxgcp command, 463cnfxgcpcalea command, 831cnfxgcpdtmf command, 599cnfxgcpprofttone command, 601CNR (Cisco Network Registrar), CMTS
configurations, 52, 82
DHCP, 83–84, 87–88, 91DNS, 92–96DPE, 101–102KDC, 103–104RDU, 96–101
CODEC
audio
bandwidth constraints, 579bit rates, 549BV16, 546, 573delays, 551–556DTMF digit transport, 559–560echo, 556–558G.711, 541–543, 573, 576–578G.728, 543–544, 573, 576–578G.729E, 545, 573, 577–579iLBC, 546, 573narrowband voice, 540negotiation, 547–548quantization, 540sampling process, 540troubleshooting voice paths, 559VBD transport, 560–564voice quality, 549–551wideband, 546
capacity planning/traffic engineering, 895–896CELP, 544compression algorithm (a), 243LCO
NCS, 243TGCP, 367
MG
VISM, 606–607VXSM, 598
RSVP flow specifications parameters table, 638vocoders, 543wavefor encoders, 543
collection function (RTCP-XR), 593comfort noise packets, 580
commands (MGCP)
AUCX, 215AUEP, 214concatenating multiple commands, 230CRCX, 221–224DLCX, 226–227endpoint names, 210–211ensuring delivery of, 230header format, 209MDCX, 224–226NTFY, 219–221RQNT, 217–219RSIP, 213–214TIDs, 210verbs, 210
commitment state (gates), 624–625committed resource envelopes, 625–626compound RTCP packets, 590Conference Party Change messages (event
messaging), 790confidentiality (data), IPsec, 843configuring
BAC, 846–847backbone QoS policies, 884event messaging in BTS 10200
billing file recovery, 803enabling EM sending, 802Media Alive message configuration, 803retrieving EM measurements, 803RKS definitions, 800–801subscriber billing type configuration, 803variable modification, 801–802
event messaging on CMTS, 804ITP, 385, 396
group implementation, 386–387, 395, 403, 410
PSTN, 388–391router requirements, 385SG mated pair implementation, 388, 394,
399, 403–404, 410web resources, 401
NCS in BTS 10200, 284
assigning associate subscribers to features, 327
assigning associate subscribers to services, 327
basic/core configuration tasks, 287–295call feature configuration tasks, 323–327
cnfvoiptransparams command
1031
configuring call agent variables, 290–294configuring MTA, 313–315configuring MTA characteristics, 302–313configuring MTA-connected CMTS,
301–302configuring NCS endpoints, 315–316configuring PacketCable subscriber
characteristics, 320–321configuring subscriber characteristics,
319configuring subscriber QoS parameters,
316–319defining call agent characteristics,
287–289defining call agents, 289–290defining destination tables, 299defining dial plan characteristics,
299–300defining dial plans, 300defining digit maps, 298defining exchange codes, 298defining feature servers, 323–324defining features, 324–325defining national destination codes, 297defining office codes, 298defining POP, 295defining services, 326defining vertical service codes, 325–326dial plan configuration tasks, 295–300entering MTA into service, 322–323entering NCS endpoints into service,
322–323MTA configuration tasks, 300–316subscriber configuration tasks, 316–321
OFFNET call routing, dial plan configurations in BTS 10200, 436
carrier definitions, 438destination definitions, 438–439dial plan entry definitions, 439–440policy-based routing route guide
definitions, 437–438trunk group route definitions, 436–437
PCMM on CMTS, 773–774security in BTS 10200
COPS signaling security, 852–854NCS signaling security, 847–852
RADIUS signaling security, 852–854RTP/RTCP signaling security, 855–856TGCP signaling security, 852–854
security in CMTS, 859–864security in VXSM, 857–859SG in BTS 10200
call control route definitions, 410destination point code definitions,
404–405enabling SCTP associations, 411ISUP network variant definitions, 409ISUP routing key definitions, 410SCTP association definitions, 406–409SCTP parameter definitions, 405SG definitions, 402SG group definitions, 403SG process definitions, 403–404switch origination point code definitions,
404
TCAP in BTS 10200, 411
enabling SCTP associations, 415enabling subsystems/subsystem groups,
415modifying call agent configurations, 414SCCP network definitions, 412SLHR characteristic definitions, 414SLHR definitions, 414subsystem characteristic definitions, 412subsystem definitions, 412–413TCAP/SCCP route definitions, 413TCAP/SCCP routing key definitions, 413
TGCP in BTS 10200, 415
enabling endpoints, 435–436enabling MG, 434enabling trunk groups, 435endpoint configurations, 425–426MG characteristic configurations,
416–424MG configurations, 424trunk configurations, 433–434trunk group characteristic configurations,
428–431trunk group configurations, 431–433trunk group QoS parameter
configurations, 426–428trunk group route definitions, 436–437
configuring
1032
trunking MG in BTS 10200 CMS, 440–443
PXM configurations, 443–444RPM configurations, 445–449VXSM/VISM configurations, 449–463
connection mode parameter (CRCX command), 223
connections (MGCP), 208Contact parameter (SIP), 493Content-Length parameter (SIP), 494Content-Type parameter (SIP), 494control call_agent command, 882control command, 285, 883COPS (Common Open Policy Service)
activity count field, 631DQoS
debugging via, 712–716session verifications, 698–699troubleshooting protocol issues, 724
electronic surveillance parameters objects, 633error code objects, 633event generation information objects, 632–633gate identifier objects, 631gate specification field, 631header formats, 626initializing, 627–628IKE, 841IPsec, 841keepalive messages, 629PCMM, 741–743
AMID, 746classifiers, 748event-generation-info objects, 751extended classifiers, 748gate identifiers, 747gate specification, 747–748gate state objects, 753gate time info objects, 752gate traffic profiles, 749–751gate usage info objects, 752header formats, 742initialization process, 743Msg Receipt Key objects, 754object formats, 742opaque data objects, 752PacketCable error objects, 752–753PEP to PDP heartbeats, 743PSID objects, 754
subscriber identifiers, 747Synch Options objects, 754time-based usage limit objects, 751transaction IDs, 744–746version info objects, 754volume-based usage limit objects, 751
PDP, 737
Msg-Receipt messages, 746PDP-Config messages, 746PEP to PDP heartbeats in PCMM, 743Synch-Report messages, 746Sync-Request messages, 746
PEP, 737
Gate-Report-State messages, 746Msg Receipt Key object, 754PEP to PDP heartbeats in PCMM, 743Synch Options object, 754Synch-Complete messages, 746
reason objects, 633–634session class field, 632signaling security, 852–854subscriber identifier objects, 631transaction identifier objects, 630–631
cops listener access-list command, 863COT (continuity tests), 383–384CRCX command (MGCP), 221
call ID, 222connection mode, 223LCO, 223–224
cryptology, Kerberos, 79cs7 inhibit command, 465cs7 uninhibit command, 465Cseq parameter (SIP), 493
Ddata confidentiality (IPsec), 843data integrity (IPsec), 843data origin authentication (IPsec), 843Database Query messages (event messaging), 790debug command, 811debug crypto engine command, 864debug crypto ipsec command, 864debug crypto isakmp command, 864debug packetcable gate command, 804
configuring
1033
debug packetcable gate control command, 777, 832
debug packetcable subscriber command, 804debug packetcable subscriber verbose command,
777debugging
CMTS baseline privacy, 138DQoS
admission control information, finding, 712
COPS messages, 712–716DOCSIS Dynamic Service Flow messages
during calls, 709–712delays (audio CODEC), 551
backbone, 554–555backbone-to-listener, 555–556end-to-end, 552minimizing (QoS), 865speaker-to-backbone, 552–554
destination codes (national), 297destination tables, 299destinations, defining, 438–439device-level configuration data (MTA
configuration files), 186device-level service data (MTA configuration
files), 187Device Provisioning (PKT-SP-PROV)
specifications (PacketCable 1.0), 17DF (Delivery Function), 807
AF-DF communicationcommunicating information to CMSS, 814communicating information to CMTS,
811–812communicating information to MG, 813 overview of, 809–811
DF-CF communication, 815, 819call flow examples, 819–828capturing call content, 829–830capturing call data, 815–818
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), 63
chaddr field, 65ciaddr field, 64Client-Class configurations, 85CMTS configurations, 83–84, 87–88, 91
configuration options, 88embedded policies, 88named policies, 87
Discover packets, 63flags field, 64giaddr field, 65IP connectivity, troubleshooting, 125–129leases, 63options field, 65
option #43, 66option #60, 67–68option #82, 69option #122, 70–71
packet formats, 64scope configurations, 83selection tags, 83siaddr field, 64yiaddr field, 64
diagnostics, BTS, 330–331dial plans
defining, 300defining characteristics, 299–300entry definitions, 439–440OFFNET call routing configurations, 436–440
dial tones, troubleshooting, 337–338digit maps, 298digital certificates, 79–80digital channels (DS0), 207Discover packets (DHCP), 63display alarms command, 455display line alarm command, 454display line command, 453display lines command, 454disruption of service (security threats), 843distributed architectures, 206, 483DLCX (Delete Connection) command (MGCP),
226–227DN (domain names), configuring
IP address configuration, 461trunking MG configurations in BTS 10200
CMS, 458-460DNS (Domain Name Server), 73–74
BTS, redundancy, 908CMTS configurations, 92-96configuring, 460resource records, creating, 96troubleshooting, 337
Do Not Disturb feature, 507
Do Not Disturb feature
1034
DOCSIS (Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification), 10
authorization block parameters, 643BPI+, 840–841cable modem provisioning, 111
BPI+, 136–138configuration information transfers, 131IP connectivity, 120–129ranging, 116–120registration, 131–134scanning/downstream synchronization,
112–113ToD establishment, 130upstream parameters, 114–115
call capacities of upstream service flows, determining (capacity planning/traffic engineering), 887–894
DOCSIS 1.0, 11–14DOCSIS 1.1, 14–15DOCSIS 2.0, 15DOCSIS 3.0, 16, 936DQoS, 620
active resources, 625admitted resources, 625gates, 622provisioned files, 625troubleshooting protocol issues, 726
Dynamic Service Flow messages, debugging during calls, 709–712
dynamic service flows, 641–642headers, 639–641NCS packet QoS, 869
Backbone QoS, tying to, 695–696classifiers, 873–875downstream service flows, 872–873nRTPS service flows, 871–872premium best effort service flows,
870–871primary service flows, 869
packetsdecoding via cable monitor (CMTS),
964–966decoding via Ethereal packet sniffer, 967
PCMMBE services, 738–741nRTPS, 739–741
RTPS, 739–741service class names, 741
PHS, 649, 652–653service class name method (gate traffic profiles)
PCMM, 750service flow conversion to RSVP flow
specifications, 653–658service flow parameters
downstream parameters, 647–648, 656–657
generic parameters, 644–645packet assignments, 648–649upstream parameters, 645–647, 654
VAD, 689–693website, 11
downloading Ethereal packet sniffer, 963downstream gate specifications, 672DPE (Device Provisioning Engines), 51–52,
101–102DQoS (Dynamic Quality of Service), 34, 619
911 calls, 694active gate information, displaying, 701–702active resources, 625admission control policies, 693admitted resources, 625architecture of, 620bandwidth reservation, 1017BTS
configurations, 719–722verifying/troubleshooting on, 723–724
cable line card information, displaying, 708–709
call flows, 665basic ONNET calls, 666–688VAD, 689–693
calls, elements of, 620CMS, 621CMSS SIP, 509–510CMTS, 621
authorization, 659configuring on, 696–698event messaging element ID, configuring,
696maximum number of allocated gates,
specifying, 697time values, specifying, 697troubleshooting on, 707–718
DOCSIS (Data-Over-Cable Service Interface Specification)
1035
UGS-AD flows, switching to RTPS scheduling, 698
UGS-AD flows, timing out, 698verifying on, 698–706
COPS protocolactivity count field, 631electronic surveillance parameters
objects, 633error code objects, 633event generation information objects,
632–633gate identifier objects, 631gate specification field, 631header formats, 626initializing, 627–628keepalive messages, 629reason objects, 633–634resource authorization, 635–638session class field, 632subscriber identifier objects, 631transaction identifier objects, 630–631
debuggingCOPS messages, 712–716DOCSIS Dynamic Service Flow messages
during calls, 709–712finding admission control information,
712DOCSIS, 620
authorization block parameters, 643classifiers, 648–649, 658converting service flows to RSVP flow
specifications, 653–658DOCSIS QoS tying to Backbone QoS,
695–696downstream service flow parameters,
647–648, 656–657dynamic service flows, 641–642generic service flow parameters, 644–645headers, 639–641PHS, 649, 652–653provisioned files, 625SID information in upstream service flows,
704–706upstream service flow parameters,
645–647, 654downstream capacity, displaying, 707–708DSCP, 620
eMTA, 621gates, 622–626
allocation state, 623authorization state, 623commitment state, 624–625converting DOCSIS classifiers to gate
classifiers, 658reservation state, 624
LCO parametersdq-qi, 244–245dq-rd, 246dq-ri, 246dq-rr, 245NCS, 244–246
message types table, 630MPLS, 620resource envelopes
authorized, 625committed, 625–626creating, 635–638reserved, 625–626
Resource Reservation Failure, 508RKS, 621service flow information, displaying, 702–704statistical information on DOCSIS DSX
messages on Downstream Channel, displaying, 708
testing, 716–718timers, 635, 719troubleshooting
BTS 10200, 338–339COPS protocol issues, 724DOCSIS protocol issues, 726gate deletion from Gate-Close messages,
724–725gate deletion from Gate-Delete messages,
726upstream capacity, displaying, 707upstream statistics, displaying, 706variables, 719–721
dq-qi (DQoS Gate ID) parameter, 244–245dq-rd (DQoS Reserve Destination) parameter,
246dq-ri (DQoS Resource ID) parameter, 246dq-rr (DQoS Resource Reservation) parameter,
245DS0 (digital channels), 207
DS0 (digital channels)
1036
DS0 trunks, 383–384DS1 trunks, 359, 364DS3 trunks, 359, 364DSA-REP, 677DSA-REQ (Dynamic Service Addition Requests)
basic ONNET callsdownstream information in, 676upstream information in, 675
UGS-AD, 689DSCP (Differentiated Services Code Point), 620,
875, 879DSCP to IPv4 TOS conversions table, 875, 878packets originating from CMS, 881–883packets originating from CMTS, 879–880packets originating from MG, 883–884
DSC-REP, 683DSD-REQ (Dynamic Service Deletion Requests),
687dspcasbuiltinvars command, 452dspcasvars command, 453dspcd command, 472dspcds command, 925dspcodecjtrdelays command, 607dspcodecneg command, 607dspcodecnego command, 599dspcodecparam(s) command, 598dspcodecparams command, 607–608dspcodectmpls command, 606dspcon command, 451, 473dspconcacs command, 473dspconvbdpol command, 609dspdns command, 459–460dspdspparam command, 602dspdtmfsnoop command, 600dspdynamicpayload command, 608dspeventmappings command, 602dspfaxprof(s) command, 604dspiptos command, 883dspln command, 455, 457dsplnalm command, 457dsplndsp command, 608dsplnstate command, 457dsplntonentimeout command, 609dsplntoneplan command, 608dsplog -sl command, 472dspmgcs command, 460
dspmoinecanendpt command, 608dsppath command, 456dsppathalm command, 457dspprotocolport command, 462dsprtpcnt command, 610dspt38fxlco(s) command, 609dspt38nsettimeout(s) command, 609dspt38params command, 609dsptoneplans command, 608dspttyprof(s) command, 603dspvbdcodec command, 609dspvbdprof(s) command, 603dspvifec(s) command, 600dspvifeventmapping(s) command, 604dspvifvad(s) command, 600dspvismdn command, 459dspvismparam command, 605–606, 609dspvoipparams command, 608–610dspxgcpcalea command, 831dspxgcpcaleacalls command, 831dspxgcpcalls command, 476dspxgcpcons command, 476dspxgcpdetailcnts command, 476dspxgcpdtmf command, 599dspxgcpendptcons command, 475dspxgcplncons command, 476dspxgcpprofttone command, 601dspxgpendptcon command, 475DTMF (dual-town multiple frequency) digit
transport (audio CODEC), 559–560MG
VISM, 608VXSM, 599
RTP payloads, 580, 583dynamic payloads, RTP message format, 571–572Dynamic RTP, 608Dynamic Service Change Action field (DOCSIS
classifiers), 649dynamic service flows, 641–642
EE1 trunks, 359E3 trunks, 359EBP (Exterior Border Proxies), 486
DS0 trunks
1037
echo (audio CODEC), 556–558VISM, 608VXSM, 600
EH (extended headers), 639–641electrical echos, 558electronic surveillance parameters objects (COPS
protocol), 633embedded policies, 88Emergency 911 call flows, 381–383, 694EMID (Event Message Identifier), 790–791EML (Element Management Layers), 48EMS (Element Management Systems), 285
CLI, accessing, 285displaying database transaction queue, 330EML, 48TMN, 48
eMTA (embedded MTAs), 29, 181cable modems, 33CG2P2WB cable gateways, 32CM2P2B cable modem, 31configuration files
BAC configuration file utility, 195BAC templates, 191–195configuring after initialization, 197device-level configuration data, 186device-level service data, 187notification receivers, 191per-CMS configuration data, 189–190per-endpoint configuration data, 188–189per-realm configuration data, 189TLV entry tags, 185
DQoS, 621MIB, 181–182provisioning, 30, 61, 111, 139
Basic method, 161–163Hybrid method, 164–166secure method, 62, 139–144, 147–149,
152–161QoS, 33
encoding names (payloads), 572encoding parameters (payloads), 572endpoints
announcement server access points as, 207CAS endpoints, adding to lines, 458connections, 208DS0 endpoints, adding to lines, 458IVR, 208
naming, 210–211TGCP, 425–426TGCP configuration, 435–436TGCP naming conventions, 361–364types of, 207
end-to-end delays (audio CODEC), 552ensuring high availability (QoS), 865erlang metric (capacity planning/traffic
engineering), 898–901error codes (COPS protocol), 633error traces (SIP), 506
calls not answered, 506–507Do Not Disturb feature, 507DQoS Resource Reservation Failure, 508
es-ccd (Call Content Destination), 368, 813es-cci (Call Content Connection Identifiers), 368,
813ESP (Encapsulation Security Payload), 844ESS (Electronic Surveillance Server) table, 830Ethereal packet sniffer
call flow schematics, generating, 972–974decoding DOCSIS packets, 967downloading, 963installing, 963MTA provisioning, 968–970OFFNET packet traces, examining, 980PacketCable COPS DQoS packets, examining,
978PacketCable Event Messaging packets,
examining, 980PacketCable Lawful Intercept packets,
examining, 981–982phone calls, examining, 971–972port monitoring, configuring, 977RTP streams, examining, 975–976
event generation information objects (COPS protocol), 632–633
event handling, 230Event Management Mechanism (PKT-SP-MEM)
specifications (PacketCable 1.5), 20event messaging
background of, 788batch processing, 789BCID, 789BTS 10200 configuration, 800
billing file recovery, 803enabling EM sending, 802
event messaging
1038
Media Alive message configuration, 803retrieving EM measurements, 803RKS definitions, 800–801subscriber billing type configuration, 803variable modification, 801–802
Call Answer messages, 790Call Disconnect messages, 790call flow example, 792–799CDR, 789CMTS, 804Conference Party Change messages, 790Database Query messages, 790element ID, 696EMID, 790–791FEID, 789IKE, 841Interconnect Start messages, 790Interconnect Stop messages, 790inter-domain calls, 790intra-domain calls, 790IPsec, 841lawful intercept, 809–811Media Alive messages, 790, 803Media Report messages, 790Media Statistics messages, 790motivation for, 788MSO, 789PCMM, 772PKT-SP-EM (PacketCable Event Messaging)
specification, 788Policy Delete messages, 792Policy Request messages, 792Policy Update messages, 792QoS_Commit messages, 791QoS Release messages, 791QoS_Reserve messages, 791RADIUS
Accounting function, 788Accounting-Request messages, 789Accounting-Response messages, 789UDP, 789
record generation, 789Redirection messages, 791Service Activation messages, 791Service Deactivation messages, 791Service Instance messages, 791Signal Instance messages, 791
Signaling Start messages, 791Signaling Stop messages, 791Surveillance Stop messages, 791Time Change messages, 791TLV pairs, 788–789
Event Messaging (PKT-SP-EM) specifications (PacketCable 1.0), 18
event-generation-info objects, 751events
BTS, 329MGCP, 216, 230TGCP, 364–365, 367
exchange codes, 298extended classifiers, PCMM, 748
Ffacsimile transport, 562–563fax relays (T.38), 584–589FCAPS (Fault, Configuration, Account,
Performance and Security management), 47feature call flows, NCS role in, 261–284feature servers, defining, 323–324features, assigning associate subscribers, 327FEID (Financial Entity Identifiers), 789flags field, 64From parameter (SIP), 493
GG.711 CODEC, 541–543
bandwidth constraints, 579RTP, 573
packet size, 578packet traces, 576
G.728 CODEC, 543–544bandwidth constraints, 579RTP, 573
packet size, 578packet traces, 576
G.729E CODEC, 545bandwidth constraints, 579RTP, 573
packet size, 579packet traces, 577
event messaging
1039
gaming consoles, 735gaps (RTCP-XR), 595Gate Alloc Err messages, 624Gate Alloc messages, 623Gate allocation messages. See Gate-Report-State
messagesGate Close messages. See also Gate-Report-State
messagesDQoS, 687troubleshooting gate deletion from, 724–725
Gate Delete messages, 726, 745gate identifiers
AM, 735COPS protocol, 631PCMM, 747
Gate Info messages, 745Gate Open messages. See Gate-Report-State
messagesGate-Report-State messages, 685, 745-746Gate Set Ack messages, 624, 673–674Gate Set Error messages, 624Gate Set messages, 624, 745
911 calls, Ethereal trace of, 694DQoS, 670
gate specification, 747–748gate specification field (COPS protocol), 631gate state objects, 753gate time info objects, 752gate traffic profiles, 749–751gate usage info objects, 752gates, 622, 626
allocation state, 623authorization state, 623commitment state, 624–625components of, 623converting DOCSIS classifiers to gate
classifiers, 658COPS protocol
activity count field, 631electronic surveillance parameters
objects, 633error code objects, 633event generation information objects,
632–633gate identifier objects, 631gate specification field, 631header formats, 626initializing, 627–628
keepalive messages, 629reason objects, 633–634session class field, 632subscriber identifier objects, 631transaction identifier objects, 630–631
CTMS, 697DQoS
active gate information, displaying, 701–702
downstream gate specifications, Ethereal traces, 672
Gate-Close messages, Ethereal traces, 687Gate-Open messages, Ethereal traces, 685Gate-Set messages, Ethereal traces, 670Gate-Set-Ack messages, Ethereal traces,
673–674troubleshooting gate deletions from Gate-
Close messages, 724–725troubleshooting gate deletions from Gate-
Delete messages, 726upstream gate specifications, Ethereal
traces, 671Gate Alloc Err messages, 624Gate Alloc messages, 623Gate-Report-State messages, 685, 745-746Gate Set Ack messages, 624, 673–674Gate Set Error messages, 624Gate Set messages, 624, 670, 694, 745reservation state, 624test packetcable gate create command, 718test packetcable gc gate-alloc command, 717test packetcable gc gate-delete command, 717test packetcable gc gate-info command, 717test packetcable gc gate-set command, 717–718
gatewayscall agent relationships, 206endpoints (MGCP), 207MGCP, 218
GC (Gate Controllers), 39giaddr field, 65giaddr fields, 81GRA (Circuit Group Reset Acknowledge)
messages, ISUP, 355Grants per Interval parameters (service flow
parameters), 647GRS (Circuit Group Reset) messages, ISUP, 355GTT (Global Title Translation), 354
GTT (Global Title Translation)
1040
Hhccp channel-switch command, 920hccp protect command, 920hccp rfswitch-group command, 920hccp switch command, 921hccp working command, 920headers
DOCSIS, 639–641PHS, 649, 652–653
HFC (Hybrid Fiber Coaxials), 28HFC redundancy (CMTS), 912–914, 917–922high availability, ensuring (QoS), 865HMAC (Hashed Message Authentication Code),
844HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol), 74–75Hybrid method (MTA provisioning), 164–166
IIAM (Initial Address Messages), ISUP, 354IAP (Intercept Access Points), 806
AF, 807–814call details, 807
IBP (Interior Border Proxies), 486IETF RFC (Internet Engineering Task Force
Request For Comments), 9, 949–953IKE (Internet Key Exchange), 840
COPS, 841event messaging, 841
iLBC (Internet Low Bitrate Codec), 546bandwidth constraints, 579RTP, 573
in-band communication, 347init(d) state (IP connectivity), troubleshooting,
123init(io) state (IP connectivity), troubleshooting,
123–124installing Ethereal packet sniffer, 963integrity (data), 843interception (lawful intercept), 806Interconenct Stop messages (event messaging),
790Interconnect Start messages (event messaging),
790
inter-domain calls, 790interface queues, load balancing, 935intra-domain calls, 790INVITE messages, 514–515INVITE method, 512IP addresses
DN IP address configurations, 461trunking MG configurations, 459
IPsec (IP Security), 843–845AH, 843anti-reply, 843COPS, 841data confidentiality, 843data integrity, 843data origin authentication, 843ESP, 844event messaging, 841MTA-to-CMS call signaling packets, 840RTCP, 841RTP, 841SA, 844transport mode, 844tunnel mode, 844
IPv4, DSCP to IPv4 TOS conversions table, 875, 878
ISUP (ISDN User Part) layersACM, 355ANM, 355BLA, 355BLO, 355CGA, 355CGB, 355CGU, 355CGUA, 355GRA, 355GRS, 355IAM, 354network variant definitions, 409REL, 355RES, 355RLC, 355routing key definitions, 410RSC, 355SS7, 354SUS, 355UBA, 355UBL, 355
hccp channel-switch command
1041
ITP (IP Transfer Point), 42configuring, 385, 396
group implementation, 386–387, 395, 403, 410
PSTN, 388–391router requirements, 385SG mated pair implementation, 388, 394,
399, 403–404Sigtran, 391–394web resources, 401
troubleshooting, 464–467ITU (International Telecommunication Union)
specifications, 10, 954–956E-model (audio CODEC voice quality), 551network management models
FCAPS, 47TMN, 48
IVR endpoints, 208
J-Kjitter buffers, 556, 607–608jitter variations, minimizing (QoS), 865
KDC (Key Distribution Centers), 52CMTS configurations, 103–104Kerberos, 80
keepalive command, 921keepalive messages, 629Kerberos, 78–80
authentication, 80digital certificates, 79–80KDC, 80public/private key cryptology, 79realms, 79
keygen, 104
Llawful intercept
AF, 807–814architecture of, 808CALEA, 805call details, 807call flow examples, 819
suspect with call content tap originates call, 823–825
suspect with call content tap receives call, 826–828
suspect with call data tap originates call, 819–821
suspect with call data tap receives call, 821–822
CCC, 807, 829CDC, 807, 829CF, 807, 815–830CMSS, 814CMTS, 811–812configuring, 830–831DF, 807
AF-DF communication, 809–814DF-CF communication, 815–830
event messaging, 809–811IAP, 806Lawful Intercept (PKT-SP-ESP) specifications
(PacketCable 1.5), 20LCO, 367–368MG, 813PCESP, 815–818surveillance types, 806troubleshooting, 832
LCO (Local Connections Options)CODEC, 243CRCX command, 223–224DQoS
dq-qi, 244–245dq-rd, 246dq-ri, 246dq-rr, 245NCS, 244–246
sc-rtcp parameter, 845, 855sc-rtp parameter, 845, 855security, 246TGCP, 367–368
leases (DHCP), 63line echos, 558line usage (capacity planning/traffic engineering),
898–901linecards, 898linksets, 390load balancing, 928–930
admission control, 930–933
load balancing
1042
burst size limitations, 935interface queues, 935spectrum management, 933–934
log files (BTS), 329–330
MM3UA protocol, 356, 392manual/automatic switchovers (router
processors), 912Max-Forwards parameter (SIP), 493maximizing voice quality (QoS), 865Maximum Sustained Traffic Rate parameters
(service flow parameters), 648, 740Maximum Traffic Burst parameters (service flow
parameters), 648MDCX (Modify Connection) command (MGCP),
224–226Media Alive messages (event messaging), 790, 803Media Gateways. See MG (Media Gateways)Media Report messages (event messaging), 790Media Statistics messages (event messaging), 790Media Stream Transport and Encoding (PKT-SP-
CODEC) specifications (PacketCable 1.0), 17message bodies (SIP), 494message flow templates (PCMM), 755–771message headers (SIP), 492–494MG (media gateways), 43. See also MGCP
(Media Gateway Control Protocol)AS5000 series, 46auditing, 330characteristic configurations, 416–424configuring, 424enabling, 434IKE, 840lawful intercept, 813MGX 8000 series, 43
PXM cards, 44RPM cards, 44SRM cards, 45VISM cards, 45–46VXSM cards, 45–46
QoS, 883–884redundancy, 927
ATM VC redundancy, 926PXM redundancy, 924
SRM redundancy, 924VXSM/VISM redundancy, 925–926
trunking MG configuration in BTS 10200 CMS, 440–443
PXM configurations, 443–444RPM configurations, 445–449VXSM/VISM configurations, 449–463
VISM, 605active calls, monitoring, 610BERT testing, 610CODEC options, configuring, 606–607DTMF relays, configuring, 608dynamic RTP payload types, negotiating,
608echo parameters, adjusting, 608jitter buffers, adjusting, 607–608RTCP parameters, setting, 609Silence Suppression parameters,
adjusting, 610T.38 facsimile parameters, configuring,
609tone plans, configuring, 608VBD, detecting, 609
VXSM, 598bearer tracing, 605BERT testing, 604CODEC options, configuring, 598DTMF relays, configuring, 599echo parameters, adjusting, 600RTCP parameters, setting, 602silence suppression parameters, adjusting,
600tone parameters, configuring, 601VBD options, configuring, 602–604
MGC (Media Gateway Controllers), 39MGCP (Media Gateway Control Protocol)
call agents, 210–211, 230call signaling, 218–219commands
AUCX, 215AUEP, 214concatenating multiple commands, 230CRCX, 221–224DLCX, 226–227endpoint names, 210–211ensuring delivery of, 230header format, 209
load balancing
1043
MDCX, 224–226NTFY, 219–221RQNT, 217–219RSIP, 213–214TIDs, 210verbs, 210
connections, 208endpoints, 207
announcement server access points as, 207
connections, 208IVR, 208naming, 210–211types, 207
events, 216, 230gateways, 218messages, 208MTA and CMS communications, 29NCS variations, 239, 247
CODEC LCO parameters, 243command header formats, 240DQoS LCO parameters, 244–246endpoint naming conventions, 240–241package events/signals, 241–242packetization period parameter (p), 243SDP attributes, 247security LCO parameters, 246
packages, 216, 230parameters, 211–212quarantine event handling, 230reason codes, 228–229responses, 227
acknowledgements, 230buffering, 230concatenating multiple responses, 230ensuring delivery of, 230provisional response notifications, 230response codes, 228–229
signals, 216–217, 230TGCP variations, 360, 368
command header formats, 361endpoint naming conventions, 361–364LCO, 367–368package events/signals, 364–367SDP, 368
MGW-PROFILE table, 850MIB, 181–182
minimizingdelay (QoS), 865jitter variations (QoS), 865packet loss (QoS), 865
Minimum Reserved Rate Packet Size parameters (service flow parameters), 648
Minimum Reserved Traffic Rate parameters (service flow parameters), 648
Minimum Reserved Traffic Rate service flow parameter, 740
modem-mac-address, 709modems
CM, 737CMTS, 736–737
MOS (Mean Option Score) ratings, audio CODEC voice quality, 549
MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching)backbone QoS, 885–886DQoS, 620
Msg Receipt Key objects (PCMM), 754Msg-Receipt messages (PCMM), 746MSO (Multiple Systems Operator), 789MTA (Multimedia Terminal Adapters), 28. See
also eMTAauthentication requirements, 30characteristic configurations, 302–315CMS communications
call signaling, 29communication loss, 172–173QoS signaling, 29–30
CMS initialization, 167–171CMTS configurations, 301–302configuration files, 610–611DQoS, 635–638entering NCS endpoints into service, 322–323modem-mac-address, 709MTA-to-CMS call signaling packets (IPsec),
840NCS endpoints configuration, 315–316out of service MTA, troubleshooting, 336–337provisioning, 968–970redundancy, 924responsibilities of, 29–30security, 30, 218–219sMTAs, 29voice packets, transmitting, 637
MTP (Message Transfer Part) layers, 352–353
MTP (Message Transfer Part) layers
1044
multimedia. See also PCMMclients, 734COPS objects, 743–746PacketCable Multimedia specifications, 20–22,
960test packetcable gc initiate command, 718
Nnamed policies, 87narrowband voice, 540national destination codes, 297NCS (Network-based Call Signaling)
911 calls, 694BTS 10200 configuration, 284
assigning associate subscribers to features, 327
assigning associate subscribers to services, 327
basic/core configuration tasks, 287–295call feature configuration tasks, 323–327configuring call agent variables, 290–294configuring MTA, 313–315configuring MTA characteristics, 302–313configuring MTA-connected CMTS,
301–302configuring NCS endpoints, 315–316configuring PacketCable subscriber
characteristics, 320–321configuring subscriber characteristics,
319configuring subscriber QoS parameters,
316–319defining call agent characteristics,
287–289defining call agents, 289–290defining destination tables, 299defining dial plan characteristics,
299–300defining dial plans, 300defining digit maps, 298defining exchange codes, 298defining feature servers, 323–324defining features, 324–325defining national destination codes, 297defining office codes, 298
defining POP, 295defining services, 326defining vertical service codes, 325–326dial plan configuration tasks, 295–300entering MTA into service, 322–323entering NCS endpoints into service,
322–323MTA configuration tasks, 300–316subscriber configuration tasks, 316–321
call flow usage examples, 248feature calls, 261–284ONNET calls, 248–261
DQoS, 666–688endpoint configuration (MTA), 315–316MGCP variations, 239, 247
CODEC LCO parameters, 243command header formats, 240DQoS LCO parameters, 244–246endpoint naming conventions, 240–241package events/signals, 241–242packetization period parameter (p), 243SDP attributes, 247security LCO parameters, 246
MTA and CMS communications, 29QoS on DOCSIS networks
classifiers, 873–875downstream service flows, 872–873nRTPS service flows, 871–872premium best effort service flows,
870–871primary service flows, 869
signaling security, 847–852network design
capacity planning/traffic engineering, 886busy hour utilization, 900–901cable linecards, 898call capacities of DOCSIS upstream
service flows, determining, 887–894CMS, 903–904CMTS, 902–903CODEC changes, effects of, 895–896erlang metric, 898–901line usage, 898–901packetization interval changes, effects of,
894–895PHS implementation, effects of, 896–897security implementation, effects of, 897
multimedia
1045
TGCP, 904traffic patterns, 898–901VAD implementation, effects of, 897
load balancing, 928–930admission control, 930–933burst size limitations, 935interface queues, 935spectrum management, 933–934
QoSbackbone QoS, 875, 878–886characterizing call signaling traffic,
866–869DSCP codepoints, 879–884metrics of, 865NCS packets on DOCSIS networks,
869–875redundancy, 905
4+1 schemes, 913, 9208+1 (7+1) schemes, 913, 919–920CMS, 906–908CMTS, 909–914, 917–923MG, 924–927MTA, 924OSS servers, 928RPR, 911–912RPR+, 911–912SG, 927
securityBAC configuration, 846–847BTS 10200 configurations, 847–856CMTS configurations, 859–864IPsec, 843–845requirements, 840–841threats, 841–843VXSM configurations, 857–859
network service thefts (security threats), 841–842NML (Network Management Layers), 48NMS (Network Management Systems), 48no bandwidth calls, 1017no hccp revertime command, 921no keepalive command, 921nodestat command, 328–329Nominal Grant Interval parameters (service flow
parameters), 647Nominal Polling Interval parameters (service
flow parameters), 647, 740notification receivers, 191
NOTIFY method, 512nRTPS (non Real-Time Polling Services)
DOCSIS, 739–741NCS QoS on DOCSIS networks, 871–872service flow parameters, 739
NTFY (Notified Entity) command (MGCP), 219–221
OOC-1 (Optical Carrier - Level 1), 359OC-3 (Optical Carrier - Level 3), 362–364office codes, 298OFFNET
OFFNET-to-ONNET call flows, 376–380OFFNET-to-ONNET calls, 991packet traces, 980routing, 909
OID (Object Identification Number), 181one way voice, troubleshooting, 338ONNET call flowsONNET calls
DQoS, 666–681downstream service flows, activating, 682upstream service flows, activating,
682–688VAD, 689–693
NCS role in, 248–261ONNET-to-OFFNET call flows, 369–376ONNET-to-OFFNET calls, 988, 991ONNET-to-ONNET calls, 985–986ONNET-to-SIP/CMSS calls, 994–996
opaque data objects, 752Operational Support Systems specifications
(PacketCable 1.0), 18options field (DHCP), 65
option #43, 66option #60, 67–68option #82, 69option #122, 70–71
origin authentication (data), IPsec, 843OSS servers, 928OSS/BSS (Operational Support System/Business
Support System) BackOffice components, 47BAC, 49
CNR, 52
OSS/BSS BackOffice components
1046
DPE, 51–52KDC, 52RDU, 50–51
BTS 10200 databases, 53ITU network management models
FCAPS, 47TMN, 48
out-of-band signaling, 347–348
Pp (packetization period parameter), 243P-DCS-BILLING-INFO extension, 511P-DCS-LAES extension, 511P-DCS-OSPS extension, 511P-DCS-REDIRECT extension, 511P-DCS-TRACE-PARTY-ID extension, 511packages
MGCP, 216, 230TGCP, 364–367
packet loss, minimizing (QoS), 865PacketCable
ANSI specifications, 10architecture of, 8–9DOCSIS specifications, 10
DOCSIS 1.0, 11–14DOCSIS 1.1, 14–15DOCSIS 2.0, 15DOCSIS 3.0, 16website, 11
error objects, 752–753Event Messaging packets, 980future of, 935–937IETF RFC, 9ITU specifications, 10Lawful Intercept packets, 981–982motivations behind, 5–7PacketCable 1.0, 16
architectural diagram, 27Call Signaling, 17Device Provisioning, 17Event Messaging (PKT-SP-EM), 18Media Stream Transport and Encoding
(PKT-SP-CODEC), 17Operational Support Systems, 18PKT-SP-EC-MGCP, 17
PKT-SP-ISTP, 17PKT-SP-MIB-CLABDEF, 18PKT-SP-MIB-MTA, 18PKT-SP-MIBS, 18PKT-SP-MIB-SIG, 18PKT-SP-TGCP, 17PKT-TR-ARCH, 18PKT-TR-CF-ON-ON, 19PKT-TR-CF-ON-PSTN, 19PKT-TR-CF-PSTN-ON, 19PKT-TR-MGCP-PKG, 19PKT-TR-OSS, 19Quality of Service (PKT-SP-DQOS), 18Security and Privacy (PKT-SP-SEC), 18standards/specifications, 957–958
PacketCable 1.5, 19Audio Server Protocol (PKT-SP-ASP), 20Battery Backup MIBs (CL-SP-MIB-BB),
19Call Management Server provisioning
(PKT-SP-CMSPROV), 20CMS to CMS Signaling (PKT-SP-CMSS),
19Event Management Mechanism (PKT-SP-
MEM), 20Lawful Intercept (PKT-SP-ESP), 20Primary Line Support (PKT-SP-AIP), 19standards/specifications, 958–960
PacketCable 2.0, 22PacketCable Multimedia, 20–22, 960Telcordia specifications, 10
packetizationLCO, 367packetization period parameter (p), 243packetization periods, 542
PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation), 540PAMS (Perceptual Analysis/Measurement
System), 550parameter negotiations, troubleshooting in
BTS 10200, 339payloads
clock rates, 572DTMF relays, 580, 583dynamic, 571–572encoding parameters, 572encoding names, 572formats of, 573
OSS/BSS BackOffice components
1047
payload types, 572static, 571–572types, 572
PCESP (PacketCable Electronic Surveillance Protocol), 815–818
PCMM (PacketCable Multimedia), 731AM, 735
call agents, 735gaming consoles, 735gate identifiers, 735policy servers, 736web servers, 735
AS, 734CM, 737CMTS, 736–737
configuration on, 773–774troubleshooting on, 774–779verifying on, 774–779
COPS, 741–743AMID, 746classifiers, 748event-generation-info objects, 751extended classifiers, 748gate identifiers, 747Gate Set messages, 745gate specification, 747–748gate state objects, 753gate time info objects, 752gate traffic profiles, 749–751gate usage info objects, 752header formats, 742initialization process, 743Msg Receipt Key objects, 754object formats, 742opaque data objects, 752PacketCable error objects, 752–753PEP to PDP heartbeats, 743PSID objects, 754Synch Options objects, 754time-based usage limit objects, 751transaction IDs, 744–746version info objects, 754volume-based usage limit objects, 751
DOCSISBE services, 738–741nRTPS, 739–741RTPS, 739–741service class names, 741
event messaging, 772Gate Delete messages, 745Gate Info messages, 745Gate Report State messages, 745Gate-Report-State messages, 746message flow templates, 755–771Msg-Receipt messages, 746multimedia clients, 734overview of, 731–732PDP-Config messages, 746RKS, 737security, 772subscriber identifiers, 747Synch-Complete messages, 746Synch-Report messages, 746Sync-Request messages, 746
PDP (Policy Decision Points), 737Msg-Receipt messages, 746PDP to PEP heartbeats, 743PDP-Config messages, 746Synch-Report messages, 746Sync-Request messages, 746
PDP-Config messages, 746pen and trace (lawful intercept), 806pen register (lawful intercept), 806PEP (Policy Enforcement Points), 737
Gate-Report-State messages, 746Msg Receipt Key object, 754PEP to PDP heartbeats in PCMM, 743Synch Options object, 754Synch-Complete messages, 746
per-CMS configuration data (MTA configuration files), 189–190
per-endpoint configuration data (MTA configuration files), 188–189
per-realm configuration data (MTA configuration files), 189
PESQ (Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality), 551
PHS (Payload Header Suppression)capacity planning/traffic engineering, 896–897DOCSIS, 649, 652–653
PHSF (PHS Field) parameter (PHS), 650PHSI (PHS Index) parameter (PHS), 651PHSM (PHS Mask) parameter (PHS), 651PHSS (PHS Size) parameter (PHS), 651
PHSS (PHS Size) parameter (PHS)
1048
PHSV (PHS Verify) parameter (PHS), 651PKT-SP-AIP (Primary Line Support)
specifications, 19PKT-SP-ASP (Audio Server Protocol)
specifications, 20PKT-SP-CMSPROV (Call Management Server
provisioning) specifications, 20PKT-SP-CMSS (CMS to CMS Signaling)
specifications, 19PKT-SP-CODEC (Media Stream Transport and
Encoding) specifications, 17PKT-SP-DQOS (Quality of Service)
specifications, 18PKT-SP-EC-MGCP specifications, 17PKT-SP-EM (PacketCable Event Messaging)
specification, 18, 788PKT-SP-ESP (Lawful Intercept) specifications,
20PKT-SP-ISTP specifications, 17PKT-SP-MEM (Event Management Mechanism)
specifications, 20PKT-SP-MIB-CLABDEF specifications, 18PKT-SP-MIB-MTA specifications, 18PKT-SP-MIBS specifications, 18PKT-SP-MIB-SIG specifications, 18PKT-SP-PROV (Device Provisioning)
specifications, 17PKT-SP-SEC (Security and Privacy)
specifications, 18PKT-SP-TGCP specifications, 17PKT-TR-ARCH specifications, 18PKT-TR-CF-ON-ON specifications, 19PKT-TR-CF-ON-PSTN specifications, 19PKT-TR-CF-PSTN-ON specifications, 19PKT-TR-MGCP-PKG specifications, 19PKT-TR-OSS specifications, 19pktcSigDefCallSigTos, 879pktcSigDefMediaStreamTos, 879pktcSigTosFormatSelector, 879point codes, 349
destination code definitions, 404–405ITP configuration, 389, 404
policiesembedded policies, 88named policies, 87options, configuring, 88
policy-based routing, 437–438Policy Delete messages (event messaging), 792policy domains, 738Policy Request messages (event messaging), 792policy servers
PDP, 737Msg-Receipt messages, 746PDP to PEP heartbeats in PCMM, 743PDP-Config messages, 746Synch-Report messages, 746Sync-Request messages, 746
PEP, 737Gate-Report-State messages, 746Msg Receipt Key object, 754PEP to PDP heartbeats in PCMM, 743Synch Options object, 754Synch-Complete messages, 746
Policy Update messages (event messaging), 792POP (Points of Presence), 295port monitoring, 977post dial delays, troubleshooting, 339Primary Line Support (PKT-SP-AIP)
specifications, 19privacy extensions, 510private/public key cryptology, 79processor redundancy (CMTS), 911–912provisioned files, 625provisioning
CMTS configurations, 81BAC, 82CNR, 82CNR, DHCP, 83–84, 87–88, 91CNR, DNS, 92–96CNR, DPE, 101–102CNR, KDC, 103–104CNR, RDU, 96–101
Device Provisioning specifications (PacketCable 1.0), 17
DHCP, 63chaddr field, 65ciaddr field, 64Discover packets, 63flags field, 64giaddr field, 65leases, 63options field, 65options field, option #43, 66
PHSV (PHS Verify) parameter (PHS)
1049
options field, option #60, 67–68options field, option #82, 69options field, option #122, 70–71packet formats, 64siaddr field, 64yiaddr field, 64
DNS, 73–74DOCSIS cable modem, 111
BPI+, 136–138configuration information transfers, 131IP connectivity, 120–129ranging, 116–120registration, 131–134scanning/downstream synchronization,
112–113ToD establishment, 130upstream parameters, 114–115
DPE, 51–52eMTA, 30, 61-62, 111HTTP, 74–75Kerberos, 78–80MTA, 139
Basic method, 161–163Ethereal packet sniffer (CMTS), 968–970Hybrid method, 164–166secure method, 139–161
MTA to CMS communication loss, 172–173MTA to CMS initialization, 167–171provisioning groups, 50SNMP, 76–77syslog protocol, 75–76TFTP, 74ToD protocol, 75
proxy serversSIP, 486, 489stateful/stateless, 489
PS (policy servers), 736PSID objects, 754PSQM (Perceptual Speech Quality Measure), 550PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Networks)
call flows, 369Emergency 911, 381–383OFFNET-to-ONNET, 376–380ONNET-to-OFFNET, 369–376
CAS, 357–358ITP configuration, 388
controllers, 389
linksets, 390point codes, 389route tables, 391serial interfaces, 390
overview of, 345–347public/private key cryptology, 79Pull model multimedia clients, 734Push model multimedia clients, 734PVC, 450–452PXM (Processor Switch Module) cards, 44
redundancy (MG), 924trunking MG configurations in BTS 10200
CMS, 443–444
QQoS (Quality of Service). See also DQoS
(Dynamic Quality of Service)backbone QoS, 875, 878
DSCP codepoints, 879DSCP codepoints, CMS, 881–883DSCP codepoints, CMTS, 879–880DSCP codepoints, MG, 883–884MPLS, 885–886policy configuration, 884
cable modems, 34characterizing call signaling traffic, 866–869configuring subscriber parameters, 316–319DSCP codepoints, 879
packets originating from CMS, 881–883packets originating from CMTS, 879–880packets originating from MG, 883–884
eMTA, 33metrics of, 865NCS packets on DOCSIS networks, 869
classifiers, 873–875downstream service flows, 872–873nRTPS service flows, 871–872premium best effort service flows,
870–871primary service flows, 869
trunk group QoS parameter configuratons, 426–428
QoS_Commit messages (event messaging), 791QoS Parameter Set Type (service flow
parameters), 644
QoS Parameter Set Type
1050
QoS Release messages (event messaging), 791QoS_Reserve messages (event messaging), 791QoS signaling, 29–30QoS unaware multimedia clients, 734Quality of Service (PKT-SP-DQOS) specifications
(PacketCable 1.0), 18quantization, 540
RRADIUS
AAA functions, 788EMID, 790–791event messaging, 793show radius statistics command, 805signaling security, 852–854UDP event messaging, 789
RCD (Resource Control Domains), 738RCL (Release Complete Messages), ISUP, 355RDU (Regional Distribution Unit), 50–51, 96
Class of Service configuration, 100device management, 97DHCP Criteria configuration, 98external file management, 101MTA configuration, 98
realms (Kerberos), 79reason codes (MGCP), 228–229reason objects (COPS protocol), 633–634Record-Route parameter (SIP), 494redirect servers (SIP), 489Redirection messages (event messaging), 791redundancy, 905
4+1 schemes, 913, 9208+1 (7+1) schemes, 913, 919–920CMS, 906–908CMTS, 909
HFC redundancy, 912–914, 917–922processor redundancy, 911–912system redundancy, 909–910WAN redundancy, 922–923
MG, 927ATM VC redundancy, 926PXM redundancy, 924SRM redundancy, 924VXSM/VISM redundancy, 925–926
MTA, 924
OSS servers, 928RPR, 911–912RPR+, 911–912SG, 927
redundancy groups, adding MG to, 462–463REFER method, 512REGISTER method, 513registrar servers (SIP), 489REL (Release Messages), ISUP, 355report measurement_em_summary command, 803report-billing-record command, 334–336reporting function (RTCP-XR), 593repudiation (security threats), 843Request/Transmission Policy parameters (service
flow parameters), 646, 739–740Require parameter (SIP), 493RES (Resume Messages), ISUP, 355reservation state (gates), 624reserved resource envelopes, 625–626resource envelopes
authorized, 625committed, 625–626creating, 635–638reserved, 625–626
resource records, creating, 96responding function (RTCP-XR), 593response codes (MGCP), 228–229responses (MGCP), 227
acknowledgements, 230buffering, 230concatenating multiple responses, 230ensuring delivery of, 230provisional response notifications, 230
retransmission, 513RF analyzers, 966–967R-factors (Rating factors), 551RFC (Request For Comments), 9, 486–488rf-switch name command, 918rf-switch snmp-community command, 918ring back tones, troubleshooting, 338ring tones, troubleshooting, 337–338route tables, 391routers
automatic/manual switchovers, 912ITP configuration requirements, 385RPR, 911–912RPR+, 911–912
QoS Release messages (event messaging)
1051
routespolicy-based routing route guide definitions,
437–438SS7, 351–352trunk group route definitions, 436–437
routing keys, 357ISUP definitions, 410ITP configuration, 393–394TCAP/SCCP route definitions, 413TCAP/SCCP routing key definitions, 413
RPM (Route Processor Module) cards, 44-45, 445–449
RPR (router processor redundancy), 911–912RPR+ (router processor redundancy plus),
911–912RQNT (Notification Request) command
(MGCP), 218–219parameters, 217
RR (receiver reports), RTCP, 589RRKS (Record Keeping Servers), 53, 737
defining, 800–801DQoS, 621
RSC (Reset Circuit) messages, ISUP, 355RSIP (ReStart In Progress) command (MGCP),
213–214RSpec (resource descriptions), 636–637RSVP (Resource Reservation Protocol)
CODEC flow specification parameters table, 638
DOCSIS service flow conversions to RSVP flow specifications, 653–658
DQoS resource authorization, 635–638flow specification method (gate traffic profiles),
636, 749–751SDP conversions to RSVP flow specifications,
637–638RTCP (Real-time Transport Control Protocol),
841functions of, 589message format, 590–591NCS, 246packet traces, 591–593packet types, 589–590port numbers, 570sc-rtcp LCO parameter, 845, 855security, 855–856
VXSM security, 859X-pc-csuites-rtcp, 845X-pc-secret, 845
RTCP parametersVISM, 609VXSM, 602
RTCP-XR (RTP Control Protocol Extended Reports)
bursts, 595collection function, 593gaps, 595reporting function, 593responding function, 593VoIP extended metrics, 593–596
RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol), 569, 841comfort noise packets, 580Ethereal packet sniffer (CMTS), examining
streams via, 975–976fax relays, 584–589message format, 570
header format, 570payloads, 571–573sequence numbers, 574SSRS (Synchronization Source) parameter,
574–575timestamps, 574
packet sizesCODEC bandwidth constraints, 579G.711 CODEC, 578G.728 CODEC, 578G.729E CODEC, 579
packet traces, 575fax relays, 588G.711 CODEC, 576G.728 CODEC, 576G.729E CODEC, 577
payloads, 580, 583port numbers, 570sc-rtp LCO parameter, 845, 855security, 855–856silence suppression, 580UDP protocol, 569VXSM security, 859X-pc-csuites-rtp, 845X-pc-nrekey, 845X-pc-secret, 845
RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol)
1052
RTPS (Real-Time Polling Services)DOCSIS, 739–741scheduling, 698service flow parameters, 739
Rule Priority field (DOCSIS classifiers), 649
SSA (Security Associations), 844sampling process, 540SBC (Session Border Controllers), 486, 490SCCP (Signaling Connection Control Part) layers
BTS 10200 configuration, 413network definitions, 412SS7, 353
SCD (Service Control Domains), 738scope configurations (DHCP), 83SCP (Service Control Points), 348, 351sc-rtcp LCO parameter, 246, 845, 855sc-rtp LCO parameter, 246, 845, 855SCTP (Stream Transport Control Protocol), 356
association definitions, 406–409associations, enabling, 411, 415M3UA protocol, 356parameter definitions, 405SUA protocol, 356
SDES (source description), RTCP, 589, 592–593SDP (Session Description Protocol), 231–233
NCS, 247parameters, 231RSVP flow specifications, converting to,
637–638TGCP, 368troubleshooting, 339
secure method (MTA provisioning), 139configuration information transfers, 152–158eMTA provisioning, 62IP connectivity establishment, 140–142MTA to CMS initialization, 167–169registration, 158–161security establishment, 143–144, 147–149, 152
securityBAC, 846–847BTS 10200 configurations, 847
COPS signaling security, 852–854NCS signaling security, 847–852
RADIUS signaling security, 852–854RTP/RTCP signaling security, 855–856TGCP signaling security, 852–854
call signaling, 218–219capacity planning/traffic engineering, 897CMTS configurations, 859–864HMAC, 844IPsec, 843–845
AH, 843anti-reply, 843data confidentiality, 843data integrity, 843data origin authentication, 843ESP, 844SA, 844transport mode, 844tunnel mode, 844
LCO parametersNCS, 246sc-rtcp, 246, 845, 855sc-rtp, 246, 845, 855TGCP, 367
MTA provisioning, 30, 143–144, 147–149, 152PCMM, 772requirements, 840–841SIP, 490threats
bearer channel information thefts, 842network service thefts, 841–842repudiation, 843service disruption, 843signaling channel information thefts, 842
VXSM configurations, 857–859X-pc-csuites-rtcp, 845X-pc-csuites-rtp, 845X-pc-nrekey, 845X-pc-secret, 845
Security and Privacy (PKT-SP-SEC) specifications, 18
selection tags, 83sequence numbers (RTP message format), 574serial interfaces, ITP configuration, 390Service Activation messages (event messaging),
791service class name method (gate traffic profiles),
750service class names, 741
RTPS (Real-Time Polling Services)
1053
Service Deactivation messages (event messaging), 791
service disruption (security threats), 843Service Flow Identifier (service flow parameters),
644service flow parameters
DOCSISdownstream parameters, 647–648,
656–657generic parameters, 644–645packet assignments, 648–649upstream parameters, 645–647, 654
Maximum Sustained Traffic Rate, 740Minimum Reserved Traffic Rate, 740Nominal Polling Interval, 740Request/Transmission Policy, 739–740Service Flow Scheduling Type, 739Service Identifier, 739Tolerated Poll Jitter, 740Traffic Priority, 740–741
Service Flow Reference service flow parameter, 644
Service Flow Reference/Service Flow Identifier field (DOCSIS classifiers), 649
Service Flow Scheduling Type service flow parameter, 646, 739
Service Identifier service flow parameter, 646, 739
Service Instance messages (event messaging), 791services
assigning associate subscribers, 327defining, 326
session class field (COPS protocol), 632sessions (SIP), 488set ip address command, 921set protection {4/8} command, 921set snmp community read-write command, 921set switchover-group command, 921setrev command, 463SG (Signaling Gateways), 42. See also ITP
BTS 10200 configuration, 402call control route definitions, 410destination point code definitions,
404–405enabling SCTP associations, 411
ISUP network variant definitions, 409ISUP routing key definitions, 410SCTP association definitions, 406–409SCTP parameter definitions, 405SG definitions, 402SG group definitions, 403SG process definitions, 403–404switch origination point code definitions,
404ITP, 42mated pair implementation, 388
ITP configuration, 394, 399, 403–404, 410ITP group implementation versus, 388
redundancy, 927Sigtran protocols
application servers, 357, 393–394ITP configuration, 388–392ITP group implementation, 395, 403M3UA, 356, 392mated pair configuration, 394routing keys, 357, 393–394SCTP, 356SUA, 356, 392web resources, 356
show cable calls command, 699–700show cable modem calls command, 700show cable modem command, 706show cable modem mac-address command, 336show controller cable command, 708show controller cable downstream command, 777show cops servers command, 774show crypto isakmp sa command, 863–864show cs7 group state command, 466show cs7 matched-sg command, 466show hccp command, 921show interface cable command, 708–709
downstream option, 707–708mac-scheduler option, 707service flow option, 702–704upstream option, 706
show interface cable sid command, 704show packetcable gate command, 701
counter option, 701summary option, 701–702
show packetcable gate counter multimedia command, 776
show packetcable global command, 774
show packetcable global command
1054
show radius statistics command, 805show tcp brief command, 699, 774siaddr field, 64Signal Instance messages (event messaging), 791signaling channel information thefts (security
threats), 842signaling gateways. See SG (Signaling Gateways)Signaling Start messages (event messaging), 791Signaling Stop messages (event messaging), 791signals
MGCP, 216–217, 230TGCP, 364–365, 367
Sigtran protocolsapplication servers, 357, 393–394ASP, 357, 392ITP configuration, 388–389
ASP, 392interface definitions, 391M3UA definitions, 356, 392SUA definitions, 356, 392
ITP group implementation, 395routing keys, 357, 393–394SCTP, 356SG mated pair implementation, 394web resources, 356
silence suppression, 689–693. See also VAD (voice activity detection)
MG, 600, 610RTP, 580
SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), 483, 486Accept parameter, 494Allow parameter, 494architecture, sample of, 485call flows, 495–505Call-ID parameter, 493CMS, 840CMSS, 483–484
anonymizers, 510BTS 10200, 518BTS 10200, defining destinations,
523–524BTS 10200, defining dial plans, 524BTS 10200, defining trunk group fields,
523BTS 10200, running trunk groups, 522BTS 10200, trunk group fields table,
521–522
BTS 10200, trunk group profile fields table, 518–520
call flows, 513–517device subscriptions, 512DQoS extensions, 509–510INVITE messages, 514–515INVITE method, 512NOTIFY method, 512P-DCS-BILLING-INFO, 511P-DCS-LAES, 511P-DCS-OSPS, 511P-DCS-REDIRECT, 511P-DCS-TRACE-PARTY-ID, 511privacy extensions, 510REFER method, 512REGISTER method, 513Replaces header, 512SUBSCRIBE method, 512tel URI, 512timers, 513troubleshooting, 524–531UPDATE method, 512updating parameters, 512
Contact parameter, 493Content-Length parameter, 494Content-Type parameter, 494Cseq parameter, 493EBP (Exterior Border Proxies), 486error traces
calls not answered, 506–507Do Not Disturb feature, 507DQoS Resource Reservation Failure, 508
From parameter, 493IBP, 486Max-Forwards parameter, 493message bodies, 494message headers, 492–494parameters, table of, 492–494proxy servers, 486, 489Record-Route parameter, 494redirect servers, 489registrar servers, 489Require parameter, 493RFC, 486, 488SBC, 486security, 490sessions, 488
show radius statistics command
1055
SIP-T, 484start lines, 491–492Supported parameter, 493TLS protocol, 489To parameter, 493user agents, 488User-Agent parameter, 494Via parameter, 492
SIP/CMSS-to-ONNET calls, 997SIP-T (Session Initiation Protocol-Telephone),
484SLC (Signaling Link Code), 390SLHR (service logic host routes), 414SML (Service Management Layers), 48sMTA (standalone MTAs), 29SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol),
76–77SNMPv3 (Simple Network Management Protocol
version 3), 840Softswitches. See call agentsSONET (Synchronous Optical Network
Technology), 359OC-1, 359OC-3, 362–364STS-1, 359, 362–363
VT, 360VTG, 360–364
speaker-to-backbone delays (audio CODEC), 552–554
specifications/standardsANSI, 954–956IETF RFC, 949–953ITU, 954–956obtaining, 949PacketCable 1.0, 957–958PacketCable 1.5, 958–960PacketCable Multimedia, 960Telcordia, 954–956
spectrum management, 933–934SR (sender reports), RTCP, 589–591SRM, redundancy (MG), 924SS7 (Signaling System 7)
COT, 383–384ISUP layers
ACM, 355ANM, 355BLA, 355
BLO, 355CGA, 355CGB, 355CGU, 355CGUA, 355GRA, 355GRS, 355IAM, 354REL, 355RES, 355RLC, 355RSC, 355SUS, 355UBA, 355UBL, 355
ITP configuration, 388controllers, 389linksets, 390point codes, 389route tables, 391serial interfaces, 390
link types, 350–351MTP layers, 352–353overview of, 348–350point codes, 349routes, 351–352SCCP layers, 353SCP, 348, 351SG
BTS 10200 configuration, 402–411overview of, 356–357SCTP, 356Sigtran protocols, 356–357
Sigtran protocolsapplication servers, 357, 393–394ASP, 357, 392ITP group implementation, 395M3UA, 356, 392routing keys, 357, 393–394SCTP, 356SG mated pair configuration, 394SUA, 356, 392web resources, 356
SSP, 348routes, 351–352TCAP layers, 353
STP, 348–351
SS7 (Signaling System 7)
1056
TCAP layers, 353TUP layers, 356
sshow packetcable gate command, 774SSP (Service Switching Points), 348, 351–352SSRC (Synchronization Source) parameter,
574–575standard classifiers (PCMM), 748standards/specifications
ANSI, 954–956IETF RFC, 949–953ITU, 954–956obtaining, 949PacketCable 1.0, 957–958PacketCable 1.5, 958–960PacketCable Multimedia, 960Telcordia, 954–956
start lines (SIP), 491–492stateful/stateless proxy servers, 489static payloads, 571–572static resource record configurations, 96status aggr command, 339status commands, 285status dpc id command, 467status sctp-assoc id command, 467status trunk-termination tgn-id command, 467STP (Signaling Transfer Points), 348–351STS-1 (Synchronous Transport Signal - Level 1),
359, 362–363VT, 360VTG, 360–364VXSM/VISM configurations, 455–457
SUA protocol, 356, 392SUBSCRIBE method, 512subscriber identifiers
COPS protocol, 631PCMM, 747
subscribersassigning to features, 327assigning to services, 327configuring characteristics of, 319configuring PacketCable subscribers, 320–321configuring QoS parameters, 316–319
Supported parameter (SIP), 493surveillance (lawful intercept)
AF, 807–814architecture of, 808call details, 807
CCC, 807, 829CDC, 807, 829CF, 807, 815–830CMSS, 814CMTS, 811–812configuring, 830–831DF, 807
AF-DF communication, 809–814DF-CF communication, 815–830
event messaging, 809, 811IAP, 806MG, 813PCESP, 815–818troubleshooting, 832types of, 806
Surveillance Stop messages (event messaging), 791
SUS (Suspend Messages), ISUP, 355suspect with call content tap originates call
(lawful intercept call flow example), 823–825suspect with call content tap receives call (lawful
intercept call flow example), 826–828suspect with call data tap originates call (lawful
intercept call flow example), 819–821suspect with call data tap receives call (lawful
intercept call flow example), 821–822switchovers (routers), 912Synch Options objects (PCMM), 754Synch-Complete messages (PCMM), 746Synch-Report messages (PCMM), 746Sync-Request messages (PCMM), 746syslog (System Logging) protocol, 75–76system redundancy (CMTS), 909–910
TT.38 fax relay standard
parameters, 609RTP, 584–589
T1 trunks, 359T3 timeouts, 117T3 trunks, 359TCAP (Transaction Capabilities Application
Part), BTS 10200 configuration, 411enabling SCTP associations, 415enabling subsystems/subsystem groups, 415
SS7 (Signaling System 7)
1057
modifying call agent configurations, 414SCCP network definitions, 412SLHR characteristic definitions, 414SLHR definitions, 414SS7, 353subsystem characteristic definitions, 412subsystem definitions, 412–413TCAP/SCCP route definitions, 413TCAP/SCCP routing key definitions, 413
TDM (time-division multiplexing) circuitstrunks, 359
DS0, 383–384DS1, 359, 364DS3, 359, 364E1, 359E3, 359SONET, 359T1, 359T3, 359
VXSM, enabling in, 453Telcordia specifications, 10, 954–956teletype technology transport, 564templates, message flow templates, 755–771test connection command, 452test packetcable gate create command, 718test packetcable gc client-accept command, 717test packetcable gc gate-alloc command, 717test packetcable gc gate-delete command, 717test packetcable gc gate-info command, 717test packetcable gc gate-set command, 717–718test packetcable gc initiate command, 718testing DQoS via CMTS, 716–718tests, COT, 383–384TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol), 74TGCP (Trunk Gateway Control Protocol), 359
BTS 10200 configuration, 415enabling endpoints, 435–436enabling MG, 434enabling trunk groups, 435endpoint configurations, 425–426MG characteristic configurations,
416–424MG configurations, 424trunk configurations, 433–434trunk group characteristic configurations,
428–431trunk group configurations, 431–433
trunk group QoS parameter configurations, 426, 428
trunk group route definitions, 436–437trunking MG configurations, 440–463
capacity planning/traffic engineering, 904DS0 trunks, 383–384DS1 trunks, 359, 364DS3 trunks, 359, 364E1 trunks, 359E3 trunks, 359MGP variations, 360, 368
command header formats, 361endpoint naming conventions, 361–364LCO, 367–368package events/signals, 364–367SDP, 368
signaling security, 852–854SONET, 359
OC-1, 359OC-3, 362–364STS-1, 359, 362–363
T1 trunks, 359T3 trunks, 359
three-way calling, 1009NCS role in, 273–284
TIDs (transaction IDs), 210Time Change messages (event messaging), 791time-based usage limit objects (PCMM), 751Timeout for Active QoS Parameters (service flow
parameters), 645Timeout for Admitted QoS Parameters (service
flow parameters), 645timers
DQoS, 635BTS configurations, 719specifying, 697
SIP CMSS, 513timestamps (RTP message format), 574TLS (Transaction Layer Security) protocol
CMS, 840SIP, 489
TLV (Tag/Length/Value) pairsevent messaging, 788–789MTA configuration files, 185
TMN (Telecommunications Management Network), 48
To parameter (SIP), 493
To parameter (SIP)
1058
ToD (Time-of-Day) protocol, 75Tolerated Grant Jitter parameters (service flow
parameters), 647Tolerated Poll Jitter parameters (service flow
parameters), 647, 740tone parameters, 601tone plans, 608traffic engineering, 886
busy hour utilization, 900–901cable linecards, 898call capacities of DOCSIS upstream service
flows, determining, 887–894CMS, 903–904CMTS, 902–903CODEC changes, effects of, 895–896erlang metric, 898–901line usage, 898–901packetization interval changes, effects of,
894–895PHS implementation, effects of, 896–897security implementation, effects of, 897TGCP, 904traffic patterns, 898–901VAD implementation, effects of, 897
traffic patterns (capacity planning/traffic engineering), 898–901
Traffic Priority parameters (service flow parameters), 647
Traffic Priority service flow parameter, 740–741traffic profiles (gates), 749–751traffic statistics, 332–334transaction identifier objects (COPS protocol),
630–631transaction IDs, 744–746transport layer protocols, 356transport mode (IPsec), 844traps and traces, 806troubleshooting
admission control, 932audio CODEC, 559BTS 10200, 327
accessing log files, 329–330auditing media gateways, 330collecting traffic statistics, 332–334dial/ring tones, 337–338displaying billing records, 334–336
displaying EMS database transaction queue, 330
displaying events/alarms, 329displaying running processes, 328–329DNS, 337missing DQoS information, 338–339out of service MTA, 336–337parameter negotiations, 339post dial delays, 339ring back tones, 338running diagnostics, 330–331SDP, 339unestablished DQoS, 338–339validating call routing, 331–332voice paths/one way voice, 338
BTS 10200 CMS, 467–472dial tones, 337–338DNS, 337DQoS on BTS, 338–339, 723–724DQoS on CMTS
cable line card information, displaying, 708–709
COPS protocol issues, 724debugging COPS messages, 712–716debugging DOCSIS dynamic service flow
messages during calls, 709–712debugging DQoS to find admission control
information, 712DOCSIS protocol issues, 726downstream capacity, displaying, 707–708gate deletion, 724–726statistical information on DOCSIS DSX
messages on Downstream Channel, displaying, 708
testing DQoS functionality, 716–718upstream capacity, displaying, 707
event messaging, 804IP connectivity
DHCP, 125–129init(d) state, 123init(io) state, 123–124
ITP, 464–467lawful intercept, 832MTA, 336–337one way voice, 338parameter negotiations, 339PCMM on CMTS, 774–779
ToD (Time-of-Day) protocol
1059
post dial delays, 339ring back tones, 338ring tones, 337–338SDP, 339SIP CMSS, 524–531VISM cards, 472–476voice paths
BTS 10200, 338crackling, 559garbled voice, 559no voice, 559one-way voice, 559robotized voice, 559
VXSM cards, 472–476trunking gateways. See TGCPtrunks, 207, 359
BTS 10200 CMS configuration, 415configuring MG, 440–463enabling endpoints, 435–436enabling MG, 434enabling trunk groups, 435endpoint configurations, 425–426MG characteristic configurations,
416–424MG configurations, 424trunk configurations, 433–434trunk group characteristic configurations,
428–431trunk group configurations, 431–433trunk group QoS parameter
configurations, 426–428trunk group route definitions, 436–437
capacity planning/traffic engineering, 904DS0 trunks, 383–384DS1 trunks, 359, 364DS3 trunks, 359, 364E1 trunks, 359E3 trunks, 359naming conventions, 361–364SONET
OC-1, 359OC-3, 362–364STS-1, 359, 362–363
T1 trunks, 359T3 trunks, 359
TSpec (traffic descriptions), 636tstcon commands, 473
tunnel mode (IPsec), 844TUP (Telephony User Part) layers, 356
UUBA (Unblock Acknowledge) messages, ISUP,
355UBL (Unblock) messages, ISUP, 355uBR710012 CMTS (Cable Modem Termination
System), 37–38uBR7246VXR CMTS (Cable Modem
Termination System), 35–37UDP (User Datagram Protocol)
RADIUS, 789RTP, 569
UGS (Unsolicited Grant Services), 645defining
Grants per Interval parameters, 647Nominal Grant Interval parameters, 647Nominal Polling Interval parameters, 647Request/Transmission Policy parameters,
646Service Flow Scheduling Type parameters,
646Service Identifier parameters, 646Tolerated Grant Jitter parameters, 647Tolerated Poll Jitter parameters, 647Unsolicited Grant Size parameters, 647
eMTA QoS, 33UGS-AD (Unsolicited Grant Service with
Activity Detection), 645defining
Grants per Interval parameters, 647Nominal Grant Interval parameters, 647Nominal Polling Interval parameters, 647Request/Transmission Policy parameters,
646Service Flow Scheduling Type parameters,
646Service Identifier parameters, 646Tolerated Grant Jitter parameters, 647Tolerated Poll Jitter parameters, 647Unsolicited Grant Size parameters, 647
DSA-REQ, Ethereal traces, 689Ethereal trace of, 690RTPS scheduling, switching flows to, 698
UGS-AD (Unsolicited Grant Service with Activity Detection)
1060
timing out flows, 698VAD, 689–693
unit numbers, 361unit types, 361Unsolicited Grant Size parameters
(service flow parameters), 647up line command, 453UPDATE method 512uppath command, 456upstream gate specifications, 671URI (Uniform Resource Identifiers), 488user agents, 488User-Agent parameter (SIP), 494
VVAD (voice activity detection), 689–693, 897variables (DQoS), 719–721VBD (Voice Band Data)
analog modem transport, 561–562facsimile transport, 562–563MG
VISM, 609VXSM, 602–604
teletype technology transport, 564verbs, MGCP commands, 210verifying PCMM on CMTS, 774–779version command, 831version info objects (PCMM), 754vertical service codes, 325–326Via parameter (SIP), 492VISM (Voice Interworking Service Module),
45–46, 605active calls, monitoring, 610ATM ports, enabling, 450ATM VC redundancy (MG), 926BERT testing, 610CAS variants, configuring, 452–453CODEC options, configuring, 606–607DTMF relays, configuring, 608dynamic RTP payload types, negotiating, 608echo parameters, adjusting, 608jitter buffers, adjusting, 607–608Operating Mode, 450–455PVC, configuring, 450–452redundancy (MG), 925–926
resources, enabling, 450RTCP parameters, setting, 609Silence Suppression parameters, adjusting, 610T.38 facsimile parameters, configuring, 609tone plans, configuring, 608troubleshooting, 472–476trunking MG configurations in BTS 10200
CMS, 449–455adding CAS endpoints to lines, 458adding DS0 endpoints to lines, 458adding MG to redundancy groups,
462–463configuring line/path parameters, 457domain name configurations, 458domain name IP address configurations,
461domain names/domain name servers
configurations, 460enabling lines, 457IP address configurations, 459xGCP parameters, 463
VBD, detecting, 609vocoders, 543voice interfaces, 458voice packets
header formats, 649, 652–653transmitting, 637
voice paths, troubleshooting, 338, 559voice quality (audio CODEC), 549
ITU E-model, 551MOS (Mean Opinion Score) ratings, 549PAMS, 550PESQ, 551PSQM, 550R-factors, 551
voice quality, maximizing (QoS), 865volume-based usage limit objects (PCMM), 751VTG (virtual tributary groups, 360–364VXSM (Voice Switch Service Module), 45–46, 598
ATM VC redundancy (MG), 926bearer tracing, 605BERT testing, 604CAS variants, configuring, 452–453CODEC options, configuring, 598DTMF relays, configuring, 599echo parameters, adjusting, 600PVC, configuring, 450–452
UGS-AD (Unsolicited Grant Service with Activity Detection)
1061
redundancy (MG), 925–926security configurations, 857–859RTCP parameters, setting, 602silence suppression parameters, adjusting, 600TDM lines, enabling, 453tone parameters, configuring, 601troubleshooting, 472–476trunk naming conventions, 362trunking MG configurations in BTS 10200
CMS, 449–455adding MG to redundancy groups,
462–463configuring line/path parameters, 457domain name configurations, 458domain name IP address configurations,
461domain names/domain name server
configurations, 460enabling lines, 457enabling STS-1 paths, 455–457IP address configurations, 459voice interface definitions, 458xGCP parameters, 463
VBD options, configuring, 602–604
WWAN redundancy (CMTS), 922–923waveform encoders, 543web servers, 735wideband CODEC, 546wildcards
control commands, 285status commands, 285TGCP naming conventions, 364
wiretaps. See also lawful interceptCall Content, 54Call Detail, 53
X-Y-ZxGCP parameters, 463X-pc-csuites-rtcp, 845X-pc-csuites-rtp, 845X-pc-nrekey, 845
X-pc-secret, 845
yiaddr field, 64
zone configurations, 94
zone configurations